URBACT has recently launched in Brussels 6 thematic publications in which one can find food for thought and hints on how to address difficult issues European cities face. During the presentation an interactive Question Time allowed participants to ask questions about the report and about the future funds available for cities in the next European […]
Archives for 2013
Welcome to Croatia and Croatian Cities !
This week is a celebration week since Croatia just joined the European Union. July 1st is of course was great date for Croatia to join. At the start of the summer the names of Split, Dubrovnik, Zadar are associated with a vision of sun, deep blue and shining sea. But away from the idyllic representation […]
Budapest: A Stakeholder’s Dilemma about Flood Protection Planning
We are barely a week after the highest water level the Danube ever produced at Budapest. The danger is, at least for now, over – but there are lessons learnt which have to be discussed. The still fresh memories and pictures give a good basis for such a discussion. I live quite close to the Danube […]
From Gezi Park to Rio de Janeiro: Urban Planning at The Forefront
Good Urban Services Are More Important than Spectacles In ancient Rome the masses were kept quiescent by free bread and the appalling spectacle of the Coliseum. Now it is the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Football Federation Agency (FIFA) who play this role. While Erdogan seems to have lost his mojo over the decision to […]
Innovative Ways to Produce Food: Inspirations from The Dutch City of Amersfoort
The Dutch historical city of Amersfoort is a forerunner when it comes to sustainable development. The municipality works with many local partners – from farmers to supermarkets and bakeries to urban gardens – to realise its green ambitions. One of the city’s partners is De Vale Ouwe, a private company focusing on ‘culinary project management’. […]
Helping Cities to Implement New Citizens’ Participation Models in Italy
Developing and maintaining structured forms of civic participation is not a mainstream practice for many Italian local authorities. But some useful initiatives such as the URBACT National Training Scheme, which took place on the 23rd and 24th of May in Rome, support Italian cities so that they develop a wider approach to stakeholders’ participation. Today citizens […]
Building Bridges between Competitiveness and Cohesion Policies
by Antonio Borghi, URBACT expert “Accelerating change at local level for effective delivery of sustainable energy solutions” – this was the theme of a two-day seminar organised jointly by the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme (IEE) and the INTERACT programme. Aim of the event was to bring together practitioners in the field of local and regional […]
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: A Feedback From the National Urban Forum Conference in Salo, Finland
by Professor Mike Campbell, URBACT expert It was great to have the chance of speaking at Finland’s National Urban Forum Conference on 21 May. The Ministry of the Economy and Employment (that’s a good joined up start in itself!) which is responsible for Urban Policy, kindly invited me to speak about the need for Cities to […]
What Does Twitter Tell Us About URBACT?
Storify by segoleneea I was curious to see what Twitter tells us about URBACT… here is the result of a first scroll through the past two weeks of discussions about URBACT! A nice outlook in its diversity and objectives. First of all, it is amazing to see that at the same time from Finland to […]
Cities Standing for Europe
The 9th of May is Europe’s Day. It celebrates the famous historical declaration on the 9th of May 1950 by Robert Schuman, French Foreign Minister at the time, in which he proposed the creation of a European Coal and Steel Community. In this discourse, he foreseaw a larger Union: “It may be the leaven from […]
Authors
Aidan Cerar
Aldo Vargas
Alice Ferguson
Alina Andreea Băileşteanu
Alison Partridge
Amy Labarrière
Ana Resende
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