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Food-related Initiatives for Sustainable Local Development: Lessons from URBACT
This was the topic of one of the workshops organised by URBACT, during the Open Days in Brussels on the 9th of October. Its aim, understand how city...
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URBACT Blog shows why London markets matter
Alison Partridge, Thematic Expert for URBACT Markets , explains why London markets matter on the URBACT blog.
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Reinventing a city is difficult, and there are risks, including that cities follow a copy-and-paste approach that is not rooted in their own economy and society. Instead of smart specialisation we reproduce the stupid specialisation of the cluster years when every city and region in Europe proclaimed its desire to be in nanotechnology, medical or biotechnology and digital technologies.
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People-centred health systems
The evolution of health systems is going to maximize maximum patients’ safety while at the same time empowering them, making them co-participants in...
Record crowds of 265,000 visitors gather for city centre gastronomy festival
Star chefs Joan Roca, Quique Dacosta and Carles Abellan participate in gastronomy finale in Old City. 65,000 tickets sold for product tastings, 20%...
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Out now! More MGatWork stories, from a young person perspective: Turin, Valencia, Gdansk, Maribor and Rotterdam
The movies and a short description are available below.
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Torino's markets go 2.0
Torino has given its fresh food markets a new edge with a website helping promote its local markets.
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Renewing old markets, a tool for cities
Markets are as old as cities. In each city, markets are organised according to each country's culture. In all cases, though, they create meeting...