Networks and cities' news

An innovative approach to cultural heritage management

When thinking of economic development in small-medium size cities, cultural heritage always plays an important role in any city strategy, particularly in the historical towns where the valorisation of cultural heritage remains one of the best tools to promote social and economic development. However several factors such as lack of funding, lack of management expertise, are preventing these cities to fully exploit its potential, limiting the capacity to valorise these important assets.

Undertaking spend analysis and developing procurement strategy

If cities are to progress the way in which they undertake procurement so that it brings more local economic, social and environmental benefits, they need to go through a number of steps. As part of the Procure network, we have already completed two of those steps. The baseline study enabled our partner cities to identify the activities they were already doing around procurement and importantly to identify key challenges they faced. Our first transnational meeting in Lublin, Poland effectively set the legal context for more progressive procurement through exploring European and National Level law.

 

Realising the opportunities of EU Procurement Directives

I have spent much of the last ten years undertaking work around public procurement and local economic development. The emphasis of that work has largely been around measuring the impact the significant amount spent procuring goods and services in the United Kingdom has in local economic, social and environmental terms; and also in shifting the behaviour of procurement teams in local municipalities so that they undertake procurement more progressively and innovatively.

 

RetaiLink: Ready for the learning and planning

Ve výzvě pro příklady dobré praxe OP URBACT III bylo podáno 270 žádostí. Děkujeme všem městům z celé Evropské unie, která nám žádost poslala!

The Urban Green Labs project

The Urban Green Labs project set up models on how empowered civil eco-conscious groups and top down interventions can mutually reinforce each other to make cities more resilient and healthy.

By now it is clear that cities have a role in combating the impacts of ecological crisis. Urban Green Labs will tackle the issue by matching Municipalities’ physical infrastructure and public services development activities with bottom up initiatives of local communities and in the process develop new forms of governance, support eco-localism and raise the level of residents’ environmental awareness.  Increasing the number of people involved will generate a critical mass to support local initiatives that improve the effectiveness of environment-friendly interventions in line with municipal strategies.

Freight TAILS – delivering Tailored Approaches for Innovative Logistics Solutions

Interview with from Charlotte Knell (Lead Partner Westminster), Councillor Heather Acton, Dan Dura and Deputy Mayor Lucian Harşovschi from Suceava (project Partner City) interviewed by Matthew Jackson, lead expert of Freight Tails project