Networks and cities' news

Viladecans holds the kick-off meeting of ON BOARD Phase 2

Last month, representatives from the six member cities of the On Board project attended the 2nd-phase kick-off meeting. The event took place at Miquel Martí i Pol school in Viladecans on February 5th and 6th. Politicians and technicians from Nantes (France), Tallinn (Estonia), Albergaria-a-Velha (Portugal), Halmstad (Sweden) and Poznań (Poland) went to Viladecans with the shared idea that local governments are key actors in citizen education.

Why do we need change in public institutions?

Sharing results on pilot tests was the main focus of the Cluj-Napoca meeting held on February 6th, 7th, 2020

The Hague shares the dutch experience on Com.Unity.Lab

The City of The Hague joined the Com.Unity.Lab URBACT Network in Phase 2 of the Transfer Network to share its experience with Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) and be inspired by the BIP/ZIP strategy of Lisbon in order to improve the local strategy. During the Transnational Meeting in The Hague, on October 9th and 10^th, the focus was on CLLD – the fourth tool from the Lisbon toolbox. The network partners paid visits to several projects that were realized by the foundation Stichting Initiatief op Scheveningen and the foundation and a representative of one of the funded projects shared with the project partners the workings of CLLD in their context, the challenges, and the importance of continuation with this form of citizen engagement.  Sam Hurulean, from The Hague team, shared part of the dutch experience, future plans and expectations.

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A focus on Barcelona's Community Balance: a protocol for the granting process and evaluation of the Citizen Assets

The Citizen Assets Program develops a series of criteria and principles that define what we conceive by community management and use. These criteria should allow us to define, evaluate and justify associations and projects that are dealing with a social, open and participative use of collective resources, managed democratically and communally to pursue the common good.

by Albert Martín i Gómez

PPP practise and innovation- Toulose case study

Toulouse Metropole shared their experience about every stage of preparing a PPP project: from planning, negotiating and selecting an operator, through contract drafting (division of risk and profits) and project activities implementing.

Responsibilities and profile of the project/area manager

In order to ensure the effectiveness of public action, it is important to appoint a person responsible for the coordination of all project stakeholders. This ensures a strong role in the municipality, which provides an overall vision of the project and the mobilisation of the various departments involved.