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    Social Inclusion Successful initiatives in Turin

    June 2018, by Valeria Vacchiano, Tiziana Eliantonio, Fabrizio Barbiero

    Following the previous article about the critical situations of some Turin’s areas, we present some projects/initiatives that are

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    Nantes - ‘‘Attracting talent with and for digital tools useful for all”

    The City of Nantes chose to digital as a priority. It provides startups to develop their activities in a
    simplified way, and now have a strong local dynamic. In 2014, Nantes obtained the Metropolis
    Fren

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    IMPROVING EMPLOYABILITY AND LABOUR INSERTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE AS A STRATEGY FOR TALENT RETENTION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY

    Employability and labour insertion of young people is a critical issue in the current socio-economic scenario. This is the reason why public authorities and institutions have to play an important role

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    Teach the Kids Coding!

    Over six weeks this spring some of the young minds of Kristiansand have gotten an exciting introduction into the inner workings of the digital world when Lær Kidsa Koding (Teach the kids coding!)

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    Bologna attracts young and cultured immigrants

    Young or very young, still have not built their family, a high educational level and in 60% of cases are Italian. They are the immigrants of Bologna, as in the research of the municipality. The

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    Get inspired by 10 plans to revitalise retail from medium-sized cities across Europe

    During 2 years, ten medium-sized European cities have been working together to improve each one’s local retail sector, by adopting a more holistic approach, and involving key stakeholders. Each URBACT

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    Welcome to RetaiLand!

    RetaiLand is a platform were you can find the most relevant contents our network has produced: case studies, outputs, good practices, integrated action plans... We invite you to surf around a virtual

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    INTERCOMUNALE LEIEDAL. Peer Review Reports, INT-HERIT Project

    During the transnational meeting celebrated last February in the kortrijk region in Belgium, the INT-HERIT team had the possibility to visit two important sites. Both of them cultural heritage looking

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    AGRI-URBAN LEGACY

    AGRI-URBAN has arrived to the end of its implementation in the frame of the URBACT Programme.

    This last article is the summary of two texts included in the final publications produced by experts and