Ostrava plan to reduce anonymity and strengthen communities in priority neighbourhoods

 Czech word „Sídliště“ [seed:lish:tje] is primarily used to define neighbourhoods with high-rise or large housing estates built during the communist era between 1940s and 1990s as an important part of building plans. The goal was to provide large quantities of fast and affordable housing and to slash costs by using uniform designs of prefabricated concrete blocks over the whole country. 

Housing estates bear the legacy of socialist housing policy in terms of the social composition of the population and therefore a mix of different professions and social groups is preserved in housing estates. And even though, they are often said to be "mere dormitory communities with a few conveniences and even less character”, it is yet a common form of living for nearly 3 million Czechs.

Limerick Smart City - a community of the future

Find your Greatness is Europe’s first strategic brand-building program for smart cities. This project will encourage small and medium-sized cities to communicate their potential in terms of attractiveness for people, such as students, tourists, and investors while leveraging their societal advantages over larger cities that don’t face the same budgetary constraints when it comes to promoting their potential for development.

SPACE TO COMMUNITIES! A RESILIENCE TEST IN THE CITY OF BARI

The purpose of this document is to provide a broad overview on the themes of the ReGeneration Implementation Network, including references to reports, policy guidelines and examples of projects that have dealt with similar issues. It is a first draft that needs to be successively completed with the profiles of the cities part of the network, and accordingly tuned with the specific issues deriving by the comparison of their situations and challenges.

Sofia: To build upon each other’s experiences

The International Labour Organisation describes youth employment (YU) as a global challenge and a top policy concern, decrying an international state of affairs wherein 156 million young workers live in poverty and there are 71 million unemployed young people.

THE HAGUE: HOW THE COMMUNITY-LED LOCAL DEVELOPMENT APPROACH CAN FUEL THE ENERGY TRANSITION

Energy reduction and the transition to sustainable energy sources belong to the major challenges we are facing today in order to mitigate climate change. The Netherlands aims to reduce its CO2 emissions with 49% by 2030 and with 95% by 2050 compared to 1990. The city of The Hague has even formulated the ambition to be climate neutral by 2030. Since the energy transition in the built environment can make a significant contribution to this goal, the city board makes significant investments this sector. But this vast ambition is largely influenced by the way citizens are prepared to join in or decide to opt out. It’s a transition that will only succeed if we work on it in collaboration.

THE BIP/ZIP STRATEGY – EMPOWERING LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN PRIORITY DISTRICTS OF LISBON

Based on the experience developed over the past ten years in Lisbon, the Bip/Zip program is currently at the basis of the URBACT Transfer Network Com.Unity.Labwhich aims at sharing the knowledge with other cities across Europe. In this article the different tools of the strategy are outlined. 

What do experts have to say about Education 360º and 21st century trends?

At ON BOARD Transnational meeting 6, we had the chance to share the fascinating vision of experts on some topics related to the connection between innovation and education. The specialists gave us some keys to 360 education, open education resources, innovation and digitalisation.

Financiamento de Bens Comuns Urbanos. Parte I

Como podem os bens comuns urbanos ser financiados? A equipa Civic eState explora o impacto social do financiamento e do investimento financeiro com a Eutropian, o Banco Europeu de Investimento e a Fundação Trias

Transfer Story: Łódź - Birmingham - Toulouse - three paths of mediation

"To release the potential of the center of Łódź and its Inhabitants" is the slogan which defines the direction of the Łódź revitalization, the biggest regeneration project in Poland. But how to do it when the level of reluctance to city institutions is high, and often the first thing one associates with the City Office is a letter written in incomprehensible language? How to regain the trust lost through the years of miscommunication and start cooperating to give the residents a chance to change their lives for the better? There is only one answer: a mediator.

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Walk on a Bee Path and learn a city Bee Story

Spring is in the air and for sure you’ve noticed bees on your balcony, in your garden, in parks. If there are just a few of them, then your need to think how to make your neighbourhood more bee friendly. With this we also mean a cleaner and nicer place to live for all city inhabitants – people as well. Learn how to do it at the end of this article, but to get started, we invite you to take a walk on the six bee paths of the cities of Amarante, Bydgoszcz, Cesena, Hegyvidek, Nea Propontida and Ljubljana. Walking them physically or virtually (following restrictions related to COVID) you will feel the clean nature, learn a thing or two about biodiversity, apitourism and innovative bee products etc. For additional inspiration join our celebrations of the World Bee Day (20th of May).