URBACT webinar: What do EU cities really know? Social data needs, challenges and turning them into policy

Edited on 15/01/2026

Join [u]s for the first webinar on social data management and find out how to turn data into policy!

Open to a wider public

Online

15 January 2026

Organiser

URBACT Programme

The URBACT Secretariat organises a series of four webinars exploring how cities can collect, analyse, monitor, and turn social data into effective public policies. Each session will focus on a different step of the social data cycle, sharing practical insights and experiences from cities across Europe.

 

This first webinar sets the scene by looking at the current state of social data at city level. Cities collect a large amount of social data, but it often remains siloed and underused.

  • What social data do cities actually have?

  • What data are they missing?

  • And what common challenges do cities face across Europe when it comes to accessing, managing and using social data for policymaking?

     


 

Have you missed this webinar? You can rewatch the recording here and view the slides below.