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  • Ampelokipi-Menemeni: reaching out to vulnerable groups

    Ampelokipi-Menemeni, a municipality of Thessaloniki (GR), has focused on working with a specific community as part of the Stay Tuned project – the Roma community

    Matthias Peynshaert

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  • Tackling Implementation Challenges in small cities with 'Case Examples'

    ➔ Summary

    The INT-HERIT Implementation Network is now identifying and collecting data about
    the way small cities are tackling implementation challenges on their cultural heritage projects.
    New smart, low cost initiatives are being implemented to overcome the traditional lack of
    resources by adopting an integrative and participative approach towards stakeholders and
    increase the value created for citizens through heritage conservation projects. This article
    provides a preliminary insight on some of the initiatives currently taking place in the
    participating cities in order to contribute for a knowledge base of solutions that will be
    hopefully useful for many small cities across Europe.

    Antonio Zafra

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  • Pooling urban commons: the Civic eState

    Naples’ Urban Civic Uses policy is characterised by the way artists, creatives, innovators and city inhabitants are entitled to organise themselves to establish forms of self-government for critical social infrastructure including urban commons such as abandoned, unused or underused city assets. Christian Iaione, URBACT Lead Expert, tells us how Naples’ Good Practice is being transferred to other European cities thanks to the Civic eState project.

    Christian Iaione

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  • Cities in international perspective: Leuven

    In the Welcoming International Talent project, seven cities aim at sharing knowledge, improving policies and implementing best practice projects in their international student cities. But why are these specific cities participating in the WIT project? Each city will explain what they can contribute and what they would like to learn from this knowledge exchange. This time: Leuven, Belgium.

    Evite van Winkoop

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  • Fighting homelessness: the role of cities

    Laura Colini, URBACT programme expert gives an overview of the URBACT City Lab for Cities Fighting Homelessness, which was done in collaboration with FEANTSA and the Mairie de Paris.

     

    Laura Colini

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  • Come in! - Talking Houses /Shared Stories at Budapest

    On the first weekend of May will be held the Budapest100 Open Houses, this year's theme is Bauhaus. The event coincides with URBACT Come in! - Talking Houses / Shared Stories project with Masterclass weekend, based on the good practice of Budapest100 itself.

    k.tapody

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