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Insights from the URGE network: thematic report

Start small: The journey to scale. Experiences from the URGE: Circular Building Cities Network.
By Dr. Eleni Feleki, Lead Expert of the URGE Action Planning Network

"Facilitating partnership brokering in an Industry 4.0"

"Facilitating partnership brokering in an Industry 4.0" by Alison Partridge, Ad Hoc URBACT expert

What can cities do to facilitate partnership brokering in an Industry 4.0 context? 

"Best practice in Industry 4.0: Learnings from LCR4.0. Interview with Simon Reid"

Best practice in Industry 4.0: Learnings from LCR4.0. Interview with Simon Reid by Ceri Batchelder, Ad Hoc URBACT expert

Back in 2018, I was working on a project to try and bring together the digital and manufacturing communities in my region to collaborate. I’d heard that the city of Liverpool in the North West of the UK was making big strides in the area of Industry 4.0 and wanted to find out more. Along with a colleague, I was introduced to Simon Reid, then Head of Advanced Manufacturing, who was leading on an ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) funded project called LCR4.0 (Liverpool City Region 4.0).

"The Urban Industry 4.0 Talent Ecosystem: 7 Challenges"

"The Urban Industry 4.0 Talent Ecosystem: 7 Challenges" by Willem van Winden, URBACT Lead Expert

In many European cities, manufacturing industries are still important drivers of their economy. But the sector is in a process of transformation, under the influence of new technologies (robotisation, digitalization, new materials) and the urge to produce in a sustainable way. This transformation puts new demands on the skills and competences of people that work in the industry, but also on educational institutes in the city that educate the new talent flowing into the sector. How to create a local/urban talent ecosystem that is future proof? This article identifies seven key challenges that industrial cities face in this respect. It is based on in-depth interviews with companies, educational institutes, policymakers and experts in four industrial cities united in the AS-Transfer project: Bilbao, Bielsko-Biala, Tartu, and Timisoara.

RiConnect in 100 words

A brief overview on the RiConnect project: its vision, goals and partners - including a collection of content for broader information on each topic

Our newsletter dedicated to World Bee Day and Education is here

Today is World Bee Day, the perfect date to showcase all the news we have to share with you. Our partner cities have used this opportunity to educate people about bees on the single most important day for pollinators and all people who strive to make the world we share better for both. This year's World Bee Day celebration is aimed at youth and what better way to honour the theme than with educational events for youth who will in turn teach us a thing or two. We are definitely following the motto of “Bee Engaged: Celebrating the diversity of bees and beekeeping systems” and hope that you will join us as well.