In practice, Eurocities operates with seven specialised committees i.e. Culture (chaired by Helsinki), East-West (chaired by Bolonia), Economic development and Urban Regeneration (chaired by Lille), Environment (chaired by Stockholm), Social welfare (chaired by Antwerp), transport (chaired by Rotterdam, and the Policy Forum for Technology (chaired by Den Haag). 

Eurocities has also initiated the following networks Car Free Cities (promoting sustainable mobility), and Telecities (defining the urban demand for telematics). In addition, Eurocities is managing the European Tacis City Twinning programme in consortium with the United Towns Development Agency. The POLIS network can advise Eurocities on specific questions relating to urban mobility, particularly with regard to urban transport, environment and energy. 
 

The President of Eurocities (Bilbao) is elected by the Annual General Meeting, for a term of one year, with the possibility of renewal of a further year. 

The Eurocities Executive Committee is composed of representatives of maximum 12 cities, elected during the Annual General Meeting for a term of two years. It is responsible for supervising the activities of the network and for policy activities. It is also responsible for appointing the Vice-President (currently the city of Helsinki) and Treasurer (the city of Antwerp) of the network. 

The day-to-day management is carried out by the Secretariat, led by the Director-General of Eurocities. Located in Brussels, the Secretariat is also responsible for establishing and maintaining contact with the European institutions. 

The Annual General Meeting, which takes place every year in the autumn, is the forum which elects the President and the members of the Executive Committee. It also votes to endorse membership applications or withdrawals and any other elections within the network, such as for the cities who chair the committees. 

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