Alphen aan den Rijn: op weg naar een Groen-Blauwe stad!

Alphen aan den Rijn is een gemeente in Zuid-Holland. De gemeente kent haar oorsprong in de Romeinse tijd en industrialiseerde in de negentiende en twintigste eeuw. Het uitgestrekte gebied en de omliggende dorpen zijn agrarisch gecentreerd, waaronder ook Boskoop valt, die vooral bekend staat om haar 560 kwekerijen. Deze groene achtertuin is een belangrijke economische pilaar en speelt een belangrijke rol in de toekomstige healthy city planning van Alphen aan den Rijn.

Caceres kicks of the first Biomarket in Extremadura

Last Sunday, March 20th, Cáceres kicked off its Small Scale Action as a project partner in URBACT Tourism-Friendly Cities considering that Cáceres performance in both networks Tourism-Friendly Cities and Resourceful Cities focuses on the renovation of Ribera del Marco in order to enhance its visibility and attractiveness as the real origin of the city.

Caceres kicks of the first Biomarket in Extremadura

Last Sunday, March 20th, Cáceres kicked off its Small Scale Action as a project partner in URBACT Tourism-Friendly Cities considering that Cáceres performance in both networks Tourism-Friendly Cities and Resourceful Cities focuses on the renovation of Ribera del Marco in order to enhance its visibility and attractiveness as the real origin of the city.

SamenMakenWeHeerlen – TogetherWeMake-Heerlen- SSA

Municipality of Heerlen drew up the Bid Book 'Urban Heerlen' in 2016. This bid book describes how Heerlen wants to develop its centre around 5 themes with 25 different ambitions. The bid book received great appreciation at the time. Many ambitions have since been realised.

Six solutions for city authorities to help us all waste less food

Each year, EU households throw away millions of tonnes of food. What can cities do to support the fight against food waste?

Updates from the Small Scale Actions of the Tourism-friendly Cities URBACT network

This last period has shown the importance of our network even more than before, as the tourism sector has been one of the most damaged sector by the pandemic.

Now cities have the possibility to contribute to a real change becoming more able to attract tourists and to manage the effects of the tourist flows preserving at the same time the local identity and fostering a balance between the need of the visitors and the ones of the residents and the administrations. A real sustainable tourism can be part of the solution and a response to the needs of recovery that all the cities in the world, from the biggest to the smallest, are seeking to restart.

Ελάτε στο URBACT City Festival 2022!

Αιτηθείτε την θέση σας ΣΤΟ Φεστιβάλ για τις πόλεις της ΕΕ, 14-16 Ιουνίου, στο Παρίσι. Αυτή τη φορά, δια ζώσης - και με ουδέτερο ισοζύγιο άνθρακα...

Partecipa al Festival della città URBACT 2022!

Riserva il tuo ingresso al Festival delle città dell'UE, 14-16 giugno, presso la Grande Parigi. Questa volta, di persona - e a zero emissioni...

L'URBACT City Festival è tornato, e le iscrizioni sono aperte!

Jihlava zavádí nové trendy v oblasti spolupráce s developery

Každá nová výstavba ve městě zvyšuje nároky na okolní oblasti. Jde například o dopravní infrastrukturu, sociální a zdravotní služby, ale i další prvky potřebné pro fungování městské společnosti. Takovéto nároky lze poměrně spolehlivě vyčíslit, předpovědět  nebo simulovat. Města však často musí infrastrukturu rozvíjet a udržovat sama. Existuje možnost spolupráce se soukromými developery, kteří by pomohli pokrýt vysoké náklady a zároveň zajistit udržitelnější výstavbu s ohledem na potřeby občanů? 

Entrepreneurship Ecosystems – a few pieces do not a jigsaw make….

Over the years I’ve worked with URBACT networks, I have written - and read - various articles on the key success factors of an entrepreneurial ecosystem, most recently co-authoring Ten Top Tips with Ceri Batchelder as part of the AS Transfer network. As I travelled to Roeselare, Belgium in March 2022 for TechRevolution 2.0.’s Transnational Event, I found myself wondering what I would learn that would add value to work already undertaken.

Fast forward a few days and once again I was in awe of our partners who - against a backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing humanitarian crisis, which meant that two partners were not even able to travel to Belgium - once again embraced everything we threw at them to both deepen their understanding of entrepreneurial economies and build their ‘ecosystems in a box’ out of lego, pipe cleaners and glue.