Social data webinars

Malta — A new year means new opportunities to learn - don’t miss our Social Data Webinar Series

As cities across Europe face increasingly complex social challenges, one thing is clear: better policies start with better use of social data. To kick off the new year, URBACT invites you to a dedicated public webinar series designed to help cities understand, use, and transform social data into effective urban policies.

Whether you are a city practitioner, policymaker, data expert, or part of a local stakeholder group, these sessions will offer practical insights, real-life examples, and inspiration from cities already working with data to drive change.

A four-part webinar series on social data and urban policy

This webinar series will explore the full policy cycle—from identifying data needs to measuring policy impact:

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

📅 15 January 2026 | 10:00–11:30 CET
An opening session exploring what social data cities currently have, what they are missing, and how gaps can be turned into opportunities for better policymaking.

How to collect and manage data for social policies?

📅 22 January 2026 | 10:00–11:30 CET
Learn practical approaches to gathering, managing, and organising social data in a way that supports evidence-based decision-making.

How to interact and draft social policies with data?

📅 29 January 2026 | 10:00–11:30 CET
Discover how data can support co-creation, stakeholder engagement, and the design of more inclusive and responsive social policies.

How to measure the impact of social policies with data?

📅 19 February 2026 | 10:00–11:30 CET
This final session focuses on monitoring and evaluation—showing how cities can assess what works, what doesn’t, and why.

🌍 Learn from URBACT Action Planning Networks

Throughout the series, URBACT Action Planning Networks will share hands-on experiences and lessons learned. Networks such as One Health 4 Cities, U.R. Impact, NextGen YouthWork, and Cities @ Heart will guide participants through concrete examples of using social data to improve urban policies and outcomes.

🎯 Why join?

Gain practical tools and methods for working with social data
Learn directly from European cities facing similar challenges
Strengthen your capacity to design, implement, and evaluate social policies
Get inspired by URBACT networks turning data into action

👉 Want to join us?

Register now and secure your place in the full webinar series:
https://urbact.eu/whats-new/news/social-data-better-cities-urbact-public-webinar-series?utm_campaign=socialdatawebinars&utm_source=general&utm_medium=social&utm_promo=socialdata

Start the year by turning social data into better cities.

Submitted by on 12/01/2026

Judy Cassar

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