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    A convergence of actions taking place in Siracusa against Covid-19

    The city of Siracusa, as many others in Italy, in Europe and actually in the entire world, is reacting to Covid-19 in many ways and with many resources: municipality, national and local public bodies

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    How to accelerate cities’ transition to the circular economy

    Cities can be pioneers in the path towards the circular economy through the creation and demonstration of new business models.

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    URBACT and the UK cities

    A message about URBACT beneficiaries and experts from the UK.

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    Communities and NGOs respond to COVID-19 – acts of kindness, agile responses and the rejuvenation of civic society

    In Brighton and Hove (UK) NGOs, established community organisations and local residents have quickly responded to those most in need. Meanwhile a new dynamism within civic society has emerged with new

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    How do RU:RBAN cities face COVID-19?

    The COVID-19 pandemic has shocked and overturned the lives of the entire globe, this is a certainty… without a doubt. The virus has affected countries on the same continent unequally, but each and one

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    Digital Builder program, how Métropole du Grand Paris gathers a community of local civil servants to develop new services

    “Digital Builders”, this is the name of the initiative launched by the Métropole du Grand Paris based on InnovaTO project. The aim of Digital Builder program is to gather a community of local civil

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    Climate change and Covid-19 – a tale of two crises

    What if we treated the climate crisis with as much urgency as Covid-19?

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    How Kavala is using public procurement to build local resilience.

    In today’s conditions, politics, development, and economy should derive from the central government as well as from local and regional administration. The objective of Kavala’s municipal development

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    The first steps taken by Iaşi to experiment on urban commons

    George Marius Homocianu, Project manager of the City of Iaşi for the Civic eState Transfer Network, on how his city is working to implements policy that could help the birth and management of urban