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Small steps, small change - Sibenik's transfer story

How adapting Manchester’s model of cultural collaboration on climate action and engagement has driven change for the better in Šibenik

By Nikolina Gracin, Department of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Development, City of Šibenik

We Art the Change - Mantova's transfer story

How working with Manchester shaped Mantova’s arts and culture sector as a driver for positive change on climate

Bee good for food in Cesena

Cesena is situated in Northern Italy within the Emilia-Romagna Region, some 15 km from the Adriatic coast. Its geographical position – alongside the banks of the Savio river, surrounded by hills and located on a fertile plain close to the Adriatic coast – offered Cesena a perfect natural predisposition of a “bee friendly city”. Bees are seen as fundamental to maintain biodiversity and to play a part in every aspect of the ecosystem.

We care for nature in Bydgoszcz!

In Bydgoszcz one can find large lowland rivers, small watercourses, various types of forests, communities of meadows and grasslands, peat bogs, parks, squares and gardens. The 2018 Bydgoszcz City Council Resolution lifted the ban on bee breeding and now it is allowed in our city. The City of Bydgoszcz is an ally to nature preservation that strives to demonstrate the importance of pollinators and the need to protect bees. Due to the remaining common fear of bees, all-year-long educational and promotional campaigns should be an essential element of the City's activities.

Amarante’s bees bloom

Amarante is a small European city located in northern Portugal, near Porto, surrounded by amazing mountains, with a lot of history, of which honey and beekeeping are a part of. It has an urban center rich in green spaces full of autochthones melliferous plants, ideal for the bees and other pollinators, but it is in the mountains that the greatest wealth exists, honey.

How to use data analysis for making tourism more sustainable for cities and communities: the solutions of Tourism-friendly Cities

In the framework of the series of webinars organized by Tourism-friendly Cities (TFC) to promote a deeper understanding of topics of common interest for its partners, the use of ICT and data analysis systems for monitoring tourist flows was the main focus of a session that fostered the debate among practitioners and experts. The cases of Dubrovnik and Venice raised most of the challenges currently at the core of the political agendas of tourism cities at European and global level.