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City & University: a Symphony for Progress?
How can cities and their universities benefit more from each other? What kind of governance is needed to establish fruitful strategic (rather than ad...
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Crowdfunding City Futures?
What has crowdfunding got to do with urban development? What part of the future funding mix could crowdfunding play for European cities strapped for...
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Smart investments for cities The URBACT CSI Europe network shares its learning on financial instruments
In February the URBACT CSI Europe network presented its findings at a conference hosted by European Metropole of Lille. Partner cities showcased...
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Innovating in City Learning. The Inside Story of the first URBACT City Festival
The recent URBACT City Festival, that took place in Riga from 6-8 May, aimed to inspire urban futures through innovative exchange and learning. One...
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Piloting an international city standard. Interview with Andrew Collinge, Assistant Director, Intelligence and Analysis, Greater London Authority
Part of good city governance, which URBACT encourages through its tools and capacity building programmes, is to use evidence based approaches, and...
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View from the Top: When Women Run Cities...
In this next article in the series on gender equality and female leadership in cities we hear some personal views directly from a number of women...
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Gender equality in cities
On March 8 we celebrate UN International Women’s Day - a time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and...
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Enhancing local capacities for governance
Results of the URBACT Elected Representatives Pilot Training Participants in URBACT networks learn about participatory and integrated planning by...
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Data Driven Cities
Big data and open data are buzz concepts in urban governance. But what do they mean? Where is the current good practice? And how can cities get...
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Communication Channels for the City: Old Formulas Revisited and New Paths
Integrated city branding is not about logos & campaigns, but building up unifying and updated narratives of the contemporary city. That´s in...