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  • “Culture with everyone”: Why creating culturally inclusive cities is changing the way capital city policymakers approach their work

    Happy, healthy, prosperous cities are rich in culture but culture does not enrich and empower everyone equally. 

    Rebekah Polding

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  • “A big city is one that makes us feel big” – how digitalisation can change our perception of smaller cities

    The ‘IoTXchange’ URBACT ‘project that just kicked off this October in the Portuguese small city of Fundão - better known until now by its cherry trees - grouping other small cities across the theme of

    Eurico Neves

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  • “Gender is everywhere”: Introducing the Action Planning Network GenderedLandscape

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    Mary Dellenbaugh

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  • Thriving Streets: Designing mobility for attractive cities

    Ten European cities join forces in the new ‘Thriving Streets’ network. Their approach: transform streets to create people-friendly places, encourage walking and cycling, and reduce car-dependency. In

    Chris Roorda

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  • Introducing the Resourceful Cities Action Planning Network: Driving citizen centred, resource-based transition in cities across Europe

    A citizen centred circular economy project with a difference, the Resourceful Cities concept was conceived by The Hague and Oslo, arising from their membership in the Urban Agenda Partnership on

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  • Riga NGO House together with NGOs combines efforts and welcomes children and young people with disabilities for special event

    At the end of last year on December 12, 2019, more than 130 children and young people gathered together at the Riga NGO House to rise their social ability through the networking. This event was

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  • Barcelona presents the Citizen Assets programme for community use and management

    The program establishes social criteria for the transfer of municipal assets for community use.

    Gregorio Turolla

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  • The Playful Paradigm Transfer Network - A Tool Kit for Cities to Build a Toy Library Step by Step

    Cities, willing to host a meeting space for all Including families, elderly people and children, should open a Toy Library.

    CREAA

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  • Transnational Meeting Bielsko-Biala: 11-12 December 2019

    On the 11th and 12th of December 2019, the Welcoming International Talent project was hosted by the Polish city of Bielsko-Biala. These two days, we discussed the situation in Bielsko-Biala with

    Evite van Winkoop

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