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Transfer Story – Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia

The Municipality of Banská Štiavnica joined the transfer network in order to explore volunteerism in the town and abroad and to learn from the experience of others. At the time, we thought that volunteerism is not active in Banská Štiavnica and our aim was to start volunteering activities in our town but as the time passed and the ULG was established, we realised that volunteerism is in practice on high level however is not visible or promoted.

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Volunteering Cities+ Quarterly Network Report 1

This is the first Quarterly Report of the second wave network “Volunteering Cities +”. It includes a comprehensive view of the Improved Good Practice, of the partner cities and of the working methodology.

Manresa 2030 Agenda: localising the SDGs through meaningful participation

Since the end of 2018, Manresa is working on its local 2030 Agenda: an integrated sustainability strategy to respond to the environmental, social, and economic challenges of the current decade. A strategy whose design, implementation and monitoring must be shared with all the local stakeholders and citizens.

Kostas Karamarkos, RU:RBAN Lead Expert, introduces the city of Algeciras to Urban Gardens Management

Since we just attended the Algeciras Transnational Meeting, Kostas Karamarkos shares with our readers the highlights of the city and its involvement in the project. Enjoy the reading of this article produced by Kostas himself!  Since we just attended the Algeciras Transnational Meeting, Kostas Karamarkos shares with our readers the highlights of the city and its involvement in the project. Enjoy the reading of this article produced by Kostas himself!  

Role-playing as a method for active participation in the URBACT KAIRÓS - Heritage as Urban Regeneration project by ad-hoc expert Mirna Karzen

Can you have small scale actions before infrastructure developments and when to introduce them? Why include community in the urban planning processes – they are not experts, architects, urban planners, and traffic specialists? How can you introduce alternative mobility options in the hilly city? What green infrastructure solutions to introduce in the historical old towns that would not make conservationists cringe?

A round-up of 2021; and looking ahead to 2022

It’s that time of year again! The end of 2021 is nearly here and we will welcome in 2022.

The end of the year, and beginning of a new one, is always a time for reflection (for what’s happened so far) and excitement (for what’s coming up ahead). Thinking about USE-IT, the project has got off to a great start. We’ve had excellent study visits (electronically that is) and informative meetings with all our partners.

Unfortunately, due to the ongoing pandemic, we have not been able to travel in the same way we usually would, which is a shame – but we’ve made up for it, with fantastic contributions from everyone.

2021 has been a busy year for USE-IT. The last few months have been a time to set-up the project and get everything ready. As we look to 2022, this will be when the project goes into full speed.