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    'Migrant crisis': which engagement for Europe and the Urban Agenda?

    Following the article on affordable housing in Europe, we're continuing our series on the Urban Agenda for Europe partnerhsips. This month - inclusion refugees and migrants. To be read together with

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    ‘Migrant crisis’: what can cities learn about new service design?

    A message from Sicily

    There’s been a lot of recent talk about the additional pressure new migrant arrivals place on public services. There has been less discussion about how cities – and it is mainly

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    Why demand management matters to Europe’s cities. The best idea you’ve never heard of

    Demand management is the best idea you’ve never heard of. It will become fundamental to the sustainability of our cities.  It is the conduit between social innovation in communities and transformative

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    Damaged (by) goods? The case for sustainable urban freight logistics

    Viaggio tra le esperienze di riuso temporaneo realizzate a Ravenna, punto di partenza dell'azione di rigenerazione creativa del territorio al centro del network URBACT Creative Spirits
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    The CityMobilNet project

    Interview with Mr Olaf Lewald, project coordinator of CityMobilNet, Lead partner City of Bielefeld and Mr Gregor Moss, elected representative of the city council of Bielefeld, Lead partner City of

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    CHANGE! Social design of public services

    Our scope: people-powered public services
    Interview with Ms Yvonne Blankwater, Strategy Department, City of Eindhoven interviewed by Ferenc Szigeti-Borocz, lead expert of CHANGE! Project

    There is broad

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    The Vitalcities project will prove that there are new pathways to invite citizens

    “ The Vitalcities project will prove that there are new pathways to invite citizens to become physically active through turning public space into low threshold facilities”

    Interview with: Hugo Nunes

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    The Urban Green Labs project

    The Urban Green Labs project set up models on how empowered civil eco-conscious groups and top down interventions can mutually reinforce each other to make cities more resilient and healthy.

    By now it