CSI Europe

19/09/2022 19/09/2022

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The aim of the JESSICA initiative is to support “sustainable investment in cities”. Through the implementation of the initiative, Urban Development Funds are emerging as potentially powerful tools to pursue sustainable urban transformation. CSI Europe will build upon the achievements to date to improve the effectiveness of current delivery and future potential.

Summary

Introduction

The Network will focus on the involvement of cities in Urban Development Fund (UDF) structures and the way these instruments can be more effectively embedded in future city planning and governance. It will also strive to demonstrate the role that financial instruments can play in efficiently planning, progressing and administering urban development priorities, particularly in the context of the current economic and financial crisis.

 

Partners

Lead Partner Manchester
  • Ancona - Italy
  • Leipzig - Germany
  • Lille - France
  • Malmö - Sweden
  • Porto - Portugal
  • Poznań - Poland
  • Riga - Latvia
  • Seville - Spain
  • The Hague - Netherlands

Timeline

Project launch

Project completed

Articles

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    Joining this new initiative to promote biodiversity in your city is perhaps the best New Year's Resolution your municipality should do…

     

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    Cities for Sustainability Governance: A Governance Styles Toolbox

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  • A group of people doing chair yoga in a cobblestone courtyard on a sunny day, with an industrial building and a large tree in the background

    How can cities activate unused green spaces and buildings?

    Picture yourself in that dark grey building or street, which does not smell nice, feels unsafe and makes you wonder only about one thing: I feel so bad, why did I come here? Now, picture yourself in

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