EUKN

At the informal ministerial conference on urban policy 'Cities Empower Europe' on 30 November 2004, the EU Ministers for urban policy agreed to develop a pilot project for a European urban knowledge exchange network - EUKN. It was decided that the overall objective of the European Urban Knowledge Network is to assist Member States, cities and other urban players with their knowledge requirements relating to urban issues.
During the 2007 German EU Presidency, the members of EUKN decided to end the successful pilot project phase of EUKN and extend the network until 2010, with an eye on sustainably financing the network after this period.