At the 2017 Cities Forum in Rotterdam on Tuesday 28 November, the European Commission and the European Investment bank (EIB) announced the launch of Urbis (Urban Investment Support), an advisory service that will help cities to access funding more easily to support their urban development.
Cities can struggle to find funding to implement social inclusion, urban regeneration or energy efficiency policies - actions that are frequently seen as excessively risky or too small-scale by the...