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NextAgri "groundshaking effect" and city responses

NextAgri’s project is a good example of the ground shaking magnitude caused by the UIA OpenAgri project. The 3 transfer partners are medium-sized cities from different climate type ecoregion and with different approaches to land use for agriculture. The development level of innovation and experimentation varies across the different cities. The Transferability Study reveals that NextAgri is a unique opportunity to explore new functionalities, as well as to review and improve their current functionalities considering different needs and contexts.

The second newsletter is all abuzz about Biodiversity

With this newsletter, we begin a series of theme dedicated newsletters, each linked to one of our partner cities.

This issue is all about biodiversity in cities which depends on pollinators as much as on responsible residents. This theme is in the hands of Osijek (Croatia) and was discussed in depth on our partnership thematic meeting in November 2021. You can also read all about it, find out what took place since the last newsletter was issued and what will be going on in our partner cities in the next few months and in the process learn a thing or two about bees.

Think infrastructures in context: human ecosystems - by Bahanur Nasya

We often wonder why some infrastructure projects are loved and cherished by citizens while others aren’t. It’s not only the quality of the project that determines its success but the acceptance it receives from citizens as well. Change is often only possible when a community gets behind a project, owns the solutions, lives the change and actively adopts the proposed solution to their reality. However, community-led solutions are difficult to achieve, especially if the proposed solution is too new and has little grassroots support. The mechanisms of ecosystem building come in useful under such circumstances to help yield positive involvement. 

CO4CITIES - 3rd Transnational Meeting, Budapest, November 25-26, 2021

The Third Transnational Meeting was hosted by the city of Budapest in the mornings of 25 and 26 November 2021.

Case study Kavala: Integrated green procurement

In this seventh case study delivered by the URGE network, the city of Kavala shares their approach to using procurement as a means to adress environmental and social challenges. Building upon good experiences with cleaning materials supplies, Kavala has now broadened its focus to construction projects. 

When European citizens’s expectations about energy transition are gathered in a planet

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