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 […]
Posts Tagged ‘Inspiration and Solutions from Cities’
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 […]
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 […]
Implementing Change: A New Local Agenda for Jobs and Growth
Right now, under the Irish European Union (EU) Presidency, it feels like all roads lead to Dublin’s fair city. Amidst a cluster of events, the 9th annual meeting of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) LEED (Local Economic and Employment Development) Forum heads for the Irish capital on the 26th and 27th March […]
Once upon a time in Milan – Renovation and energy saving
Feedback by Marco Pozzo from a visit made in the framework of the URBACT Workstream ‘Building Energy Efficiency’, which investigated and consolidated the outputs on many URBACT projects dealing with the issue of energy efficiency. An ancient farmhouse in the centre of Milan becomes a new energy saving public space. When the 6th workstream “Building […]
A Success for URBACT Social Media Turn
URBACT has long been active on social media. Its Facebook profile is now well established and is now a meeting point for 1750 fans. As for twitter, URBACT has now 1 099 followers and the URBACT National Dissemination Points tweet from their own accounts about URBACT in national languages. But the great digital turn has […]
International Conference : Urban Energies
What are the questions that will concern our cities in the future? Will a new balance be struck locally between civic involvement and political responsibility? Who must do what today to make sure our cities remain a success model for the future? These are some of the question addressed by the International Conference Städtische Energien/Urban […]
Authors
Aidan Cerar
Aldo Vargas
Alice Ferguson
Alina Andreea Băileşteanu
Alison Partridge
Amy Labarrière
Ana Resende
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