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    Vital Cities

    With recent changes in our life styles, opportunities to be physically active are decreasing. This phenomenon is especially apparent in urban areas where sedentary lifestyle is the new norm amongst

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    INT-HERIT TRANSNATIONAL MEETING IN ALBA IULIA

    The INT-HERIT network organised this meeting in Alba Iulia for two dozen attendants coming from all the partner cities involved in this URBACT III Project. An opportunity to travel to the core of one

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    REVISITED SITES

    On the occasion of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, Europa Nostra and its President Maestro Plácido Domingo invited all citizens in Europe and beyond to contribute to the #Ode2Joy Challeng

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    The URBACT Local Groups meaning during implementation stage

    Implementation Networks (IN) are a new initiative within the URBACT Program, joining European cities involved in the implementation phase of their local urban plans. The particular features existing

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    Transfer networks, an URBACT Learning Lab to build capacity and promote cohesion across Europe

    You might not expect Twitter to be the place for informed debate on the future of the EU Cohesion Policy. But you’d be wrong. Amidst the white noise on this social media platform, a fascinating

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    PEER REVIEW: An useful learning tool during the implementation of activities in the INT-HERIT cities

    Peer Review is a helpful and frequently used methodology in the URBACT Programme as well as within the frame of the INT-HERIT Project.

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    Social Inclusion Successful initiatives in Turin

    June 2018, by Valeria Vacchiano, Tiziana Eliantonio, Fabrizio Barbiero

    Following the previous article about the critical situations of some Turin’s areas, we present some projects/initiatives that are

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    Nantes - ‘‘Attracting talent with and for digital tools useful for all”

    The City of Nantes chose to digital as a priority. It provides startups to develop their activities in a
    simplified way, and now have a strong local dynamic. In 2014, Nantes obtained the Metropolis
    Fren

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    IMPROVING EMPLOYABILITY AND LABOUR INSERTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE AS A STRATEGY FOR TALENT RETENTION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY

    Employability and labour insertion of young people is a critical issue in the current socio-economic scenario. This is the reason why public authorities and institutions have to play an important role