Networks and cities' news

Bees and pollination are important factors for biodiversity as well as for the economy

Without bees 75% of our food plants would not yield any fruits at all, there would be a major economy lost in crop production, wildflowers would not ripen seeds and biodiversity would drastically decrease. Lately numerous great initiatives started to protect bees and their pollinator counterparts – they deserve our support as they also help us. One of these kinds of actions arose at our project partner Hegyvidék (Budapest, Hungary).

How can public procurement help cities achieve their sustainable goals?

Sustainable public procurement aims to address the impact on society of the goods, services and works purchased by the public sector and can be a powerful tool both for advancing sustainable development and for achieving local social and environmental objectives. The Making Spend Matter cities came together in Bistrita, Romania, to explore public procurement as a strategic instrument to spend public money efficiently and sustainably.

Leading innovation in local administrations

By Loris Gherra

Meeting with Rotterdam’s experts Jochem Cooiman and John de Ruiter

New opportunities in Brno: music as a bridge to a stronger social inclusion

The first session of a new community choir, a music class in a newly-opened kindergarden and music programmes in two primary schools: these are the latest news on how URBACT OnStage is progressing in Brno!

Cities in international perspective: Zlín

In the Welcoming International Talent project, seven cities aim at sharing knowledge, improving policies and implementing best practice projects in their international student cities. But why are these specific cities participating in the WIT project? Each city will explain what they can contribute and what they would like to learn from this knowledge exchange. This time: Zlín, Czech Republic.

Resettlement Model. How to achieve a social mix?

The model presented in this outputs is a description of the method of allocating municipal premises in tenement houses renovated within the framework of the revitalisation programme.