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1 EUROCITIES Social Affairs Forum Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals: cities working together with citizens Highlights UTRECHT, 7-8 March The EUROCITIES Social Affairs Forum (SAF) in Utrecht attracted a record number of 175 representatives from over 50 cities, including 15 elected city politicians and the European Commission, OECD and UN-HABITAT. Through a mix of debates, presentations, site visits and a political side event, the forum participants discussed and learned about the key role of cities in translating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into local actions and involving citizens in the process. The five key messages from the event were: 1. Many cities are already working on SDGs in different ways. Some cities re-design their urban development strategy to embed the SDGs (e.g. Malmo and Stuttgart) while others link their existing policies to one or several SDGs (e.g. Utrecht) as addressing one goal helps address others at the same time as the SDGs are interconnected. Regardless of their chosen approach to localising the SDGs, it is important that cities realise that many of their policies and actions already in place are in line with the SDGs and can be promoted as such. 2. There is no golden rule to implement the SDGs, but cities need to translate the global goals to their local context. The 17 SDGs are not the end solution, but are a tool for cities to use in order to translate what is relevant for their own city to move forward towards sustainable development. Each city needs to localise the SDGs by translating them into their own context. 3. Co-creation is key to localising the SDGs. To respond to the interconnected social, environmental and economic challenges, cities collaborate with all actors at local level (private companies, academia, citizens and residents) to design, create and implement together actions in line with the SDGs. For example, Utrecht has a strategy to making the city together. While every city has its own approach and strategy to SDGs, cocreating it with the urban community is a common ground for all. Cities can engage citizens to learn about the SDGs and to get these global goals into their daily lives. 4. Urban Innovative Actions prove that cities can work in partnership with the EU towards sustainable urban development. Synergies between different levels of government are key to developing joint solutions in line with the SDGs. Many of the cities involved in UIA stressed the added value of having a direct line of communication with the European Commission to develop innovative projects that are then recognised as good practices at national level. 5. Cities need more financial support and capacity-building support to work on SDGs. While policy-making and governance are important, the key is to translate SDGs into an action plan and support it with adequate funding. Start where the money is and add social responsibility to ensure investment in infrastructure benefits investment in people, said Andreas Schönström, vice-chair of SAF and deputy mayor of Malmo. All presentations are available here (after log-in). You can check out our Storify of the event. The next Social Affairs Forum meeting will take place on October 2018 in Stuttgart.

2 1. Welcome speeches Deputy mayor of Utrecht, Kees Diepeveen, opened the meeting by welcoming participants to the most inspiring Global Goals City of the Netherlands (award won in 2017). He gave a brief overview of how Utrecht applies the global goals to ensure a high quality of life in a healthy and sustainable city for its residents (a fifth of whom are students). He called on participants to align their city policies to the SDGs to ensure a sustainable future for all Europeans. The chair of the social affairs forum and deputy mayor of Barcelona, Laia Ortiz, welcomed the record attendance to this meeting as a sign of high interest of cities in the SDG agenda. She noted cities are increasingly recognised at EU and UN level as actors of social change; the global goals cannot be reached without cities. Laia stressed the most vulnerable are hit the hardest by global challenges like poverty and housing exclusion as well as by climate change, air pollution, rise in energy prices and changes brought by automation. This shows how social disadvantages are closely linked to economic and environmental problems. Laia stressed the global goals are an opportunity for cities to mainstream social sustainability in all policies to place people and inclusion at the centre of urban development. She noted the importance of co-creation to engage citizens and create stronger communities to lead the way to social sustainability. Barcelona is committed to work on SDGs and invites other cities to inspire and get inspired. 2. Keynote speeches Welcome to Utrecht to discuss the Global Goals. Cities have a key role to play in a sustainable future for Europe. We are united to support social rights for all! Kees Diepeveen, deputy mayor of Utrecht Co-creation is very important. Only by involving people in our policymaking we can empower our communities, Laia Ortiz, chair of SAF and deputy mayor of Barcelona The former executive director of the UN-HABITAT, Dr. Joan Clos, gave an inspiring keynote presentation on urbanisation in the 21st century. He stressed that urbanisation has become a strategic issue for decision-makers as nearly 60% of the world population currently lives in cities and it will increase to 75% by Dr. Clos explained how the debate on sustainable development evolved from the theory of development in the Washington Consensus (World Bank & IMF), to the Millennial Development Goals and now to the Sustainable Development Goals. The problem with the model of development based on boosting infrastructure, opening of the markets and freedom of movement, is that it justifies inequalities to persist and this is now called into question by the rise of extreme right movements. According to Dr. Clos, the SDGs open the debate to find a new theory of sustainable development, a model that can address the new challenges of climate change, migration and reduce poverty and inequalities. He stressed the key role of cities in adopting a new model for sustainable development, a model that is not only based on growth but on inclusive growth and affordability. An affordable housing policy is key to building a sustainable city, Report from the EUROCITIES Social Affairs Forum, 7-8 March 2018, Utrecht, page 2

3 according to Dr. Clos who gave the counter-example of Singapore a very wealthy city but with unaffordable housing. The redistribution of wealth is increasingly important in a postindustrial economy when certain jobs and sectors are disappearing. The former executive director of UN-HABITAT explained how the role of cities is increasing as a source of value and a source of development. This being said, he stressed the need to recognise the responsibility of national governments to support urban policies. According to Dr. Clos, national governments should set a good framework of national urban policies that should be complemented with local policy and implementation. He proposed a wheel of sustainable urbanisation based on 3 pillars: 1) rules and regulations, 2) physical design (urban planning), 3) local finance. Urbanisation is a strategic issue for a sustainable future. The role of cities is increasing as a source of value, so we need to look at urbanisation as a source of development. This changes the approach to policy-making in cities. We need national governments to support urban policies and work with cities for sustainable development! Dr. Joan Clos, UN-HABITAT former executive director The UN special rapporteur on adequate housing, Leilani Farha, sent a video message in which she called on cities to make the shift to defend housing as a human right, following the example of Barcelona. She began her message by stressing that cities are on an unsustainable path as long as financialisation, gentrification and touristification are allowed, which push people out of their homes and leave cities for the few wealthy. Leilani went on to explain that treating housing as a commodity is increasing housing prices to levels many cannot afford, thus making housing a tool of increasing and embedding inequality. Farha informed that globally the monetary value of housing is $163 trillion, more than twice the total global GDP, but adequate housing is largely out of reach for many people with 1.6 billion people globally living in informal settlements, encampments and on the street. She stressed that SDG 11 commits governments to make cities inclusive, safe and sustainable, with cities having a fundamental role to reaching this goal by providing access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing by The UN special rapporteur announced the new global initiative Make the Shift that calls for a fundamental shift in the way housing is perceived and dealt with, moving away from housing as commodity to housing as a human right and vehicle for equality. This initiative is strongly supported by the mayor of Barcelona who hosted the launch event and unveiled the Barcelona Manifesto for a municipal network in defence of the right to affordable housing. Leilani invited cities to check the UN latest report on human-rights based housing strategies. If SDG 11 is to be met, cities must be bold and creative by adopting humanrights based housing strategies. Leilani Farha, UN special rapporteur Report from the EUROCITIES Social Affairs Forum, 7-8 March 2018, Utrecht, page 3

4 3. Panel discussions The first panel discussed how cities can address social challenges by localising the SDGs. Deputy mayor of Utrecht, Jeroen Kreijkamp, explained the SDG approach of Utrecht is based on a social safety model mix of housing and business creation for quality jobs. He illustrated how the city is connecting the SDGs to city policies like Heathy Urban Living. The vice-chair of SAF and deputy mayor of Malmo, Andreas Schönström, stressed that the global goals are not only about policies and governance, but also about translating all this into an action-based framework to identify what are the social problems in the city and how to create sustainable jobs. Where to start? Andreas said: start where the money is by making the investors take social responsibility, for example by ensuring that all investment in infrastructure also benefits investment in people and human and social capital. The head of social affairs in Stuttgart, Stefan Spatz, explained how his city embeds the SDGs into the city administration and established a cross-cutting working group on SDGs. Stuttgart started to apply the SDGs indicators at local level and from May 2018 is taking first steps to establish a baseline for monitoring and measuring the progress on SDGs. Stuttgart is working together with local business, academia and civil society via a SDG campaign to make the SDGs locally relevant. Spatz said: the challenge is translating the abstract global goals into concrete local actions that matter How to localise the SDGs? 1. Translate what is relevant to your city 2. Work in synergy with business, academia and civil society 3. Engage citizens in the process 4. Follow where the money is 5. Inspire & get inspired from other cities to citizens. The key is bottom-up participation of all stakeholders and a top-down binding framework as well as learning from other cities such as in EUROCITIES informal group. Representing the OECD, Stefano Marta stressed the shared responsibility of cities, regions and national governments to deliver on the SDGs. He stated: 65% of the SDGs cannot be achieved without cities. All SDGs have an urban dimension, and that is why the OECD is applying a city lens to all SDGs. Stefano announced a new OECD programme on territorial approach to SDGs, which foresees support for cities to 1) measure progress on SDGs by defining local indicators a database is set up for metropolitan areas to monitor progress; 2) multi-level governance dialogue and 3) promotion of good practices. Stefano noted the key challenge to coordinate vertically with other levels of government and horizontally across policy areas, and offered as solution to progress on all 17 SDGs by integrating policies. The results of two live polls show the extent to which cities work with SDGs and challenges: Is your city working with the SDGs? 35% Yes, we translate some SDGs into policies 28% Yes, we embedded SDGs into our strategy 19%, Yes my city set up a new strategy on SDGs 13% Not yet, but planning to work on SDGs 4% No Key challenges of cities working with SDGs? 35% internal coordination across policy areas 34% political will to work on SDGs 28% lack of capacity (resources, know-how) 20% difficulty to involve all local actors1 10% too limited local data Report from the EUROCITIES Social Affairs Forum, 7-8 March 2018, Utrecht, page 4

5 The second panel debated how can cities work together with the European Commission to support city strategies for social sustainability in line with the SDGs. The debate began with a live poll, which found that over 75% of cities in the audience engage local actors on SDGs. Deputy mayor of Utrecht, Kees Diepeveen, explained how Utrecht is making the city together by placing co-creation at the heart of all its policies and projects. A good example is Plan Einstein where the Utrecht Refugee Launch Pad UIA project was developed to increase ownership of local actions and empower the local community. Diepeveen explained that Utrecht has had a high influx of refugees into this deprived neighbourhood where locals were facing similar social problems to the recently-arrived refugees. To build social cohesion, the UIA project is not only targeting refugees, but also the locals who need housing and language courses, in an effort to create a learning environment that can benefit all people in the neighbourhood. Kees said: we found that working with the EU institutions can be very helpful, such as in the case of the UIA project we had a direct line between our city and Brussels (DG REGIO) to help us develop our project, which is now recognised at national level as a good example on how to house refugees in an inclusive way. Laia Ortiz presented Barcelona s inclusive policy-making approach in the new city strategy to reduce inequalities in with over 100 projects, each involving not only the local government, but universities, businesses and citizens. Involving citizens is key as it is illustrated in the new plan against homelessness that is ruled directly by the homeless, a new way of working by directly involving citizens in policymaking. Laia also stressed the importance of city-to-city cooperation on all SDGs and the cooperation with the European Commission within the UIA programme which funds the B-MINCOME project. Laia said: we, cities, have the chance to make creative solutions, but we need EU financial support to allow us to take the risk for social innovation to defend and promote social rights. Carole Mancel-Blanchard, deputy head of unit of DG REGIO, explained how the Commission is encouraging cities to adopt participatory tools to develop sustainable urban development strategies (SUDs). She stressed the important innovation introduced since 2014 to give cities direct access to a part of cohesion policy funding to develop SUDs (article 7 of ERDF). The Commission gave advice and guidance to cities to design SUDs in consultation with citizens and civil society, and by integrating economic, environmental and social policies in SUDs. Carole said: when the urban strategies are designed in a participatory way, they have higher chances to be successful in the medium- and long-term. Carole also informed that the Commission provides capacity-building support to cities to network and exchange good practices, such as in the urban development network (UDN - cities involved in SUDs and UIA). Report from the EUROCITIES Social Affairs Forum, 7-8 March 2018, Utrecht, page 5

6 Raffaele Barbato introduced the Urban Innovative Action programme that aims to encourage and support social innovations in cities through rich and diverse partnership as low-threshold as possible. 32 UIA projects have been approved so far, all characterised by a genuine cocreation design and new ways of organising the implementation process (how tasks and responsibilities are shared between partners) with the city being the ecosystem manager rather than in command of the process. Raffaele said: multi-level governance is unique to Europe. We are learning now from the first wave of UIA projects and we wish to start working more closely with EUROCITIES to capture and capitalise on this knowledge. EUROCITIES secretary-general, Anna Lisa Boni, emphasised that current urban challenges are interlinked and require that cities work with citizens and all stakeholders at local level. Cities can be inspired by the SDGs to build their own strategy for sustainable development, but the common element to all is to co-create the strategy with local actors. Anna Lisa said: translating SDGs at the local level means being an innovative government, one that considers citizens as co-creators and works with them transversally. It s about learning and experimenting, changing the mindset of how to do policymaking. It s not about the money, it s the willingness to learn and do urban development in a different way. The results of two live polls show the extent to which cities work with SDGs and their issues: 4. Political study visit Utrecht s urban innovative action on the inclusion of refugees and asylum seekers was presented to 15 city politicians who had the opportunity to visit the Refugee Launch Pad (Plan Einstein) and learn about the initiative. The city politicians engaged in an interactive dialogue with the young refugees and the Dutch residents of that neighbourgood to find out how they live and learn together in an inclusive way despite their different backgrounds. The session was an eye-opening experience for the politicians who learned from the life experiences of the refugees and the Dutch residents in the neighbourhood. These are the visits that give real meaning to our work - Raffaele Barbato, project coordinator of Urban Innovative Action programme Report from the EUROCITIES Social Affairs Forum, 7-8 March 2018, Utrecht, page 6

7 5. Speed networking Bonn: a sustainability strategy for Bonn implementing 2030 Agenda at local level Over a two-year period, Bonn will develop a municipal sustainability strategy to implement the Agenda 2030 at local level. By using a holistic approach, the strategy aims to translate the SDGs into relevant measures at local level. The strategic planning process is cross-sectorial, involving a trans-disciplinary steering group with members from all municipal departments and a consultative working group with representatives from civil society, academia, businesses and politics. The process focuses on the relevance of the Agenda 2030 for all municipal departments and on the links to municipal measures. Barcelona: city strategy on inclusion and reducing inequalities The strategic planning process for this strategy focused on inclusive policies to reduce inequalities for all. The planning had three phases. In the first phase, the city council, social entities and neighborhood movements agreed upon a common framework and social model. In the second phase, they established the objectives. In the third phase, 167 city council departments together with NGOs, social entities and city organisations contributed to shaping 896 project ideas to achieve these objectives. Ghent: A quadruple helix for implementing the SDGs at local level Using the quadruple helix method, Ghent s strategic planning unit conducted an analysis of the Multi-Annual Policy Agreement (MAPA) for the SDGs. This policy analysis formed the basis for the choice of topics for the Tomorrow Ghent participatory process, which engaged more than 300 experts and stakeholders in a debate on the future of the city. As a result of the dialogue, a report containing 150 policy proposals for the next local government was handed over to all local political parties to help them prepare their political programmes. The document also serves as a guide for the next MAPA. Grenoble: IBEST and the International Forum for Wellbeing Grenoble has developed a method to observe and assess the results and impact of local policies. The IBEST methodology addresses eight areas and contains 25 quantitative and qualitative indicators. It is experimenting with the use of the indicators to assess wellbeing at territorial level. Grenoble will also organise the International Forum for Wellbeing on 6-8 June 2018 focusing on the use of IBEST indicators to measure wellbeing at local level. The forum will focus on the impact of new wealth indicators for wellbeing, the territorial level and the transition towards fair and sustainable models for urban development. Joint Research Centre of the European Commission: Knowledge Centre for Territorial Policies (KCTP) The Knowledge Centre for Territorial Policies (KCTP) initiative wants to strengthen the dialogue between the European Commission and cities by establishing a space to debate sustainable urban development and nurture a community of policymakers by providing networking opportunities. A set of interactive tools have recently been developed to visualise and analyse territorial strategies, data and indicators, with the aim to facilitate the dialogue and the integration process among various levels of decision making. The Urban Data Platform and the Territorial Dashboard can be used by European cities and regions in sharing knowledge, data and indicators, encouraging benchmarking, and facilitating policy monitoring. In addition, an interactive toolbox, created by the URBADEV project, which is available on the KCTP website, deals with the implementation of urban and territorial strategies supported by EU structural funds. The toolbox allows for monitoring and benchmarking of urban and territorial strategies and helps to visualise the position, priorities, strengths and weaknesses of cities and territories. Malmo: Communities that care (CTC) Through the CTC project, Malmo has developed a community-based prevention system to reduce health and behaviour problems for young people. CTC is a data driven and outcome-focused programme that uses community-specific information to set goals, measure progress and evaluate the implemented measures. The initiative provides communities with a step-by-step guide and tools to build a coalition on prevention in view of achieving collective impact. The coalition includes representatives from agencies serving young people and families, law enforcement, faith communities, healthcare providers, businesses, schools, parents and residents

8 Porto: Porto Amigo The main objective of the Porto Amigo programme is to respond to the urgent housing needs of people experiencing economic difficulty, people over 60 years old or those caring for family members with disabilities. The project aims to carry out reconstruction, renovation and decoration of existing houses. Renovations include improving accessibility and sanitation. Porto Amigo guarantees beneficiaries personal autonomy and avoids isolating older people. The innovative aspect of this programme lies in the active involvement of the different partners, student volunteers and the beneficiaries themselves. Stuttgart: Localising the SDGs Stuttgart linked the political strategy of the city with the SDGs in a comprehensive and coherent framework. The project focuses on governance and has a cross-sectoral and multistakeholder approach. It bridges the gap between silos and enhances cooperation among different stakeholders towards the common goal of achieving the SDGs. Timisoara: regenerating marginalised areas This initiative addresses the poverty and social exclusion of 2,250 inhabitants in five marginalised urban areas of the city. By using an integrated approach, Timisoara has designed an area-based intervention using hard and soft measures for physical, economic and social regeneration. This is combined with people-based intervention, which sees the integrated services (including social services, education, healthcare, occupational guidance, etc.) while also involving citizens in the creation of projects for their neighbourhood. Utrecht: Edible Neighbourhood Rijnvliet Urban food forestry Through its health strategy Utrecht aims to nurture the quantity and quality of its green public spaces, making the city climate adaptive, enhancing inclusion and engaging citizens in urban planning. The strategy places health at the centre of city s development by weighing all decisions based on their impact on citizens' health. In the process, partners and residents knowledge is channeled into developing smart solutions, while supporting community-led initiatives. One of these solutions is the edible neighborhood (Rijnvliet), a food forest, which creates a stable and resilient ecosystem with natural, recreational, educational and societal value. Utrecht4GlobalGoals: creating SDG actions at local level involving urban actors Utrecht aims to involve local stakeholders in the city s development by using the SDGs as a source of inspiration for bottom-up actions and initiatives. The Utrecht4GlobalGoals foundation is partly funded by the municipality and partly from products and services it provides. The aim of the project is to raise citizens awareness of the SDGs and collect and award local, small-scale best practices initiatives that support sustainable development. The target group are citizens including civil society, local businesses and entrepreneurs. Utrecht: Overvecht-Noord Energy Transition and the Human Capital Agenda This project aims to make the Overvecht- Noord district climate neutral by Currently 83% of the 8,000 dwellings in this area are heated with natural gas. This district faces many challenges, which include low income households, high unemployment rates and other social issues. The project is using an integrated approach to create links between energy transition and education, employment and housing quality. It also creates social and economic return by linking educational programmes, internships and jobs for unemployed people with the construction work (e.g. insulating houses, installation works, district heating etc). Warsaw: Metropolis supporting the development of the local administration This project aimed to improve the quality of public services provided by Warsaw s city administration. Metropolis modernised the management processes by implementing an effective risk management system and improving the cooperation between municipal administration and third sector entities. The programme also had a training dimension, which improved the skills of 520 employees. To simplify and improve citizens interaction with the city, the project supported the launch of a new Communication Centre with Residents.

9 6. Site visits and workshops Site visit 1: Plan Einstein (Utrecht Refugee Launch Pad) Plan Einstein is an innovative asylum reception facility in the Overvecht district, funded by UIA programme. Asylum seekers and residents live, learn and build their future together through English classes, entrepreneurship courses and individual coaching. The institutional partners in Plan Einstein are: Dutch Council for Refugees, SOCIUS, Social Impact Factory, Utrecht Centre for Entrepreneurship, Roehampton University and Oxford University. The workshop discussed how cities can work together with local communities to receive refugees and migrants in their city. With a focus on creating processes together with citizens, participants shared ideas on how to motivate communities to interact with refugees to ensure inclusive communication and social cohesion. Site visit 2: Place2BU a co-housing project Place2BU is a co-housing project that offers housing to people transitioning to autonomous living, like young people who just finished their studies, asylum seekers with residence permits and people moving from homeless shelters, youth care institutions or sheltered housing. During the workshop, participants discussed how to build an inclusive city through a new housing project. They exchanged experiences related to social engineering, community building and place-making. Site visit 3: Utrecht poverty approach and blockchain technology Utrecht poverty approach and blockchain technology is an example of how the city is working together with its citizens to find innovative ways to improve the conditions of people at risk of poverty. During the workshop, participants discussed how cities can develop a local poverty reduction policy together with citizens. The workshop looked at the City Deal Inclusive City where a pilot is in place to develop a blockchain technology together with the national tax office to prevent people falling into poverty. Site visit 4: Foodgarden Overvecht Foodgarden Overvecht is a bottom-up initiative, which saw a group of active residents decide to create a sustainable food chain in their neighbourhood (Overvecht) by developing a food garden. Not only does the garden do this but it also serves an important social function, providing a meeting place for residents from diverse cultural and social backgrounds. During the workshop, participants discussed how a city can develop a sustainable food chain by involving residents. Participants shared ideas of how cities can support healthy, sustainable and inclusive bottom-up projects like neighbourhood food gardens and involve all members of the community, including asylum seekers. Site visit 5: Utrecht Children s Rights City Utrecht Children s Rights City is a process created together with citizens where the city works together with children and local actors (schools, NGOs, educators) with the aim to become a Children s Rights City. This initiative aims to reduce child poverty (SDG 1) and ensure equal access to quality education (SDG 4). This session included a Children s Rights walk through the city Centre, which was offered by Amnesty International Utrecht. During the workshop, participants discussed how cities can develop local policies together with children. They exchanged experiences of their work with children and youth participation, with a focus on conflict prevention and debt awareness.

10 7. Imagine the Urban Future Members of the social affairs forum debated and exchanged views on the urban future. Key social challenges in cities now and in the coming years: access to housing and gentrification, increased inequalities, ageing society, integration of migrants, changes in the world of work and skills mismatch. Only 14% report change in the social welfare model and 12% found new forms of poverty (working poor and energy poor). Participants converged that cities can address these challenges by working with partners at local level (82%), learning from and replicating good practices from fellow cities (48%), improving internal coordination (45%) and partnering with regional, national and EU authorities (42%). A more evidence-based approach to policy solutions was selected by 32% while only a minority (17%) found the need for more social innovation with new, digital tools. As for the role of EUROCITIES, the vast majority of participants favoured a stronger advocacy role (77%) and a broker role to promote networking, mutual learning and policy transfer between cities (70%). A third of participants would like to see more city-to-city partnerships through joint projects and a similar share of the audience (32%) would prefer more help to design and pilot social innovations at local level. Similarly, data collection and compilations of good practices from cities ranks high among 30% of the audience. Only a minority of respondents (17%) need more training and capacity-building on how to access EU funding. 8. Business meeting Solna was approved as associate partner of SAF following the persuading presentation by Solna s city commissioner, Arios Chryssafis (see Solna s presentation here) Bianca Faragau, policy advisor of EUROCITIES, presented key EU policy developments related to social affairs with specific focus on updates related to the European Pillar of Social Rights, cohesion policy and the European Social Fund, the Urban Agenda for the EU and the SDGs in the EU. She invited SAF members to join the Cities4Europe campaign of EUROCITIES (see presentation of EU policy and funding updates here). Raffaella Greco Tonegutti, policy officer on migration and mobility at DG Research and Innovation gave a brief overview of the funding opportunities available for cities within the Horizon 2020 calls for 2018, 2019 and She invited cities to tap into these opportunities to address societal challenges in line with the real needs of people at local level (see DG RTD presentation on H2020 calls here). Stefan Spatz, head of social affairs in Stuttgart, invited all participants to join the next SAF meeting in Stuttgart on October and featured a music video. Report from the EUROCITIES Social Affairs Forum, 7-8 March 2018, Utrecht, page 10