Networks and cities' news

Funding actions and monitoring implementation - key focus points of our action oriented 5th transnational meeting

 

By Eileen Crowley, Lead Expert of Resourceful Cities

It was great to catch up with all our wonderful partners during the 5^th transnational meeting of our Resourceful Cities network which took place online,  on 28^th & 29^th June. This meeting focussed on the topics of funding & resourcing our Integrated Action Plans (IAP) and on developing a monitoring and risk assessment framework.

Opole shares how to involve all groups of society and their view on education

article_about_the_vital_cities_project_published_in_the_budapester_zeitung_magazine (nr. 18th 2017)

Vervoerregio Amsterdam

Our partner Vervoerregio Amsterdam Transport Authority connects 15 municipalities working together on a region where people and places are effectively connected so that everybody can easily reach their destination. 

The French "Politique de la Ville"

What on earth does France mean by "Politique de la Ville"?
 

Tartu's 'Food Share Cabinet' Success

Tartu, part of the Zero Carbon Cities network provides an update on their most recent small scale action involving citizens on their zero carbon journey.

84, 000 tons of food is wasted in Estonia every year. Shops, supermarkets, restaurants, homes throw away food that has been unsold or uneaten. If you packed all this food in lorries, the line of trucks would span over 40 km!  

Messina becoming a "garden city" - the ForestaME project

Urban forestry is today at the top of the agendas of the great cities of the planet and Messina is a candidate to become one of the protagonist cities of a great campaign to reverse climate change in the world.