Bringing together 23 cities from the EU-funded projects POCITYF, SPARCS and RESPONSE, this session will share insights, tools, and methods for citizen engagement and participation in building resilient and sustainable cities, ensuring fair and inclusive social change towards a clean energy transition. Hands-on experience with engagement practices will be presented by Espoo (FI) and Alkmaar (NL). The audience will discuss future challenges. The outcomes will be presented in the form of takeaways for implementation.