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Health & Cities

In 1948, the World Health Organisation (WHO) defined health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity". 

How Saint-Germain-en-Laye increased the city centre quality by testing new pedestrian areas

Saint-Germain-en-Laye is home to 46,200 inhabitants and belongs to the urban areas of Paris located about 20 km west of the Paris centre. The city is a strong educational centre with international schools for the diverse nationalities living in the Paris agglomeration. Saint-Germain-en-Laye has a strong city centre – called the hypercentre – with more than 500 retailers and service providers, presenting thus an attractive position for its residents and people of the surrounding areas to come to Saint-Germain-en-Laye for shopping and leisure and recreation activities.

One of the objectives of the city is to advance pedestrianisation of the city centre as well as its soft connections to major transport hubs, specifically the light rail RER service attached to the north of the city centre. At the time of the COVID19 pandemic lockdowns, Saint-Germain-en-Laye recognised both the need to provide people with safe outdoor space to move around as well as the opportunity to accelerate pedestrianisation objectives by applying pilots in the city centre.

Bilbao As Fabrik Project video

Euronews showcases in this video Bilbao As Fabrik as an example of service-based technology for an improved industrial sector.

The ON BOARD celebrates its last Transnational Meeting

The last 16th, 18th and 25th of February, the ON BOARD project celebrated the 6th Transnational Meeting. The meeting, which was online, was hosted this time by the city of Nantes.

KAIRÓS Thematic Workshop on Economy – Heritage as a driver for innovation, entrepreneurship and job creation

The second out of four thematic KAIRÓS workshops took place on 19 and 20 May and centred around the concept of ‘Heritage as a driver for innovation, entrepreneurship and job creation’. The event was hosted by our partner, the Municipality of Šibenik in Croatia, and moderated by the ad-hoc expert Wessel Badenhorst (Director at Urban Mode Ltd), Anke van Wijck (KAIRÓS project coordinator at Mula City Council) and Miguel Rivas (KAIRÓS URBACT lead expert).

Barcelona Metropolitan Area

The Barcelona Metropolitan Area, Lead Partner of the RiConnect network, is developing a forward-thinking vision for a more equal and sustainable metropolis. To do so, acting in mobility infrastructure is key, and RiConnect is part of such efforts.