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The Hague shares the dutch experience on Com.Unity.Lab

The City of The Hague joined the Com.Unity.Lab URBACT Network in Phase 2 of the Transfer Network to share its experience with Community-Led Local Development (CLLD) and be inspired by the BIP/ZIP strategy of Lisbon in order to improve the local strategy. During the Transnational Meeting in The Hague, on October 9th and 10^th, the focus was on CLLD – the fourth tool from the Lisbon toolbox. The network partners paid visits to several projects that were realized by the foundation Stichting Initiatief op Scheveningen and the foundation and a representative of one of the funded projects shared with the project partners the workings of CLLD in their context, the challenges, and the importance of continuation with this form of citizen engagement.  Sam Hurulean, from The Hague team, shared part of the dutch experience, future plans and expectations.

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A focus on Barcelona's Community Balance: a protocol for the granting process and evaluation of the Citizen Assets

The Citizen Assets Program develops a series of criteria and principles that define what we conceive by community management and use. These criteria should allow us to define, evaluate and justify associations and projects that are dealing with a social, open and participative use of collective resources, managed democratically and communally to pursue the common good.

by Albert Martín i Gómez

PPP practise and innovation- Toulose case study

Toulouse Metropole shared their experience about every stage of preparing a PPP project: from planning, negotiating and selecting an operator, through contract drafting (division of risk and profits) and project activities implementing.

Responsibilities and profile of the project/area manager

In order to ensure the effectiveness of public action, it is important to appoint a person responsible for the coordination of all project stakeholders. This ensures a strong role in the municipality, which provides an overall vision of the project and the mobilisation of the various departments involved.

Apitourism an alternative, enjoyable and challenging activity for demanding citizens and tourists!

Are you interested in nature and the miracles that are hidden in the behaviour of pollinating insects? You can have a taste of the above through what we call, Apitourism! Apitourism is an alternative form of tourism inextricably linked to the art of beekeeping and the life of the bee. This particular form of tourism offers unique experiences to tourists directly related with nature. Learn more about Apitourism in Greece and its first tourist route / paths in the city of Nea Moudania.

Access to nature in cities improves health and boosts well-being

Are we fully aware of the relevance of urban green spaces? We are hardwired in a way that our body and mind functions far better in natural environment. A growing body of empirical evidence indicates that exposure to urban green spaces has positive impacts on both our physical and mental health. But as cities expand and densify, our precious green spaces and urban vegetation are increasingly coming under threat.