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    Achieving sustainable school canteens: BioCanteens partners prove it is easier than you may think!

    BioCanteens partners had a lot on their plate for their first transnational meeting on sustainable school kitchens from the 30th of January to the 1st of February 2019: how to help partner cities in

    Nathan Begoc

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    Preston's Procurement Timeline

    A detailed timeline representing the good practice from Preston. 

    Alison Taylor

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    Rumours or reality?

    Programme Lead Expert, Ruth Essex, shares her insights into promoting social cohesion and challenging the nature of rumour- ideas from her experience with Amadora, Portugal (PT)

    Ruth Essex

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    Viladecans holds the kick-off meeting of ON BOARD Phase 2

    Last month, representatives from the six member cities of the On Board project attended the 2nd-phase kick-off meeting. The event took place at Miquel Martí i Pol school in Viladecans on February 5th

    s.mendez

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    Com.Unity.Lab: empowering local communities in priority neighbourhoods

    Daniela Patti showcases examples of sustainable urban development in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Lisbon (PT) and explain how Lisbon’s experience of Community Led Local development inspires other

    Daniela Patti

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    ACTive NGOs – Transfer Network of 6 European Cities for the Development of Cooperation between NGOs and Local Governments

    Interview with the representative of the Riga City Council, the coordinator of project ACTive NGOs Irina Vasiļjeva was conducted at the beginning of Phase 2 of the project.
     

    z.biteniece

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  • CAHORS A MATTER (A STORY) OF CENTRALITY

    A few minutes after flying over the Pyrenees, the plane starts its descent to Toulouse airport, the nearest destination to Cahors, one of the small European cities participating in the INT-HERIT

    Antonio Zafra

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    The Tech Revolution journey has begun

    The journey has begun! Seven European cities with a shared belief in the power of digital economic development have come together to plan their manifesto for a better, brighter, future.

    Samantha Jones

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    BluAct - Starting Up the Blue Economy

    BluAct network initiated its works during Spring of 2018, and has been awarded with the EEPA 2018 “Promoting the Entrepreneurial Spirit” award. Phase 2 of the project initiated recently with main

    Angelos Ploumis

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