City video URGE: Copenhagen

The eigth of a series of city videos of URGE - the URBACT Action Planning Network on the theme of Circular building cities.

CO4CITIES - 1st Transnational Meeting, Turin May 10-11, 2021

Due to the Covid-19 situation, the 1st Transnational Meeting of CO4CITIES was organised online.

When European citizens’s expectations about energy transition are gathered in a planet…

In line with the DNA of the Urb-En Pact network, participatory approaches are encouraged. The network launched a survey for the citizens to identify their expectations towards public authorities about energy transition. Back to the implementations and the results of such an initiative...

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#Bratislava4CSR: improving urban life through CSR activities

Bratislava, CITIES4CSR Project Partner, is the capital and simultaneously the entry gate into the Slovak Republic. The beauty on Danube, as called within living memory, with almost 460 000 inhabitants is the smallest metropolis of Europe. It is the only national capital city that borders two States: Austria and Hungary. Bratislava is the political, cultural, and economical centre of Slovakia.

Halfway on the Journey of Exploring Social Impact Bonds

'Are Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) going to be the new secret tool for providing adequate public services?' - asked eight European cities themselves in May 2020. Then they set out together on a journey to explore how SIBs can contribute to more efficient public services. Their joint trip promised to be a rough one from the start, which became even so due to Covid-19. The pandemic meant that the face-to-face meetings, which provided the basis for knowledge transfer and experience sharing, could only occur somewhere far in the unknown future. But the difficulties also brought new opportunities: the masterclasses enabled experts with extensive practical experience to join the cities in their collaborative work through online meetings. As a result, Aarhus (Denmark), Baia Mare (Romania), Fundão (Portugal), Heerlen (the Netherlands), Kecskemét (Hungary), Pordenone (Italy), Võru (Estonia) and Zaragoza (Spain) now have a solid knowledge base in the field of social impact bonds.