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Cities4CSR Virtual Kick-Off Meeting: let's start!

CITIES4CSR Action Planning Network had its Phase2 kick-off meeting on the 25 and 26 June 2020 and it was conducted online, due to the ongoing restrictions of the Covid-19 emergency. 

It was a significant meeting for all partner cities to highlight the main steps and outputs of the path carried out so far on Corporate Social Responsibility theme and on its relevance for municipal governments. Moreover, it was the occasion to mark the project’s main activities of Phase 2 and to share and discuss the local situation of each partner dealing with the economic, health and social crises caused by the pandemic. 

Spoločenská zodpovednosť inštitúcií, organizácií a spoločností vďaka projektu "Cities4CSR" v Hlavnom meste Slovenskej republiky - Bratislave

Sieť pre akčné plánovanie „Cities4CSR – Cities for Corporate Social Responsibility“ vznikla vďaka podpore operačného programu URBACT III v programovom období 2014 – 2020. Projekt vychádza z predpokladu, že spoločenská zodpovednosť firiem ponúka množstvo príležitostí pre mestá v oblasti zlepšenia stratégií, miestnych plánov, využitia hodnoty partnerstiev so súkromným sektorom a s príslušnými zainteresovanými stranami na miestnej úrovni.

10 tips for using social and environmental criteria in procurement

As part of the Making Spend Matter Transfer Network, partners have been exploring how they might incorporate social and environmental criteria into their procurements. This has become even more important as cities start to re-open their economies and support businesses and people as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.

Le Covid change-t-il la donne pour la nouvelle Charte de Leipzig ?

L'expert Eddy Adams s'interroge sur les derniers développements et impacts du Covid-19 sur la nouvelle Charte de Leipzig.

La Charte de Leipzig renouvelée était déjà en préparation bien avant la pandémie de Covid-19. Les expériences récentes ont-elles forcé la présidence allemande de l'UE à repenser toute sa vision de l'avenir du développement urbain ? Ou bien le Covid-19 n'a-t-il fait que renforcer la nécessité des principes énoncés dans le projet de document ? Nous en avons parlé avec Jonas Scholze, directeur général de l'Association allemande pour le logement et le développement urbain et spatial.

TIME FOR GARDENISERS TO CELEBRATE!

The Tre Fontane urban garden of Rome hosted, on the 8th of July, the event for the presentation of the results of the Erasmus GARDENISER PRO project, a 3-year adventure carried out by the Replay Network Association (www.replaynet.eu ). The project was co-funded by the Erasmus+VET Programme and aimed to test an innovative and European training course to support the professional development of a new figure, that of the coordinator of shared urban gardens (garden-organizer = GARDENISER), which strengthens their knowledge, skills and competences.

Rome’s urban garden Parco Or9-Sergio Albani becomes a member of the Italian National Network of Social Farms