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Unifying Efforts for Bringing One Health in Cities

A European collaboration for human, animal and environmental health

In the face of diverse health and environmental challenges across European regions and globally, the One Health 4 Cities Network emerges as a beacon of collaboration and knowledge exchange looking for holistic solutions in cities.

The need for systemic approaches that support not only the current states of living but safeguard our environments for the future is very prominent. The One Health approach will bring us solutions that never were so urgent before.

Unique of its kind, the Network brings light on how to implement the One Health approach in urban public policies, strategies, and projects. It recognises that the perception of the One Health concept may vary according to EU regions and cities and it aims to refine and propagate this transformative approach by bringing together partners representing a wide variety of local contexts.

Comprising cities with varying levels of experience in One Health, the network fosters a collaborative environment where the nine partners come together to learn and share experiences: Benissa (ES), Elefsina (GR), Kuopio (FI), Lahti (FI), Loulé (PT), Lyon (FR), Munich (DE), Eurometropolis of Strasbourg (FR) and Suceava (RO).

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9 Cities – 9 Stories: Cities for Sustainability Governance

Nine European cities pioneer Sustainability Governance to close the action gap towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

“Cities are as strong as their communities”. This was one of the main lessons drawn by Lead Partner coordinator Ville Taajamaa, responsible for 2030 Agenda work in the City of Espoo, after the first in-person meeting of the Cities for Sustainability Governance (CSG) network held in Tallinn, 15-16 November 2023. “After hours and hours of crunching expert urban sustainability talk, work and walk, the most important thing we had in our mind was our citizens. How cool is that!”, he concluded.

For 2.5 years, nine partner cities – Agios Dimitrios (Greece), Braga (Portugal), Espoo (Finland), Gabrovo (Bulgaria), Jablonec nad Nisou (Czech Republic), Kosice (Slovakia), Mannheim (Germany), Tallinn (Estonia) and València (Spain) – will join forces to discover and design how ‘sustainability governance’ can answer to the well needed renewal of commitment, trust, action and hope, to achieve the world we want by 2030.

Представяне на предстояща покана по УРБАКТ

Ежегодната експертна среща на експертите по програми и проекти се проведе в София от 27 до 29 ноември. И тази година интересът към нея бе голям – близо 180 участници от 100 общини. Траен остава и интересът на кметове, зам.-кметове и представители на Общински съвети към форума. Той започна със сесия, посветена на трансграничното сътрудничество, УРБАКТ и Европейската градска инициатива.

Cities paving the way for a circular transition

In 2020 and in line with the Communication on the European Green Deal, the European Commission adopted the new Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP 2). The ultimate goal is to stimulate markets for climate-neutral and circular products and services, modernize the EU’s economy and reap the benefits of the transition in the EU and beyond. The seven key areas set by the Commission CEAP 2 to achieve a circular economy are exactly plastics, textiles, e-waste, food, water and nutrients, packaging, batteries and vehicles, buildings and construction.

Iesniedz pieteikumu Eiropas Pilsētiniciatīvas pilsētu savstarpējām apmaiņām tad, kad esi gatavs!

Pateicoties pilsētu pieaugošajai interesei un entuziasmam par Eiropas Pilsētiniciatīvas (European Urban Initiative) š.g. pavasarī izsludināto spēju celšanas programmu pilsētu savstarpējām apmaiņām (city-to-city exchanges), tika nolemts, ka konkurss, kurš, iespējams pamanījāt, noslēdzās 2023. gada 17. novembrī, tiek pagarināts bez iesniegšanas termiņa.