Steering committee meeting WG Eastern Partnership Speednetworking session Political study visit

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1 @EUROCITIEStweet #SAFcities #SocialRights #GlobalGoals #EUmeets Overview of the meeting: Tuesday 6 March Steering committee meeting WG Eastern Partnership Newcomers session Informal dinner (at own expense) Registration and welcome coffee Official welcome and keynote speech Panel debate 1 Wednesday 7 March Panel debate Lunch Speednetworking session Political study visit Thematic updates in clusters Political roundtable discussion Official dinner Registration and welcome coffee followed by presentation of Solna s SAF candidacy Thursday 8 March Site visits and workshops Lunch EUROCITIES Imagine the Urban Futures and business meeting CONTACTS: EUROCITIES Bianca Faragau bianca.faragau@eurocities.eu Imara Antonius i.antonius@utrecht.nl

2 Tuesday 6 March Venue: City Office, Stadsplateau Steering committee meeting NB: only for SAF steering committee members WG Eastern Partnership meeting NB: meeting starts at Newcomers session This session is for new members of the social affairs forum (SAF) and city representatives attending their first SAF meeting. It will give an overview of forum activities and priorities, and how they link EU policy to local practice Informal dinner (at own expense) Restaurant De er typical Dutch cuisine and beer Address: Vredenburg 40, 3511 BD Wednesday 7 March Venue: Tivoli Vredenburg, Vredenburgkade Registration and welcome coffee Welcome by deputy mayor of, Kees Diepeveen, and chair of the social affairs forum, Laia Ortiz Keynote speech by Dr. Joan Clos, former executive director of UN-HABITAT Video message from UN special rapporteur on the right to housing, Leilani Farha High-level panel debate How can cities better address social challenges by localising the SDGs? - Andreas Schönström, deputy mayor of Malmo and vice chair of the social affairs forum - Jeroen Kreijkamp, deputy mayor of - Werner Wölfle, deputy mayor for social affairs and integration, Stuttgart - Stefano Marta, coordinator of OECD programme on a territorial approach to SDGs, OECD Moderator: Ali Al-Jaberi Coffee break Global Goals Energizer by Touchée Dance Company High-level panel debate How can cities work together with the European Commission to create strategies for social sustainability in line with the SDGs? - Carole Mancel-Blanchard, DG REGIO, European Commission - Anna Lisa Boni, secretary general of EUROCITIES - Kees Diepeveen, deputy mayor of - Laia Ortiz, deputy mayor of Barcelona and chair of the EUROCITIES Social Affairs Forum - Raffaele Barbato, project coordinator of the Urban Innovative Actions secretariat Moderator: Ali Al-Jaberi CONTACTS: EUROCITIES Bianca Faragau bianca.faragau@eurocities.eu Imara Antonius i.antonius@utrecht.nl

3 Lunch / family picture Speednetworking session and projects corner Format: three rounds of 40 minutes During this session, participants will have the opportunity to learn about how other cities translate SDGs into their local strategies, how they monitor and measure progress and the good practices of some cities in using the European Social Fund. Bonn Barcelona Ghent Grenoble JRC Malmo Porto Stuttgart Timisoara Warsaw Developing a sustainability strategy for Bonn implementing the 2030 Agenda at local level Barcelona s strategy on inclusion and reducing inequalities A quadruple helix for implementing the SDGs at local level IBEST and the International Forum for Wellbeing Knowledge Centre for Territorial Policies of the Joint Research Centre of European Commission Communities that care (CTC) Porto Amigo (housing programme) Localising the Sustainable Development Goals in Stuttgart Regeneration of marginalised urban areas 4GlobalGoals: creating SDG actions at the local level involving urban stakeholders Edible Neighbourhood Rijnvliet Urban food forestry Overvecht-Noord Energy Transition and the Human Capital Agenda Metropolis: supporting the development of the local administration Coffee break Thematic updates from SAF working groups Format: two rounds of 40 minutes Cluster 1: WG homelessness and WG housing Cluster 2: WG employment and WG migration and integration Cluster 3: WG smart social inclusion and WG urban ageing Cluster 4: WG education and WG Roma inclusion OPEN TO EUROCITIES POLITICIANS ONLY Political study visit to the Refugee Launch Pad (Plan Einstein) Coffee break Political roundtable discussion: What support do cities need to take risks in social innovation at local level? Official dinner Opening by Director of Inclusive City, Ms. Toke Tom Venue: Restaurant The Colour Kitchen Address: Pr. Christinalaan 1, 3554 JL

4 Thursday 8 March Venue: City Office, Stadsplateau workshop 1 workshop 2 workshop 3 Registration and welcome coffee Presentation of SAF candidacy by Arios Chryssafis, city commissioner of Solna Site visits and workshops (5 parallel workshops including site visits) Plan Einstein ( Refugee Launch Pad) Plan Einstein is an innovative asylum reception facility in the Overvecht district, which has been funded under the Urban Innovative Actions programme. Asylum seekers and residents live, learn and build their future together through English classes, entrepreneurship courses and individual coaching. During the session, participants will have the opportunity to meet the institutional partners in Plan Einstein: Dutch Council for Refugees, SOCIUS, Social Impact Factory, Centre for Entrepreneurship, Roehampton University and Oxford University. Workshop: How can cities work together with communities, asylum seekers and stakeholders to receive refugees and migrants in their city? With a focus on creating processes together with citizens, the workshop will discuss how to stimulate existing communities to interact with asylum seekers, how to ensure inclusive communication and how to handle bottom-up initiatives while working with vulnerable groups. This workshop is related to SDG 10 (reduced inequalities) and SDG 11 (sustainable cities and communities). Moderator: Imara Antonius, EU project coordinator of Plan Einstein, - Niene Oepkes, project manager of Plan Einstein (U-RLP), - Jolien De Crom, project manager of Co-housing-CURANT, Antwerp - Birgit Wachter and Christoph Reinprecht, CORE project, Vienna Contributions from: - Nelida Hancco Herrera, finance officer, UIA secretariat - Raffaele Barbato, project coordinator of UIA secretariat - Dani de Torres, UIA expert 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 homelessness shelters, youth care institutions or sheltered housing. Workshop: How to build an inclusive city through a new housing project? During the workshop, participants will exchange experiences related to social engineering, community building and place-making. The focus is on creating processes together with citizens and related to SDG 3 (good health and well-being) and SDG 11 (sustainable cities and communities). Moderator: Haye Folkertsma, - Kees Diepeveen, deputy mayor of - Willem Smid, policy advisor, - Stijn Geljon, community builder at Place2BU, poverty approach and blockchain technology 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 (SDG 1 no poverty). Workshop: How can cities develop a local poverty reduction policy together with citizens? The workshop will look at the City Deal Inclusive City where a pilot was developed in partnership with the national tax office to help prevent people falling further into poverty. During the workshop, participants will also learn about how the city is piloting a blockchain technology to reduce administrative burden on residents. Moderator: Mariska Pastoors, - Bianca Kingma, head of unit, department of work and income, - Anna Potijk, policy advisor,

5 workshop 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. Workshop: How can a city develop a sustainable food chain by involving residents? Participants will explore ideas of how city authorities can support healthy, sustainable and inclusive bottom-up initiatives like neighbourhood food gardens and how to involve all members of the community, including asylum seekers. The focus will be on exploring how to create these initiatives together with residents in line with SDG 10 (reduced inequalities), SDG 11 (sustainable cities and communities) and SDG 12 (responsible consumption and production). Moderator: Annemarie Gout, policy advisor, - Marthe van Laarhoven, policy advisor, workshop 5 Children s Rights City 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 will include a Children s Rights walk through the city Centre, which is offered by Amnesty International. Workshop: How can cities develop local policies together with children? Participants will exchange their experiences with children and youth participation, with a focus on conflict prevention and debt awareness. will present its Peaceful Schools Approach where schools work with children mediators, and the local Debt Awareness Project, which was designed with the help of young people in the city. Moderator: Hans Sakkers, head of international affairs department, - Victor Everhardt, deputy mayor of - Elke van der Vliet, policy advisor, - Lars Jonsson, advisor on culture affairs, Gothenburg - Esther Peeters and Felisha Aakster, Dutch National Youth Council Lunch EUROCITIES Imagine the urban future : a reflection on current and future social trends and common challenges for cities Interactive session with audience and speakers: - Laia Ortiz, deputy mayor of Barcelona and chair of the social affairs forum - Andreas Schönström, deputy mayor of Malmo and vice chair of the social affairs forum Moderator: Ali Al-Jaberi Business meeting updates - Update on key EU policy developments related to social affairs - H2020 funding opportunities for cities, by Raffaella Greco Tonegutti, policy officer on migration and mobility, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission - Plenary announcements: save the date for our next SAF meeting in Stuttgart Steering Committee meeting WG Creative Citizenship meeting (continues on 9 March at ) NB: Separate registration is required to attend.

6 This event has received financial support from the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation "EaSI" ( ). For further information, please consult: