Networks and cities' news

Putting sense into public spending and creating partnerships with the private sector - by Piotr Wołkowiński

The “click” came, when a public procurement  officer realised that her decisions could influence what her daughter ate at lunchtime in the school canteen.

Educational Ecosystems 360: Territories Connected for Equity

Educational Ecosystems 360: Territories Connected for Equity is the title of the Annual Workshop of the Education Alliance 360, which was held 5 February 2020 in Barcelona. The Education Alliance 360, spearheaded by the Provincial Council of Barcelona, the Jaume Bofill Foundation and the Federation of Pedagogical Renovation Movements of Catalonia (FMRPC), reinforced its focus on improving equity and getting educational activity to “expand beyond” the school.

ON BOARD visits Tallinn

Along the first week of December, 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th, Tallinn (Estonia) hosted the fourth Transnational Meeting. The six ON BOARD cities gathered once again to work with different stakeholders and exchange the advances in the transference of their Education Innovation Networks.

Com.Unity.Lab Sofia prototyping a Social Cohesion Map

“In 2050 the citizens of Sofia enjoy good opportunities for realization and environment, where they can achieve high quality of life. They love their city and have a sense of belonging to it. Neighborhoods create conditions for the formation of cohesive communities. Social exclusion has decreased, people communicate actively and calmly, public spaces are lively and create a sense of identity, shared narrative and solidarity. ”

Thus, Vision Sofia presents the goal for “Cohesion and Communities” part of the vision’s section called “People”. But which are the practical next steps to focus on the gradual achievement of this goal? By the end of 2019, Sofia already had a prototype map, which presents the neighborhoods in Sofia municipality according to their level of social inclusion.

The Agentur StadtWohnen Chemnitz as a scientific research object - Experiences and impressions of a student of European Studies

by Jule Stein. A Bachelor thesis about the lead partner of the ALT/BAU network.

Culture as the center of a perspective of regeneration – Bologna background and perspective

Culture can be an exceptional lever for economic and social development of an urban area from a sustainability point of view. Urban Regeneration Mix’s TNM in Bologna, entitled “Culture as a perspective of regeneration”, aimed to explore and discover the effectiveness of this lever. The meeting wanted to show how culture can be the key element for urban regeneration; for this reason, it took place inside one of Bologna’s factual representations of this strategy: the site of DAMSLab, the laboratory of the Department of Arts, Music and Entertainment of the University of Bologna. Let's see what is happening in Bologna as part of the Urban Regeneration Mix project.