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This is not the end!

On 11-13 April the Interactive Cities final conference was held in Genoa to showcase the potential and challenges of social media and digital tools experimented at local level. Cities involved in the network also decided to continue the work together in the coming years through a Eurocities Task Force on Digital Citizenship. The conference comprised workshops to present the Integrated Action Plans (IAPs), developed at local level, presentations by guests specialised in various aspects, site visits and public debates.

How 'Resilient Europe' Brought Urban As Well As Personal Change

Local Action Plan by Malaga

(Non) conference of socially innovative cities

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Boosting Social Innovation - an URBACT  project has been summarized in Gdansk.
In Paris - the Olympic Citizens' Budget, in Milan - the fourth industrial revolution, in Wroclaw - the shaping of commercial streets in the city together with residents.

The goal of all these initiatives is the same: to stimulate social innovation. 10 cities in Europe are summarized by the BoostINNO project, whose Gdansk is the leader.
The BoostINNO project is about to end, in which, for 2.5 years, representatives of ten European cities worked on developing the subject of social innovation. Social innovation is a philosophy of changing the way a city is managed, in which the role of power is no longer planning and managing the implementation of plans but co-designing the future and introducing innovative changes with the participation of residents.

It is them who, as people who know their nearest surroundings, have to change the city for the better - from the inside. The city's authorities and administration are to help them, encourage them and support them. In short, the local government is to be a broker of social innovation. The event summarizing the project is not accidental in Gdansk (on April 11 - 13), because it is the city, and precisely the Department of Social Development of the Gdansk municipality is the leader of BoostINNO.

Katowice’s resilience potential – “The Pear Festival Experiment”

Katowice at the heart of the upper Silesian agglomeration, a city of over 2 million people, is an important economic, academic and cultural center in southern Poland. A vibrant city that faces all kinds of social, economic, infrastructural and environmental problems. The city has a long history of mining and metallurgic manufacturing and it must take on the challenge of industrial transition and innovative development. It is countering with a decrease in population and the migration of young educated people from the city.

Idrija | Playground on the city square

by Tina Lisac, Idrija Municipality (Slovenia)

City Centre doctor project is coming to an end – or if we say better – end of a new start.

Freight TAILS Final Report:

On the eve of our Final Event, Split, Croatia; the Freight TAILS network is pleased to publish our Final Report: 'Managing urban freight more effectively: A guide to getting started and planning actions.'