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Place du Panthéon: Building gender into public space

What does redesigning public space from a gendered perspective look like? In this newest GenderedLandscape video case study where Chris Blache, co-founder of Genre et Ville, tells us about their work with Place du Panthéon.

‘Housing First’: kako sta dve URBACT mesti v Belgiji uvedli pravico do prebivališča

Preberite, kako se dve belgijski mesti borita proti brezdomstvu v okviru omrežja URBACT ROOF.

“The Sea Starts Here” – Urban Art raising awareness for Environmental Preservation

The artistic interpretation of an aquarium is the subject of an urban art display in the centre of Agueda, in support of the campaign “O Mar começa aqui” (“The sea starts here”). The aim of the instillation is to increase the community awareness and importnace of environment preservation. The piece of art was inaugurated on the November 19^th, to mark World Sanitation Day.

Nový mestský plán nákladnej dopravy: inšpiratívny príklad z mesta Umeå (Švédsko)

CIA 7 is a network of European cities, funded by the European Union in the frame of the URBACT III Programme. The CIA 7 partners have a common need to improve the implementation of their existing integrated urban strategies or action plans under Article 7 of the ERDF regulation. New tools of implementation and funding of interlinked actions for integrated urban development have been introduced. Managing Authorities and cities need to act as partners to fulfil the objectives developed in the Operational Programmes. Innovative approaches of multilevel governance and co-operation have to be applied and shared. The step from planning to implementation and funding with shared responsibilities is a joint policy challenge the partners of the CIA 7 URBACT Implementation Network are exploring.

Πώς ο συμμετοχικός σχεδιασμός μπορεί να βοηθήσει στην οικοδόμηση μιας ισχυρής εταιρικής σχέσης

Η πόλη Γκαλάτι (Galati) στη Ρουμανία, χρησιμοποίησε διαδικασίες και μεθοδολογίες που υποστηρίζονται από το URBACT για να δημιουργήσει μια Τοπική Ομάδα για την καθοδήγηση των εργασιών της ώστε να δημιουργήσει μια αποτελεσματική κοινότητα νεοφυών επιχειρήσεων (start-up community). Χρησιμοποίησε μια διαδικασία συμμετοχικού σχεδιασμού, για να εξασφαλίσει ότι οι εταίροι τους θα μπορούσαν να βοηθήσουν στη διαμόρφωση προτάσεων και λύσεων.

Ένα άρθρο του Jim Sims, επικεφαλής εμπειρογνώμονα για το δίκτυο μεταφοράς BluAct

The “Green Line” project for a “green” Bistrița city

Over the last 10 years, congestion in the city of Bistrița has continued to worsen with an increase in the number of cars on the roads and an intensification of road traffic. This has led to the rise in air pollution caused by transport and an overcrowding of parking areas. Nevertheless, urban public transport still has an important role in the development of cities, facilitating the population's access to jobs and services