“Experience is the best teacher”

“Experience is the best teacher” – learning through Case Studies about methods to use technology and innovative business models to improve Urban Development in small cities

By Eurico Neves, Lead Expert of the ‘IoTXchange’ URBACT APN project, CEO of INOVA+ S.A.

It is commonly accepted that ‘Experience is the best teacher ‘. However, this experience doesn’t have to be undergone personally, and can be learnt through the lessons and achievements of others as well. That’s the whole purpose of Case Studies, and that’s how they have been used within the context of the IoTXchange Action Planning Network (APN) of the URBACT programme.

Το URBACT γίνεται (ακόμα) πιο πράσινο

Κλιματική Αλλαγή

Από ένα φεστιβάλ με ουδέτερο ισοζύγιο άνθρακα έως τo νέο URBACT IV για την υποστήριξη των πόλεων, το URBACT ενισχύει τη δέσμευσή του για απαλλαγή από τον άνθρακα σε όλα τα επίπεδα.

Ko piedāvā jaunā URBACT IV programma?

Jaunā URBACT IV programma 2021. – 2027. gadam koncentrēsies uz atbalstu ES pilsētām un pašvaldībām, nodrošinot iespējas pašvaldībām no visas ES sadarboties, mācīties vienai no otras, pārņemt citu pašvaldību labākās prakses, stiprināt savu kapacitāti un izstrādāt integrētus pilsētvides politikas attīstības risinājumus, vienlaikus saskaņotā veidā papildinot Eiropas Reģionālās attīstības fonda (ERAF) regulas projekta 12. pantā izklāstīto iniciatīvu – Eiropas pilsētiniciatīva (European Urban Initiative).

Network of 5 European port cities come together to promote innovation in the blue economy

The BluAct Network aims to inspire the four new partner cities in the Second Wave of the Network to learn from the experience of Piraeus and hold entrepreneurship competitions to support local businesses in the blue economy.

Exploring new models for cultural participation in Dublin

Dublin City Council Culture Company is delighted to represent Dublin as part of the ACCESS Culture For All network, a partnership of eight European capital cities which supports integrated sustainable urban development.

Vilnius URBACT Local Group presented findings of two studie

Vilnius URBACT Local Group, in alignment with Vilnius City Administration, made a significant progress on ACCESS project activities and planned outputs.

Rocking pilot activities in Kopli

Within our SSAs we had set up four activity days which we will write about now. The first two were culture bus days for the neighborhood in North-Tallinn, our pilot area – Kopli. Targeted mostly to children and their parents plus the elderly. The third pilot activity was a collecting recipes and joint cooking/tasting event, and last but not least we had a cherry on top with students from two schools, who prepared and painted a wall using stencil-technique, to a public wall in North-Tallinn

Small Scale Actions in Lisbon

Having started in 2019, the cities of Lisbon with London, Amsterdam, Dublin, Sofia, Riga, Vilnius and Tallin- have been addressing the aims of ACCESS since then. However, in the last year they have been adapting and / or delayeing its calendar due to the COVID pandemic.

How did Amsterdam compose their SSAs?

We’ve arrived at the point where every city is either in the final phase of constructing their SSAs, or starting to carry them out. Amsterdam is no exception. In this article, we would like to give an insight into the process of inventing, composing and constructing our SSAs.

Transnational Meeting in Riga

On thursday the 10th and friday the 11th of June, the ACCESS network gathered (albeit online) for the Transnational Meeting in Riga. Here we got a warm welcome from Ints Teterovskis, one of Latvia’s most famous choir conducturs, and the host of the Transnational Meeting. He presented the many-sided cultural life in Riga. From choirs of 20.000 people, to the revivals of Liv culture.