Gen-Y City

Developing, attracting and retaining young local talent

19/09/2022 19/09/2022

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  • Entrepreneurship and SMEs
  • Gender equality
  • Participation
  • Research and innovation
  • Youth

Over the last decades, younger people have increasingly chosen to live in urban areas, whilst the share of older residents in cities has generally fallen. Nevertheless, the impact of wage levels and different unemployment rates across Europe has lead youngsters to move mainly to big cities. In this, sense this Action Planning network aimed on developing, attracting and retaining young local talent, particularly, the creative talent from the Generation Y - people who were born between 1980 and 2000 - within cities of all sizes.

Summary

PARTNERS

Lead Partner : Poznań - Poland
  • Bologna - Italy
  • Genoa - Italy
  • Sabadell - Spain
  • Granada - Spain
  • Coimbra - Portugal
  • Nantes - France
  • Wolverhampton
  • Kristiansand - Norway
  • Klaipèda - Lithuania
  • Daugavpils - Latvia
  • Torun - Poland


City of Poznan
plac Kolegiacki 17,
61-841 Poznań

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Timeline

Kick-off meeting in June (Torun). Transnational meeting in September (Wolverhampton) about 'Making the case for investment in creative-tech talent' and 'How to make best use of Labour Market Information'. Transnational meeting and The role of culture.

'Transnational meeting about 'Smart Specialisation, Tech Hubs and Civic Tech Initiatives' transnational meeting in March (Coimbra); in July (Bologna) about 'Creative - Tech Talent Ecosystem Frameworks'.

City Development Forum in January (Poznan). Final event in April (Poznan).

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