EUKN’s mission
EUKN’s mission is to build a strong evidence base across Europe for strengthening urban policies and monitoring and evaluating their effectiveness in order to create sustainable cities.
Connecting knowledge, creating urban insight
Focus on seven key urban themes:
1) Economy, Knowledge & Employment
2) Housing
3) Social Inclusion & Integration
4) Transport & Infrastructure,
5) Security & Crime Prevention,
6) Urban Environment & Sustainability
7) Skills & Capacity Building
Exchange of good-practices at European level
National and local integrated urban policies
Relevant research on pressing urban challenges
EUKN througout the years
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Website statistics November 2009
55 knowledge documents uploaded to e-library
593 documents uploaded since January 2009
99427 website visitors in November 2009
120 countries
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Ten most consulted documents
1. http://www.eukn.org/eukn/meetings/2009/12/EUKN-2009-Conference---Young--Urban--Migrant---From-Challenge-to-Chance_1005.html
2. http://www.eukn.org/eukn/meetings/2009/11/EUROCITIES-2009-Stockholm-_1001.html
3. http://www.eukn.org/eukn/news/2009/11/Interview-winy-maas_1016.html
4. http://www.eukn.org/eukn/themes/Urban_Policy/Transport_and_infrastructure/Making-Cycling-Irresistible--Lessons-from-the-Netherlands--Denmark--and-Germany_2365.html
5. http://www.eukn.org/eukn/news/2009/11/The-Lisbon-Treaty-has-been-ratified--more-respect-and-power-for-the-Regions-and-Cities-of-Europe_1012.html
6. http://www.eukn.org/espana/themes/Urban_Policy/Urban_environment/po001_TRLeySueloES_2564.html
7. http://www.eukn.org/eukn/news/2009/11/The-most-powerful-cities-in-the-world_1028.html
8. http://www.eukn.org/unitedkingdom/themes/Urban_Policy/Towards-an-urban-renaissance-final-report-of-the-Urban-Task-Force_1869.html
9. http://www.eukn.org/espana/news/2009/09/no054_MasAllaDelPIB_ES_1006.html
10. http://www.eukn.org/espana/themes/Urban_Policy/Security_and_crime_prevention/estdtca_delito_inmigrantes_1063.html
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