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    Opportunities and challenges of civic participation in Siracusa

    There are many opportunities for civic participation in Siracusa, a partner of URBACT ACTive NGOs project, but there are also challenges mainly connected with the lack of physical space for different

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  • Youth Information Center -Racó Jove – a key space of involvement of young people in Santa Pola (ES)

    The Youth Information Center Racó Jove as such, and with this name, was born in 2020, although it comes from a long tradition that started in 1990 with the creation of the Youth Information Center. It

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    Promotion of neighbourhood communities – the key to cooperation between the municipality and residents

    In the recent years, the idea of neighbourhoods has developed rapidly in Riga, targeted activities are organised, focusing the interests and needs of the community of a particular neighbourhood

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    "Sharing and connecting" - an effective way of Trapesa international meeting point to engage Espoo residents

    With a slogan ‘sharing and connecting’ Trapesa international meeting point offers a neutral and unbiased environment for discussions, hobbies and learning, and its doors are open to all people

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  • The importance of defining the collaboration structure and communicating in the case of public-civil partnership –Platform for Lazareti

    For the last year and a half, Platform for Lazareti and Youth Center in Dubrovnik were working on establishing community centers based on the civil-public partnership. It was at the same time hard

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  • What will have changed in the NGO sector in Latvia and society in general after the Covid-19 crisis is over? 

    During the unusual period of Covid-19 crisis, we invited for a conversation Kitija Bite – a doctor of law, member of several non-governmental organisations, faculty member at Latvian institutions of

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  • Changing perspectives on disability – Ricky and the East Brighton wheelchair basketball revolution

    ACTive NGOs met Ricky Perrin (URBACT local group member from Brighton and Hove, UK) in the 3rd Transnational Seminar in Siracusa (IT). Ricky suffered a spinal cord injury in 2006 and is unable to

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  • From ACTive NGOs to solidarity networks: civic ecosystems during and after COVID-19

    The COVID-19 crisis has heavily disrupted the activities of NGO Houses and their civic ecosystems. While the lockdown and rules of social distancing have made most of the activities of these spaces

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    Cooperative City in Quarantine: Connecting local initiatives during the COVID-19 crisis

    Realising the need to create international dialogue on handling the COVID-19 crisis at the local level, Eutropian launched a weekly webinar to connect activists and experts from all parts of Europe

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