Networks and cities' news

Female entrepreneurship - a way to development in rural areas

Within the framework of its participation in the FEMACT-Cities project, the County Administrative Board of Skåne primarily works on how the proportion of female entrepreneurs can be increased and how the amount of venture capital that goes to female entrepreneurs can be higher.

Let’s revitalise forgotten urban spaces for green cities, together!

Luc Schuiten, Belgian architect, envisages that in 2100 “sustainable development will have become a pleonasm”, and as such, future cities will see new living and working habits, mobility and organisation of human relations and interfaces. Local authorities will play a role in this transformative change, notably by working on infrastructure: abandoned buildings and spaces returning to green spaces, becoming part of the urban net, enabling a pedestrian connexion and infrastructure from one neighbourhood to the other. Notwithstanding the climate benefit of such measures, streets and parks will become places for playful, physical, and artistic activities. Public spaces will become a place for creativity, learning and exchange.

Laeken 1800- 2200, La Cité végétale, Luc Schuiten

Aligned with this approach, the URBACT GreenPlace network has decided to act to address the issue of unused, abandoned and forgotten places with green revitalisation and regeneration, involving the local community.

Remote-IT: exploring remote work preparedness of cities

Regeneration with an impact

Regeneration with an impact: 10 european cities putting Social Impact at the core of Urban Regeneration.

Urban Mobility Paradigms: navigating inclusivity and sustainability in the S.M.ALL project

In the city of Ferrara, which leads the S.M.ALL project, the first transnational “ready for action” meeting took place on December 6th, 2023. This meeting concluded the city visits and marked the beginning of the next planning phase. At this point in the journey, the first considerations about the potential of this network can be formulated.

WELDI Project's First Transnational Meeting in Osijek, Croatia

WELDI’s  first transnational meeting took place on 15 and 16 November 2023 in the picturesque city of Osijek, fourth largest city in Croatia, that is nestled within the Pannonian Basin on the right bank of the Drava River. The gathering served as a platform for partner cities to share experiences and challenges with regard to migrant rights, and discuss the baseline study and roadmap drawn up by our expert: Dirk Gebhardt.

In this article, we will talk about this transnational meeting and what it involved, both in terms of planning WELDI’s work plan and in gaining insight into the work of the host city Osijek.