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    Städtische Armut und die Pandemie - Wir erleben nicht nur eine Gesundheitskrise.

    Covid-19 ist nicht nur eine Gesundheitskrise - es ist auch eine soziale und wirtschaftliche Krise, die die Ärmsten am härtesten trifft. In diesem Artikel untersucht URBACT-Experte Ivan Tosic, was dies

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    Ändert Corona die Spielregeln für die Neue Leipzig-Charta?

    Schon lange vor dem Ausbruch von Covid-19 startete der Dialogprozess zum Schreiben der Neuen Leipzig-Charta. Zwingen die jüngsten Erfahrungen mit der Pandemie nun die deutsche EU-Ratspräsidentschaft

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    Play and Public Procurement

    by Matthew Baqueriza-Jackson, AD-Hoc Expert for Playful Paradigm | Services and activities require Municipalities to buy goods, services and works through the process of Public Procurement

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    Is Covid a game-changer for the New Leipzig Charter?

    Expert Eddy Adams asks about the latest developments and impacts of Covid-19 on the renewed Leipzig Charter.

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    10 Steps to Po-up Success

    Julia Hussman, former pop-up manager at Altena, shares lessons learned from developing and implementing a pop-up programme

    1. Set your goal and think of your vision
    2. Find a suitable executing organisation
    3. C
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    REIMAGINE THE EMPTINESS: COMBINING PLACEMAKING AND POP-UP SHOP INITIATIVES (by Daniele Terzariol, Urbact Ad-hoc expert)

    Empty commercial spaces can be understood as urban supplies for the experimentation with collective dreams, not just places for  relaunching trade. Which point of view do we have to adopt to

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    TUNE IN! An experiment to create a digital tool to turn an old shortwave radio station into a driver of city development during the pandemic

    Niilo Rinne & Ville Kirjanen June 2020

    The URBACT project Come In! Talking Houses, Shared Stories faced existential challenges when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in spring 2020. ULGs are not able to meet

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    Felhívás projektötletekre helyi tisztségviselőknek - Murcia pilot

    Murcia 450 ezer fős lakossággal rendelkező város Spanyolország délkeleti részén. Az Innovátor elnevezésű jó gyakorlat transzfer hálózat partnervárosa, amely az alulról építkező módszert alkalmazza az

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    Grigny: keeping the link, continuing to teach music and inventing the next day

    A Zicadanse in lockdown, a sudden adaptation of the teaching methods to the times of Covid-19 and a lot of enthusiasm and volunteering spirit: here is Grigny's latest update on how the URBACT OnStage