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BiodiverCity: Community-based approaches to foster urban biodiversity

In the bustling cities of our Network, a remarkable initiative called BiodiverCity is taking root. With a vision to harness the power of nature-based solutions, BiodiverCity aims to measure biodiversity and account for the related ecosystem services to design and scale up transformative projects. The partner cities of this URBACT project envision a future where vibrant urban ecosystems and community-driven actions harmoniously coexist.

DIGI-INCLUSION Network 1st Transnational Meeting in Mollet del Vallès

The 1st Transnational meeting of the DIGI-INCLUSION network was held in Mollet del Vallès on November 13th, 14th and 15th and was attended by delegations from all the network partners:

- Mollet del Vallès (Lead Partner).

- Jelgava Local Municipality (Latvia).

- Alexandroupolis (Greece).

- Municipality of Torres Vedras (Portugal).

- Gdansk Entrepreneurship Foundation (Poland).

- Iași (Romania).

- Boulogne sur mer Développement Côte d'Opale (France).

- Lepida ScpA (Italy).

- Department for Development and International Projects of Zenica- Doboj Canton (DDIP ZDC) (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

As well as the participation of URBACT Secretariat Director, Teofil Gherca.

Austausch zwischen Städten im Rahmen der EUI

Ganz gleich, ob Sie an einem städtischen Aufforstungsprojekt arbeiten oder sich mit Strategien für eine effektive Datenerfassung und -analyse befassen möchten – der Austausch mit anderen Städten kann sowohl aufschlussreich als auch inspirierend sein.

The FEMACT-Cities Action Planning Network: Addressing the implementation gap in gender equality policy

Why are we still talking about gender equality?

2024 will mark the 25 year anniversary of the Pact of Amsterdam, the legal document which made gender equality compulsory in the European Union. But even before that, gender equality policy had been enacted on national and regional levels in the member states. So why are we still talking about gender equality?

Haven‘t we moved beyond this topic yet?

Unfortunately, the reality is that not only haven‘t we closed the gap between men and women in wages, pensions, school achievement, participation in STEM fields, number of political representatives, and many other topics, in fact, recent data from the European Institute on Gender Equality (EIGE) shows that progress on gender equality in the EU-27 stalled or was in some places even negative between 2019 and 2022, due largely in part to the gendered effects of the pandemic.

Drie stappen om een project op te starten: lessen uit de URBACT zomeruniversiteit

De nieuwe URBACT-steden kwamen van 28 tot 30 augustus bijeen in Malmö voor hun eerste persoonlijke ontmoeting. Dit was een gelegenheid om hun respectieve netwerken een eerste impuls te geven. Ter herinnering: aan het eind van 30 maanden werk moet elk van de 30 actieplanningsnetwerken een geïntegreerd actieplan over zijn doelthema produceren.

Trois étapes pour lancer son projet : les enseignements de l’université d’été URBACT

Les nouvelles villes URBACT se sont rassemblées du 28 au 30 août à Malmö pour une première rencontre en chair et en os. De quoi donner un premier coup de boost à leurs réseaux respectifs. Pour rappel, au bout de 30 mois de travail, chacun des 30 réseaux « Action Planning Network » devra aboutir à la réalisation d’un plan d’action intégré sur la thématique qu’il cible.