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#2 Small Scale Action | Razlog, Bulgaria

THERE’S A NEW SENSE OF TECHNOLOGY PROGRESS IN THE AIR IN RAZLOG – AND IT’S ALL THANKS TO URBACT

The city of RAZLOG makes possible the monitoring of urban air quality in real time through the test installation of an Air Station with sensing key for air quality indicators along with environmental data. This is possible thanks to the IoTXchange project which is implemented under URBACT Program.

The RFSC a relevant tool for the city partners of the GG4C network

In the course of the life of the Global Goals for Cities (GG4C) network, the 19 city partners used an existing self-assessment tool: the RFSC, or Reference Framework for Sustainable Cities. Based on European principles for sustainable and integrated urban development, the tool available online was used during the diagnosis and visioning phase of the network (as an analytical tool), and partners will use it again in the planning phase (as a planning tool). What is the RFSC? And what did it bring to the network?

Ekosustav za razvoj vještina za urbanu Industriju 4.0: sedam izazova

U mnogim su europskim gradovima proizvodne industrije još uvijek važni pokretači njihova gospodarstva, no sektor je sada u procesu transformacije pod utjecajem novih tehnologija (robotizacija, digitalizacija, novi materijali) i težnje za održivom proizvodnjom. Ova transformacija zahtjeva nove vještine i kompetencije onih koji rade u industriji, a time i od obrazovnih ustanova u gradovima koje obrazuju novi kadar koji ulazi u sektor. Kako stvoriti lokalni/urbani ekosustav kadrova koji će biti spremni za budućnost? Ovaj članak identificira sedam ključnih izazova s kojima se u tom pogledu suočavaju industrijski gradovi. Temelji se na dubinskim intervjuima s tvrtkama, obrazovnim ustanovama, kreatorima politika te stručnjacima u četiri industrijska grada okupljena u projektu AS-Transfer: Bilbao, Bielsko-Biała, Tartu i Temišvar.

Summary of Learning - Alytus

Alytus City Municipality together with the project partners: Barnsley (United Kingdom), Novska (Croatia), Rzeszow (Poland), Roeselare (Belgium) is implementing the TechRevolution 2.0 project wchich is co-financed by EU URBACT III program. You can read more about it at https://urbact.eu/tech-revolution-20

The Citizen Committee of the La Rochelle Territory Zero Carbon project: How to build trust?

On January 25, La Rochelle Urban Community presented to the Global Goals for Cities partners its ‘La Rochelle Territory Zero Carbon’ (LRTZC) project towards 2040, highlighting the following main characteristics and innovations : a shared and multilevel governance, an evaluation and financing tool 'the Carbon Cooperative', and a citizen co-construction approach through the establishment of a Citizen Committee.

Insights from the URGE network: thematic report

Start small: The journey to scale. Experiences from the URGE: Circular Building Cities Network.
By Dr. Eleni Feleki, Lead Expert of the URGE Action Planning Network