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Can nature make your city climate-resilient?
Among the headlines of summer 2017: disastrous floods in the South of England, Istanbul and Berlin, extreme water scarcity in Rome, wild fires...
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Lifting the lid on URBACT’s Good Practices
What links Barcelona, Tampere and Dupnitsa? Not much, you might think. Barcelona is a global city with an international reputation for innovation,...
Stay Tuned
Stay Tuned
European cities face higher levels of Early Leaving from Education and Training (ELET) than their national averages, meaning that some urban areas have more ELET rates, than the countryside areas - contrary to the national trends of these cities' countires. This represents a serious challenge...
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How the food sector can help reduce youth unemployment in European medium-sized cities
The world needs to wake up to “the ticking time bomb” of youth unemployment in European medium-sized cities and treat the issue as seriously as...
INT-HERIT
INT-HERIT
The INT-HERIT implementation network brings together 9 European cities facing challenges related to the revitalisation of their cultural heritage. These cities learn from each other and help each other to develop local strategies in order to make their cities an attractive place to live, work and...
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URBinclusion
URBinclusion
Socioeconomic disparities and other forms of inequalities are a major issue in European cities which are threatened by social polarisation increase. Poverty does not only create social differences between people and groups; it also leads to spatial differences.
URBinclusion implementation network...
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Ready for the future? Urban resilience in practice
Urban resilience is the capacity of urban systems, communities, individuals, organisations and businesses to recover, maintain their function and...
ARRIVAL CITIES
ARRIVAL CITIES
In September 2015, at what was the height of migration flows witnessed in the Europe since the Second World War, this Action Planning network began its activities. As a result of this global flow, one can observe a rapid change in the population
structure and...
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Arrival Cities network or how can cities deal with old and new migration flows
The Arrival Cities Action Planning Network is tackling one of Europe’s most urgent issues by looking at how cities can manage the challenges of old...
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Young Voices: Advice to cities on the labour market
Four young individuals share their experiences in the labour market and how cities can help assist youth.