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9 Cities – 9 Stories: Cities for Sustainability Governance

Nine European cities pioneer Sustainability Governance to close the action gap towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

“Cities are as strong as their communities”. This was one of the main lessons drawn by Lead Partner coordinator Ville Taajamaa, responsible for 2030 Agenda work in the City of Espoo, after the first in-person meeting of the Cities for Sustainability Governance (CSG) network held in Tallinn, 15-16 November 2023. “After hours and hours of crunching expert urban sustainability talk, work and walk, the most important thing we had in our mind was our citizens. How cool is that!”, he concluded.

For 2.5 years, nine partner cities – Agios Dimitrios (Greece), Braga (Portugal), Espoo (Finland), Gabrovo (Bulgaria), Jablonec nad Nisou (Czech Republic), Kosice (Slovakia), Mannheim (Germany), Tallinn (Estonia) and València (Spain) – will join forces to discover and design how ‘sustainability governance’ can answer to the well needed renewal of commitment, trust, action and hope, to achieve the world we want by 2030.

Представяне на предстояща покана по УРБАКТ

Ежегодната експертна среща на експертите по програми и проекти се проведе в София от 27 до 29 ноември. И тази година интересът към нея бе голям – близо 180 участници от 100 общини. Траен остава и интересът на кметове, зам.-кметове и представители на Общински съвети към форума. Той започна със сесия, посветена на трансграничното сътрудничество, УРБАКТ и Европейската градска инициатива.

Cities paving the way for a circular transition

In 2020 and in line with the Communication on the European Green Deal, the European Commission adopted the new Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP 2). The ultimate goal is to stimulate markets for climate-neutral and circular products and services, modernize the EU’s economy and reap the benefits of the transition in the EU and beyond. The seven key areas set by the Commission CEAP 2 to achieve a circular economy are exactly plastics, textiles, e-waste, food, water and nutrients, packaging, batteries and vehicles, buildings and construction.

Iesniedz pieteikumu Eiropas Pilsētiniciatīvas pilsētu savstarpējām apmaiņām tad, kad esi gatavs!

Pateicoties pilsētu pieaugošajai interesei un entuziasmam par Eiropas Pilsētiniciatīvas (European Urban Initiative) š.g. pavasarī izsludināto spēju celšanas programmu pilsētu savstarpējām apmaiņām (city-to-city exchanges), tika nolemts, ka konkurss, kurš, iespējams pamanījāt, noslēdzās 2023. gada 17. novembrī, tiek pagarināts bez iesniegšanas termiņa.

Can Urban Sports Hubs transform youths communities and regenerate urban public spaces? Follow the Re-Gen URBACT cities pioneering sport-based solutions engaging teens for a Better Future.

Contemporary cities face challenges in providing adequate spaces for youth socialization and recreational healthy activities. The Re-Gen Project tackles these issues by leveraging abandoned public spaces for planning and testing innovative models for urban regeneration. Engaging youngsters, schools, cultural and sport associations in co-creating new Urban Sport Hubs redefines urban participative process, fosters sense of a shared responsibility for common goods and promotes multifunctional spaces. These hubs, centered on street sports, symbolize a progressive shift in policy towards inclusive community development and vibrant urban spaces reconnecting also aesthetics with ethics.

Civic participation is a process, not a project

Local democracy is undergoing a change, a transition. And just like any other transition process, it has its ups and downs.