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Why is Lisbon’s community economic development approach so important in Europe today?
Bairros (Neighbourhoods) and areas of priority interventions BIP/ZIP Lisbon has developed a participative model for working in deprived...
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The dilemma of fighting urban poverty: invest into poor people or into poor places?
This article provides an insight into URBACT’s work on urban poverty and its contribution to the Urban Poverty Partnership of the Urban Agenda for...
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Housing at the URBACT festival 2018: from the EU Urban Agenda to Lisbon (PT)
Affordable and adequate housing is one of the theme Lab sessions at URBACT City Festival taking place in Lisbon, 13-14 September 2018. This text...
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Healthy Food, Happy Children in Fundão (PT)
The municipality of Fundão bets on short circuits of commercialization for food to promote children’s health. Thanks to the AGRI-URBAN project , the...
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Social media to strengthen local commerce: The case of the Semaest in Paris
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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Every single house is interesting!
There is a little square two-minutes from your flat. You have seen it many times on your daily route. You perhaps even recognised that it is somehow...
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Tech Revolution – the art of the possible
Small and medium sized cities are not necessarily the first place people would think about when seeking inspiration on growing a digital economy. And...
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'Volunteering Cities' a Powerful Model for European Cities
To develop the innovative policies necessary to face the currently emerging multidimensional social needs in cities such as elderly and children care...
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Biodiversity: A priority for Guimarães (PT)
Promoting and Improving Biodiversity through the P2GREeN project
13 - 14 September 2018
annual event