• Social Affairs Pulse survey: headline evidence on cities’ social investment priorities
• Key questions for national, regional and EU stakeholders

Members of the Eurocities Directors of Social Services Community of Experts (chaired by Duco Sturman, Amsterdam and Agnes Berlakovich, Vienna) intervene on:

• the local challenge;
• the funding or governance bottleneck;
• the change required from national or EU authorities;
• one example of an effective city response.

• Purpose and guiding questions
• Explanation of group composition and expected outputs

Group participants according to geography, shared funding arrangements or common challenges. Each group brings together cities with relevant national, regional and European Commission stakeholders to:

• identify shared and region-specific social funding priorities;
• consider how these priorities can inform future National and Regional Partnership Plans;
• identify links with the European Semester;
• propose practical follow-up between the participating institutions.

• Key priorities from each group
• Common issues and regional differences

• Responses from national, regional and EU stakeholders
• Opportunities for continued exchange and engagement