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    Bees and pollination are important factors for biodiversity as well as for the economy

    Without bees 75% of our food plants would not yield any fruits at all, there would be a major economy lost in crop production, wildflowers would not ripen seeds and biodiversity would drastically

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    Training programme & boundary conditions to enter employer/employee responsibilities

    All processes carried out by cities, both those related to revitalization and other measures against social exclusion and social cohesion should be preceded by appropriate preparation. Changes are

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    Check-list of specific standards & abilities concerning general knowledge about regeneration

    It's time for the first of our outpusts. At the beginning we share with you a list of standards and skills necessary when you start revitalizing.

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    How a small Spanish town is revolutionising its local food system

    Baena (ES) supports sustainable agriculture for a resilient city developement model close to its citizens’ needs, beyond mass production.

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    Enhancing the vitality of small cities: “let’s make it a priority!”

    How can small towns thrive today? Here we highlight an array of local actions to help small and medium sized cities become more vibrant.

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    Presentation of URBinclusion Network videos

    By Massimiliano Rumignani. The URBinclusion partnership has delivered several short videos presenting the same project activities and some of the case studies analysed during the project

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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

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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.