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REFILL MATCH-MAKERS
The REFILL project is all about the reuse of vacant spaces. A key question is how these spaces are filled to best use. This article describes the...
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The Urban Agenda for the EU: Inside the Jobs and Skills Partnership
For a minute, imagine that you will start elementary school in September 2017. By the time you leave full time education, most likely it will be...
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Implementation Networks’ pages now online!
You can find more information about their project, the state of play and challenges ahead thanks to articles written by each Lead Expert.
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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...
CREATIVE SPIRITS
CREATIVE SPIRITS
The partner cities from this Implementation network have a common need to improve the implementation of their existing integrated urban strategies and action plans by including new approaches linked to creative and cultural industries (CCI) – creative places, people, and businesses. The joint...
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Why cities and their governance are vital keys to boosting social innovation
Cover picture: Eurodiaconia A meaningful change of context for cities Two important international acts have taken place in 2016, that significantly...
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There’s more to Digital Democracy than just a tweet
The US presidential election results came as a surprise to many of us especially because we hadn’t encountered any testament of sweeping support...
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With a climate change denier in the Whitehouse, how can our cities maintain momentum towards a low carbon future?
A day to remember…or one to forget Where were you when you heard that Donald Trump had been elected President of the United States? In years to come...
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Act Local - Think Global!
The SmartImpact Network held its second transnational meeting in Stockholm on 17th & 18th October 2016. The meeting focused on the Regulations...