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A Bumpy Road to Thriving Streets

Author: Béla Kézy, Lead Expert of ThrivingSTREETS

The article presenting the Thriving Streets URBACT Action Planning Network, and its ambitions was published on 2020 February 5 on the URBACT website. It reflected optimism, dedication, and commitment of all partners to address the challenge at hand: reducing car-dependency in their cities, making them “more healthy, attractive, accessible, inclusive and thriving places”. It quickly turned out, though, that our plan was like those proverbial battle plans that did not survive the first encounter with the enemy. 

Glasgow’s Journey towards the 2030 Agenda

Race to net zero and climate resilience: localising the SDGs through meaningful participation and co-creation.

Boulogne sur Mer: Feedback from the Ocean Hackathon 2021

by Isabelle Watier

Turning crisis into opportunity! What the URBACT Mid-Term-Review tells us about future-proofing joined local action for our CITIES4CSR partnership

Our CITIES4CSR URBACT Action Planning Network endeavours to develop comprehensive municipal strategies to foster and stimulate corporate social responsibility (CSR) in urban areas across Europe. Put differently, it is about improving awareness, understandings, engagement and collaboration across local CSR-eco-systems, and strengthening the guiding role and steering capacities of municipalities.

From gaming for geeks to gamification for growth

When we think of gaming, we probably have an image in our mind of a young person sitting in front of a screen using a console. However, the gaming industry is serious stuff – it’s valued at over $300bn globally and increasingly companies are turning to gaming to support their development and growth. This was the focus of the TechRevolution 2.0. full network meeting which took place in November 2021 at the PISMO gaming incubator in Novska, Croatia.

This article sets out some of the benefits of gamification of industry, presents a couple of examples from Croatian startups, outlines the approach being taken by Novska to grow its gaming sector and explores the role of cities more generally.

My Green Week in Grosseto

Ten European cities met at the end of November in Grosseto to discover the city and to plan strategies about the revitalization of the historical centres. the visit has been carried out in the within of the plan “I Place”, which involves Grosseto Municipality with nine other European cities, with the aim of proposing sustainable economic development strategies and an integrated action plan aimed at enhancing market niches and generating ecosystems of urban innovation.