URBACT cities are driving Europe’s acceleration towards a circular economy
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Urban circular economy solutions could keep global temperature rise below 2°C, writes Dr. Eleni Feleki, Lead Expert from the URGE Network.
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Genova’s Old Port contributing to Genova’s global image strategy
The strategic positioning of cities on a national and global scale depends increasingly on the image they manage to convey of welcoming places that...
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Financial Instruments are not Rocket Science: Join CSI EUROPE Network Final Conference
Take part in URBACT's CSI Europe Network at an energetic 1-day conference in rethinking ways of financing urban development in Lille, France on 5...
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Eindhoven from company town to world class innovation hub
People in Eindhoven say that their journey to open innovation began with the major restructuring at Philips in the 80s and 90s. Up until then...
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Bayonne: Restoring Buildings and Citizen Participation with URBACT
Europe’s old towns reflect the continent’s long and articulated history. Their beauty attracts visitors from all over the world, making their...
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Local Action Plans Gdansk and Turin available
Last week we already presented some of the action plans and today we are happy to announce two new action plans, from the city of Turin and Gdansk:
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Barcelona presents 2015-2025 Strategic Plan for City Markets
Plan brimming with measures and actions to implement over the next ten years gets backing from markets stakeholders
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Torino launches city-wide markets webiste
The website is part of the city's strategic plan for markets, especially aimed at boosting the local economy, creating employment and new business.
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London trumpets in Local Action Plan
London has unveiled its Local Action Plan (LAP) as part of an ongoing participation process under the umbrella of the URBACT Markets programme.
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Diet for a Green Planet: Educational Institutions Take the Way of Organic Products in Łomża
How do we pass from the idea and prototyping phase of social innovation to implementation and scaling? Here are the first steps that the Polish...
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URBACT Capitalisation Work(streams) 2014-2015
Within the framework of its capitalisation activities for 2014-2015, URBACT has set up four working groups (workstreams) to give answers on what can...