The Italian Ministry for Education, Universities and Research played host to the Funding Agencies from 10 JPI Urban Europe countries, in view of further discussing and guiding the Pilot Call 2013 process. On the 13th of September participants discussed many issues including the evaluation procedures, the composition of the Expert Panel responsible for evaluating the pre-proposals as well as future JPI Urban Europe activities. The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding further validated the collaboration between the Funding Agencies in name of JPI Urban Europe.