EU news
25 February 2010
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EU Sustainable Energy Week: URBACT & Energy issues
From Monday 22 to Friday 26 March 2010 the 4th edition of the EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW 2010) will take place in Brussels and in other major cities across Europe. Sustainable Energy is more and more recognised as a priority challenge for urban areas. Several URBACT projects are directly or indirectly dealing with this energy issue.
15 February 2010
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European Green Capital: Bristol, an URBACT city in the spotlight
Bristol is a partner city in the URBACT Lumasec project dealing with "Land use management for sustainable European cities" but the city is also a finalist for 2010 and 2011 European Green Capital Award. In a short video, the City of Bristol lists some of the advantages of being a finalist for the European Green Capital title.
09 February 2010
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20 years of EU support for urban development: Conference & Video
The European Union has been supporting urban development since the launch of the URBAN initiative's first pilot projects in 1989. The URBACT programme was created in 2002 within the framework of this EU support for urban development. This anniversary is the occasion to discuss the results of the urban policy and its future through a conference and an online video looking at these past 20 years and at how Cohesion Policy keeps helping cities grow.
04 February 2010
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ManagEnergy : support and promote local and regional energy action throughout Europe
Several URBACT projects are directly concerned with developing understanding and fostering integrated and sustainable approaches to urban development which therefore includes energy issues to be tackled. In regard to this energy matter, URBACT is pleased to let you know that ManagEnergy activities have restarted in January 2010 with the support of the Intelligent Energy - Europe (IEE) Programme . ManagEnergy is an initiative of the European Commission Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, which aims to support the work of actors working on energy efficiency and renewable energies at the local and regional level.
18 January 2010
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Pécs: an URBACT city 2010 European capital of culture
Three European cities are set to kick off a year-long culture fest featuring exhibitions, music and theatre. The cities chosen to be this year's European capitals of culture are Essen and the Ruhr region of Germany, Istanbul in Turkey and Pécs in southern Hungary. URBACT is proud to count Pécs as a member of our community, the city is indeed partner in UNIC project, the urban network on innovation in ceramics. Taking over from Linz (Austria) and Vilnius (Lithuania), the three have put together a packed programme of events that should attract tens of thousands of visitors.