Social media to strengthen local commerce: The case of the Semaest in Paris
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With the growth of e-commerce and out-of-town shopping malls, smaller retailers have been suffering greatly. Causing the closure of many shops, this...
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Ben and Sophee Southall in Alba Iulia
Ben Southall from Petersfield, UK, made headlines in 2009 when he became the proud winner of the "Best Job in the World", widely regarded as one of...
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APN Midterm Training – URBACT Networks met in Paris
The URBACT networks are half way on their projects, so it was time to meet and to share what’s going on. That’s what happened in a very, very hot...
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Learning from one another's good practices: digital communication tools and the improvement of local processes
With Interactive Cities working on how digital communication and social media can improve urban governance, our partners recently awarded the Good...
Varna Smart City Startup Weekend
The Smart City Startup Weekend, which was held in Varna on 26-28 May 2017 provided excellent opportunities.
Study visit in Helsinki
The City of Helsinki has been at the fore of digital communication in the past decades.
The last transnational meeting for Interactive Cities: #interactivetartu
From June the 6th to the 7th the partners of Interactive Cites have been met in the city of Tartu – Estonia- for their 3rd transnational meeting
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Genova25: promoting the city on Instagram
In 1992, in order to celebrate 500th anniversary of the discovery of America by the genoese Cristoforo Colombo, the ancient port area of Genoa has...
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Digital tools and virtual reality to Explore Genoa
The main goals of the City Administration regarding tourism are for sure related to its development, in order to improve the economic benefits for...
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Smart cities and smart citizens: the apps and the technologies that make cities more inclusive and open
Even just walking on Via del Corso in Rome or on Esplanadi in Helsinki it is possible to notice how much people live their city through the...
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URBACT, another paradigm for European cities
With the integrated urban development approach promoted by the URBACT European programme, new models for improving our cities together are currently...