The European CSPF– Road-Map 2024/2025
(Rolling) Road-Map 2024/2025
Themes
8th CSPF & 10th Year Jubilee Meeting
19-20 June, Hamburg
ESG and access to credit (sustainable finance) to fund infrastructures & Local sustainability projects
Possible structure and sub-topics:
• What are the pros and cons of usage of sustainable finance (green bonds, SDG-linked loans, etc.)? What are the ESG elements that public & private financial institutions require to disclose in order to get financial benefits (i.e. lower cost of debt)?
• Local project sustainability approach / SDG-review
• CSPF politicians’ (finance city councillor) attendance and dialogue commemorating the 10th Anniversary on the 19th June.
Themes
9th Meeting
Second semester, F2F/On-line
Affordable Housing Programmes
(Possible) sub-topics:
• Increasing home-ownership
• Legal and financial means to access rental market (for the NextGeneration)
• PropTech systems/solutions for sustainable/affordable cities
• Real estate asset management & pricing
• The unfold rise of AirBnB – new city approaches
• Sustainable use of land in growing cities (how to secure public plots)
Transversal
component: These themes and related issues will be also addressed taking into account how they are dealt with and/or recorded in the respective accounting systems / financial reporting / IPSAS (EPSAS).
2024
(Rolling) Road-Map 2024/2025
First semester ‘25
F2F/Online
Themes
Localizing Artificial Intelligence & CivicTech & Democracy & Open Data (Possible) sub-topics:
• Creating cultural-sensitive AI tools
• The new EU legal framework (EU AI Act) for safe, transparent, traceable, environmentally friendly AI systems
• How local governments can help future-proof city economies
• Using AI in budgeting, public management and accounting processes (OCR Scan technologies)
• Enhancing citizen participation (e.g. participatory budgeting) via digital platforms
• What are the current democratic trends? What changes have the cities perceived in the last years?
• How to deal with political changes/party politics from a finance perspective? What dangers lie ahead?
Second semester ‘25
F2F/On-line
Themes
Strong Institutions (SDG 16) (Possible) sub-topics:
• Corruption & access to information (Open Budget)
• Responsible, effective, accountable and transparent (local) institutions
• How to ban hacker attacks and other forms of bank robbery
• Shared sector (public-private)
• Responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making
Transversal component: These themes and related issues will be also addressed taking into account how they are dealt with and/or recorded in the respective accounting systems / financial reporting / IPSAS (EPSAS).
2025