Insights from Tourist-friendly Cities network: Integrating health & safety in a new model for sustainable tourism

In the framework of the fifth transnational meeting that took place in January 28-29 2021, the Tourism-friendly Cities (TFC) URBACT network focused at one key element for consolidating sustainable tourism practices: the health and safety of tourists, and, of course, of residents. As the TFC cities are beginning to develop their Integrated Development Plans (IAPs) on sustainable tourism, in a co-creation process within their own URBACT Local Groups (ULG), we wanted to reflect at this theme that was not so visible on our radar in 2019 when we imagined the initial peer-to-peer learning and exchange workplan of the network.

Città Sane: un ponte tra pianificazione urbana e salute

Perché è importante pianificare e progettare le nostre città in base alla salute

CITY OF PORTALEGRE INSTALS CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEM OF MUNICIPAL WASTE AND WASTE BINS SENSORING

Portalegre is a medium sized city, with nearly 15.000 inhabitans (the county has around 25.000 inhabitants), located in the Alto Alentejo region, with significant architectonic and natural resources.

CITY OF PORTALEGRE INSTALS CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEM OF MUNICIPAL WASTE AND WASTE BINS SENSORING

AUTHORS Teresa Narciso  Nelson Arguelles  João Cardoso Gaspar Garção

Portalegre is a medium sized city, with nearly 15.000 inhabitans (the county has around 25.000 inhabitants), located in the Alto Alentejo
region, with significant architectonic and natural resources.

Save the date: Final Conference WIT project - 13 April

The Welcoming International Talent project is comming to an end. But that does not mean the transfer is over. On 13 of April the WIT project is organizing the final conference.

Online career-networking event on 18 February 2021 for the Northern Netherlands: Meet Your Future in the Digital World!

The Welcoming International Talent project tries to attract and keep international talents in our medium-sized cities. The best practice city of Groningen does this amongst others by organizing online career events. On the 18th of February, the International Welcome Centre Groningen organizes such an event specially for business and job-seekers in the digital field. You can find the invite to this event below.

The new ingredient in educational innovation: the positive impact of cooperation

Sharing experiences, learning from each other. This is the foundation of the URBACT programme. Through the ON BOARD project, two cities (Halmstad and Viladecans) share good practices to improve educational innovation.

RiConnect in 100 words

A brief overview on the RiConnect project: its vision, goals and partners - including a collection of content for broader information on each topic

Modena Gaining Momentum in its Fight Against Climate Change

The “Covenant of Mayor for Climate & Energy” was launched by the European Commission in 2008 and is the worlds largest movement for local and climate and energy actions. Completely in line with UN sustainable development goals and with the justice principles on climate, the Covenant deals with three issues: mitigation of climate change; adaptation to negative effects of climate change; global access to a safety, clean and affordable energy.

Nigrad iz Maribora v omrežju URGE

Maja lani je z delom začela še zadnja skupina omrežij v programu URBACT III. Med njimi je tudi pet slovenskih partnerjev. Na srečanju partnerjev januarja 2021 smo se z njimi pogovarjali o tem, kako jim kljub omejitvam, povezanim s koronavirusom, uspeva uresničevati načrtovane aktivnosti.