Inspiring ideas for housing!
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Check out some of the innovative solutions from the European Responsible Housing Awards 2022.
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Rumours or reality?
Programme Lead Expert, Ruth Essex, shares her insights into promoting social cohesion and challenging the nature of rumour- ideas from her experience...
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Com.Unity.Lab: empowering local communities in priority neighbourhoods
Daniela Patti showcases examples of sustainable urban development in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Lisbon (PT) and explain how Lisbon’s experience...
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Rethinking welfare from a neighbourhood level
For years the municipality of Gdańsk (PL) has been struggling to develop a network of citizen-led community centres. Thanks to the city’s...
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What on earth do the arts and culture have to do with climate change?
Claire Buckley, URBACT Lead Expert and Director of Environmental Sustainability at Julie’s Bicycle says time is of the essence. In the grander scheme...
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An invitation to Madrid
Eddy Adams, SIX Adviser and URBACT Programme Expert says Europe’s cities are widening civic participation to innovate, drive change and nourish...
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BIOCANTEENS: How one city went 100% organic without spending any more
For those familiar with Asterix comics, Mouans-Sartoux (FR) could be compared to a small sustainable city, surrounded by the rather unsustainable...
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Local drive for a cycle-friendly city
Facing severe pollution from over-reliance on cars, Thessaloniki (GR) committed to promoting cycling proactively, and, through the URBACT RESILIENT...
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BeePathNet: enriching the urban jungle with bees
Klemen Strmšnik shares his enthusiasm for Ljubljana’s (SI) green endeavours and the on going success of the BeePathNet project linking 6 European...
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Welcoming international professionals and students
Willem van Winden takes a look at how the university city of Groningen (NL), in the North, is working towards welcoming, nurturing and integrating...
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An old fortress brings new cohesion
Cartagena (SP) has been a major naval port on Spain’s south-eastern coast for hundreds of years. After declining port activity sparked social and...