Networks and cities' news

Catch up on the latest updates from cities working together in URBACT Networks. The articles and news that are showcased below are published directly by URBACT’s beneficiaries and do not necessarily reflect the programme’s position.

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    Cities in international perspective: Debrecen

    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: Debrecen, Hungary!

    Evite van Winkoop

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  • RU:RBAN PARTICIPATES IN THE WEBINAR DEDICATED TO AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE CANTEENS

    The Sustainable Development Festival, promoted by ASVIS (Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development, https://asvis.it/ ), took place throughout Italy from 22 September to 8 October 2020. The webinar “Integrated educational approach to the sustainable canteen: a pilot project of the Lazio Mare Centro FLAG in collaboration with Albert Sas”, held on 7 October, was part of the Festival. The event focused on some good practices for introducing fresh local fish to school canteens.

    Patricia Hernandez

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  • Commons towards New Participatory Institutions: The Neapolitan Experience

    Law scholar and activist Maria Francesca De Tullio describes the genesis of Urban Commons in Naples from 2012 on, with an in-depht examination of the legal innovation that this has entailed.

    Opening photo by Sabrina Cirillo

     

    Gregorio Turolla

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  • The European SDG Summit: Impactful partnerships to build back better and relevant themes for CITIES4CSR

    The European SDG Summit is the annual meeting organized by CSR Europe between business leaders, business associations and representatives of the European Union. This 2020 edition has been dedicated to how to build impactful partnerships to address the crisis triggered by Covid-19 and generate a sustainable recovery by fully implementing the United Nations 2030 Agenda.

    Alessia Dagradi

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  • #CRESCOaward contest: CITIES4CSR HAS RECEIVED the Lexmark "Circular Economy"AWARD.

    CITIES4CSR project has just received the Lexmark "Circular Economy" award as part of the 5th edition of the #CRESCOaward contest. Lexmark is a provider of printing and imaging products, software, solutions and services that help customers save time and money. According to its particular commitment to sustainability and circular economy, Lexmark found in CITIES4CSR the values and opportunities the company shares and applies in the entire print lifecycle. 

    Alessia Dagradi

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  • C-Change European Week of Regions and Cities Workshop

    The 18th European week of Regions and Cities drew to a close last month with this year's event being the first ever event to be delivered fully online. The numbers for the event were staggering with 20,000+ participants, 1000+ speakers and 500+ sessions. The C-Change network was pleased to be chosen to host a workshop for one of those sessions.

    Laura McIntosh

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