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Biodiversity in cities depends on pollinators as much as on responsible residents

Without bees 75% of our food plants would not yield any fruits at all, there would be a major economy loss in crop production, wildflowers would not ripen seeds and biodiversity would drastically decrease. Numerous great initiatives started lately to protect bees and their pollinator counterparts – they deserve our support as they also help us.

To support cities administration initiative on biodiversity preservation and to show them diverse good practices on how to involve their citizens, institutions and economy to play active role in it BeePathNet cities developed Guidelines – The evolution steps toward a Bee friendly city supported with good practices.

Focus on Poznan (PL): Our respons to the housing needs of the underprivileged

In Poznan, the department in charge of the realization of housing policy pursued by the Mayor and City Council is the Office of Housing Affairs. The Office's responsibilities include, among others, developing solutions, projects and programs to meet the housing needs of Poznan society. Moreover, the Office co-creates the rent policy in the city's housing resources and provides the Mayor with knowledge on the housing needs of Poznan inhabitants as well as ways of satisfying them.

As part of the City of Poznan's housing policy, housing projects are implemented to suit various needs so that each person in need of housing support can find something for themselves.

Közösségi kertek - a közjó kiemelkedő példái Budapesten

Budapesten talán a legkönnyebben úgy lehet megértetni az emberekkel, hogyan működik a városi közös munka, ha a közösségi kertekre hivatkozunk, amelyekből több tucatnyi működik a magyar fővárosban.

Community gardens as prime example of commons in Budapest

The easiest way to make people in Budapest understand how urban common works is perhaps a reference to community gardens of which many dozens operate in the Hungarian capital city.

Prázdne budovy možno využívať aj kreatívne: inšpiratívny príklad z mesta Ostrava (Česká Republika)

Takmer v každom európskom meste sa nachádzajú prázdne, dlhodobo nevyužívané nehnuteľnosti, ktoré stratili svoje pôvodné funkčné využitie. Majitelia nemajú dostatok financií na revitalizáciu, nemôžu nehnuteľnosť dobre predať alebo s ňou nemajú plány. Nehnuteľnosti tak zbytočne chátrajú, aj keď by mohli byť dočasne využité pre rôzne účely. Mesto Ostrava ukazuje, ako proces kreatívneho narábania s prázdnymi budovami môže dokonca riadiť samospráva.

Cinema Victoria

Lessons learned from the first co-management experiences in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.