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First TNM of the Breaking Isolation network in Agen

The city of Agen, represented by Claire Rives, municipal councillor delegated to the CCAS (Central Fund for Social Activities), had the pleasure of hosting the delegations from the nine European cities of the Breaking Isolation network on September 13 and 14, 2023. These two days were an opportunity for our partners to meet and participate in cohesion workshops organized by Christophe Gouache, the Expert of the Breaking Isolation network. A meeting that also allowed for raising awareness and involving participants in the entire process.

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Insights from the Project Partners on Digital Inclusion

Insights from our Lead Expert on Digital Inclusion

Female entrepreneurship - a way to development in rural areas

Within the framework of its participation in the FEMACT-Cities project, the County Administrative Board of Skåne primarily works on how the proportion of female entrepreneurs can be increased and how the amount of venture capital that goes to female entrepreneurs can be higher.

Let’s revitalise forgotten urban spaces for green cities, together!

Luc Schuiten, Belgian architect, envisages that in 2100 “sustainable development will have become a pleonasm”, and as such, future cities will see new living and working habits, mobility and organisation of human relations and interfaces. Local authorities will play a role in this transformative change, notably by working on infrastructure: abandoned buildings and spaces returning to green spaces, becoming part of the urban net, enabling a pedestrian connexion and infrastructure from one neighbourhood to the other. Notwithstanding the climate benefit of such measures, streets and parks will become places for playful, physical, and artistic activities. Public spaces will become a place for creativity, learning and exchange.

Laeken 1800- 2200, La Cité végétale, Luc Schuiten

Aligned with this approach, the URBACT GreenPlace network has decided to act to address the issue of unused, abandoned and forgotten places with green revitalisation and regeneration, involving the local community.

Remote-IT: exploring remote work preparedness of cities