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Video: Debrecen is Welcoming International Talent

The Hungarian city Debrecen, partner in the Welcoming International Talent project, is welcoming international talents! Check out the video why they are participating in the WIT project and what they aim to achieve.

Braga sets up its participatory approach to the ULG

                              How to structure an ULG in these times of COVID 19 outbreak? The city of Braga shares its experiences and explains step by step how to approach and structure in the best way an "emergency" ULG!

On march 2nd we had the first meeting with the ULG local group. This first meeting, was to explain the project TFC to all stakeholders involved and if they were on board. We have had a very positive reaction given by the attendance through several inputs and preliminary suggestions, with immediate effect we felt they were committed to the project. 

Toys of the World: Larissa chooses the playful approach to promote integration and social cohesion.

A playful approach offers unique opportunities for promoting social inclusion. Larissa applies the Good Practice using games as important tool of integrating and social cohesion.

Gender equality, climate change and transportation

What is equality in transport and mobility? According to Christian Dymén, researcher and consultant at Trivector, it is the equal possibility to influence the planning process and the power to choose between different modes of transportation. However, this is not just a question about equality between men and women, if we do not change the current transport behavior, the emissions from the transport sector will continue to damage our environment. So, in addition to the question mentioned: How can mobility become more equal and at the same time, more sustainable?

Capizzi (IT): Performing volunteering and solidarity activities in an organised manner. Part 2:The multiplier effect and the indirect transfer results

How the process of transferring a good practice from the Lead partner to the partner cities has triggered an unpredictable multiplier effect, generating a series of best practices that today, thanks to the URBACT methodology, animate the  social fabric of a peripheral mountain town like Capizzi.

Mobility at the margins

Outside of Europe research confirms that women continue to be one of the most exposed groups in mobility and transport, creating barriers in their everyday life. This can be demonstrated by the example of domestic workers in Bogotá, Medellín and São Paulo presented by Harvard Doctor of Juridical Science, Valentina Montoya Robledo.