Networks and cities' news

“The consumers have a huge power to increase organic offer”

The 2nd Meeting of the BioCanteens Transfer Network took place in Torres Vedras, from 19 to 21 March, under the theme "Supply and Demand of Organic Products". The meeting gathered the seven project partners of this European project such as local stakeholders.

The co-working revolution

What can cities do to create open workspaces where entrepreneurs can connect and grow jobs?

An explosion of new workspace

Vital Cities under microscope!

As more and more people have adopted sedentary lifestyles, and as the associated health and social problems have worsened, governments have become increasingly aware of their role in promoting physical activity. Half a year after the close of the VITAL CITIES URBACT Action Planning Network project, the participating cities are ready to look back and assess the progress they have made and identify further gains that can be made.

BIOCANTEENS: How one city went 100% organic without spending any more

Une contribution URBACT à l’Agenda Urbain Européen

Pooling urban commons: the Civic eState

Naples’ Urban Civic Uses policy is characterised by the way artists, creatives, innovators and city inhabitants are entitled to organise themselves to establish forms of self-government for critical social infrastructure including urban commons such as abandoned, unused or underused city assets. Christian Iaione, URBACT Lead Expert, tells us how Naples’ Good Practice is being transferred to other European cities thanks to the Civic eState project.

Breathing new life into abandoned spaces

This is the report of the Creative SpIN Final Event, held in Birmingham, 21-22 April 2015