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    Mayors of Re-growCities: The Mayor- Factor

    Re-grow City, the URBACT Transfer Network which promotes strategic ways and methods to fight the results of shrinkage, is not only a network of different European Cities, but a network of Mayors who

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    How to harvest the community impact within urban policies? – lessons learnt from the Come in! Masterclass Event Part III.

    From the previous parts of the series, we learned how the Budapest100 Festival works and what the participating cities benefit from the ComeIn Transfer Network. What is the potential value of

    k.tapody

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    CITY PROFILE: GOOD PRACTICE CITY, GIJÓN, SPAIN

    In order to better understand our network and the transfer process, we are going to present briefly our partner cities. Let's start with our Good Practice City: Gijón. 

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    ‘STAY TUNED’ after the project concludes

    ‘Early leaving from education and training’ (ELET) will be a challenge long after Stay Tuned concludes. With these words, Ghent vice-mayor of education Elke Decruynaere concluded the final conference

    Matthias Peynshaert

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    Gothenburg: insight in non-attendance through a digital tool

    Gothenburg (Sweden) has been running a project, in partnership with one of the city district administrations in Gothenburg, to develop a digital tool that facilitates a more proactive and pre-emptive

    Matthias Peynshaert

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    Revitalization in Zagreb - create "New urban value for new social interaction always with the presence of its heritage and industrial memory".

    The revitalization in the city of Zagreb is a constant process that takes years in different parts of the city.

     

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    How residents and businesses are re-energising their city centre

    Many in Heerlen (NL) wanted change, but didn’t know how to effect it. Following a wealth of inspiration, participation and activation through URBACT, things are now looking up.

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    Sofia: sports to keep young people engaged

    Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria, created a Municipal Education Fund to support micro-actions that contribute to the prevention of ELET. In 2018 it initiated the Youth Referee Academy, an

    Matthias Peynshaert

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