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    The Pacts of Collaboration in Turin

    The situation two year after Co-City

    Laura Socci

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  • ΑΦΙΕΡΩΜΑ ΣΤΟ E-UNIVERSITY 2022

    «Εν όψει της μεγάλης γιορτής του URBACT City Festival, το Εθνικό Σημείο Επαφής για την Ελλάδα και την Κύπρο μοιράζεται την εμπειρία του από τη συμμετοχή στο URBACT University».

    mpapoutsi

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  • Meet the partners: Interview with Maria Rita Cecchini

    [[{"fid":"49009","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Maria Rita Cecchini","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Maria Rita Cecchini","field_author[und][0][value]":"Legambiente"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"4":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Maria Rita Cecchini","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Maria Rita Cecchini","field_author[und][0][value]":"Legambiente"}},"attributes":{"alt":"Maria Rita Cecchini","title":"Maria Rita Cecchini","height":331,"width":331,"style":"margin: 10px; float: right; height: 100px; width: 100px;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"4"}}]]The city of Prato is one of the partners of the Action Planning Network URGE, in which it develops a new action plan to promote circularity in the building sector. For its delivery, Prato works closely together stakeholder Legambiente , an Italian foundation for environmental conservation. Head of the Commision for the Circular Economy at Legambiente Toscana ánd Member of the National Assembly of Delegates of Legambiente is Maria Rita Cecchini. Having a background in architecture, Maria Rita shares Legambiente's vision on circular construction. 

    City of Utrecht

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  • The discovery of a covered square

    In the city of Torino, inside an “old working class” neighborhood, there is Cumiana 15, a new public covered square that has been “discovered” on 15th September 2020. The building had been one of the production sites of the Lancia car factory (1918-1969) and recently refurbished thanks to the Co-city project funds.

    Laura Socci

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  • Street Greening for Health and Wellbeing Outcomes

    In European cities, streets occupy on an average 25-35% of the urban space. This means that a large amount of public space is dedicated to cars. A city is a complex ecosystem, and each part of the system has a function: streets are supposed to be used to move goods and humans. But can they also have other functions?

    Viktoria Soos

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  • Cross-generational training is a path to lasting green awareness

    To act in an environment friendly manner is a key goal of modern cities. In order to instil ecological awareness in the mindset of each resident, it is a long and dynamic process. The first step is to follow the principle of “Primum non nocere” (First, to do no harm). For example, kindergartens, schools, NGOs, etc. use different teaching methods, such as workshops, trips, field games and more to achieve this goal. Cross-generational training is the most effective strategy to involve all parts of society in ecological awareness and education. The city of Bydgoszcz from Poland has developed several good practices in this field.

    v.erhart

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