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TORINO: CITY LAB FOR SOCIAL INCLUSION

by Valeria Vacchiano, Tiziana Eliantonio, Fabrizio Barbiero

The current situation in Turin is featured by an increasing trend of economic and social suffering, which could cause effects of social exclusion and poverty of a part of the population. Within the City there are several types of poverty (economic, housing problems, cultural, educational, relational…), which need a multidimensional approach.

WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN GENOA?

Here we are, just few hours and all the Interactive Cities will meet in Genoa for the closing moment of our project.

Genoa is preparing a rich program for our friends cities: we will dedicate time to discuss our achievements and learnings, meeting again some of the cities which accompained us along our road to an Interactive Digital Communication like Madrid and Amsterdam; and finding some new cities, like Eindhoven or Turin, to share ideas and strategies. And we will have time to learn and to discover new projects and actions with important guests like DG Connect, JRC and PA Social.

Innovability: can social media innovation foster development in the field of urban mobility?

The final report from the Genius-open project.

Cities and social media - The Genoa Final Conference

In this period of general crisis of social media, cities offer important solutions to promote the civic use of platforms which can increase economic development, civic participation and local marketing in urban contexts. The experiences of ten European cities, partners of the European Interactive Cities network, funded under the URBACT program, will be the core of the final conference of the project, which will take place in Genoa from 11 to 13 April.

RetaiLink's Final Report is hot off the press!!

We are very, very proud to present RetaiLink's final report! A document that reflects on the knowledge acquired and summarizes the process that has involved ten european medium sized cities during the last two years. We hope it is an inspiring tool for all those who believe retail has the power to drive change for the betterment of cities.

France’s ÉcoQuartier label, an initiative to support communities for sustainable city planning

The concept of “écoquartier” - the term is a contraction of the two French words “quartier” and “écologique” (ecological neighbourhood) - was inspired by Northern European countries experiences of eco-districts.

By creating a Label, delivered in four stages and according to urban sustainable development criteria, the French State wanted to push the approach one step further. The approach was successful in France, now also opened to other neighbourhoods and cities throughout the world.

Eco-districts: historical background of the concept and first projects in Europe