Project meetings

From community garden to steering committee: Cities@Heart sees Cork's approach to urban heart health first-hand On 22 September 2026, the Cities@Heart coordinators and several project partners spent a day in Cork. They met local community leaders, health service managers, and researchers to see how the city is tackling cardiovascular disease (CVD) at neighbourhood level. The day ended with a hybrid Steering Committee meeting, so the whole consortium could take part. Where the

Bringing Our Work to the Global Cardiology Community. The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress is the largest annual gathering of cardiovascular health professionals in the world, and this year, it brought together close to 34,000 participants in the field. Cities@Heart made its presence known. Over the course of the event in Munich, our team took part in a series of activities designed to strengthen the project internally and share our work with the wider cardiovas

Members of Cities@Heart were in İzmir on 4 June 2026 for a stakeholder meeting. The day kicked off with a warm welcome from the mayor of İzmir, Dr Cemil Tugay. Presentations were then given from the Izmir Municipality, members of Cities@Heart and other stakeholders. The programme showcased Izmir Metropolitan Municipality’s institutional capacity, field-level implementation, and collaborative approach to advancing cardiovascular health and wellbeing in urban environments. It a

The two-day Cities@Heart Kick-Off Meeting, held on January 27–28, 2026, at Novartis, Basel, marked the official start of a five-year collaboration aimed at reducing cardiovascular disease (CVD) and tackling health inequalities in urban communities . A shared vision for healthier cities Cities@Heart brings together universities, city governments, patient organisations, industry partners, and international bodies including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European S