Networks and cities' news

Favorable conditions for talent attraction and business development

“Growth is limited by that necessity which is present in the least amount… the least favorable condition controls the growth rate.” (Frank Herbert, Dune)

Green light!

Same Journey; new stages…

As I write this, I’ve just changed trains - moving to the next phase of a journey to another country in Europe. Whilst this current train journey is not related to the Digi-Inclusion project, that is a very different situation to the months before the New Year, when Digi-Inclusion travel was pretty much all I knew!

The initial period of any URBACT project is an intense yet rewarding experience, and that time last year was no exception – getting to see first-hand the starting point of all our nine project partners in the network, visiting each one in turn to meet their municipal teams, local stakeholders and partners, and to get a sense of the place and it’s local context.

Power to the people: Rethinking city governance

This article is written by Dr Michael Shank at the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance, 7 Jan 2024

How cities in Europe are retrofitting to reflect new climate realities and community needs

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.

EMBARKING ON THE GREEN TRANSITION

Over the next two years, the ten cities forming the URBACT In4Green network will collaborate to devise local solutions addressing the challenges of industrial transition

TechDiversity Unveils Integrated Approach to Urban Development and Tech Talent

On the 6th and 7th of March, the 2nd Transnational Network Meeting of "TechDiversity – Diversity and Inclusion in Knowledge-based Digital and Tech Ecosystems" took place in Amarante, Portugal.