Networks and cities' news

Catch up on the latest updates from cities working together in URBACT Networks. The articles and news that are showcased below are published directly by URBACT’s beneficiaries and do not necessarily reflect the programme’s position.

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    Foresting industrial areas in Ostrava to capture air pollutants (video)

    Katerina Bonito (Project Manager, CLAIRO) was our guest at the Health & Greenspace Academy.

    Viktoria Soos

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  • The role of the wedge-and-ring greenery system in air quality in Poznan (video)

    Elżbieta Raszeja (University of Arts-Faculty of Architecture and Design) and Anna Gałecka-Drozda (Poznań University of Life Sciences) were our guests at the Health & Greenspace Academy

    Viktoria Soos

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  • The experience of the IES “Levante” Secondary School will be the case study for the Algeciras Transnational Meeting in December 2021

    The Delegate for Education, Environment and Emalgesa (Water Company) of the Algeciras City Council, Javier Vázquez, accompanied by the Head of Education, Manuel Navarro, and the Head of the Department of European Funds, Begoña Oliva, visited the orchard and the botanical path of the IES "Levante" Secondary School. During the visit Ms Estefanía Pérez, professor at the institute and coordinator of the Ecoescuelas project (Ecoschools), and Deputy Director Francisco Guzmán illustrated the initiatives related to orchards carried out by the teachers and students. The school’s garden has been selected as a case study by the ULG (Urbact Local Group) of Algeciras.

    Patricia Hernandez

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  • Virtual Wine cellar tour in Budafok

    The Budafok Wine Cellar Tour celebrated its 5th birthday this year. On this occasion, we wanted to present the Katona Wine House this time, the winery that has been with us since the beginning.

    Liviu Stanciu

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  • Focus On: Rotterdam - how is the city building on its strengths?

    The second part of this Focus On Rotterdam, explores how the city is building on its many strengths in 11 key ways. 

    James Carless

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  • Lessons from Bologna heritage-driven urban regeneration by lead expert Miguel Rivas

    Bologna is more and more widely acknowledged as a benchmark in the field of heritage-driven urban development and regeneration. Against this background, the Municipality of Bologna gently organised a one-day study visit for a KAIRÓS international delegation in November 2021. The selection of spots and the explanations taken from the different hosts stressed a good number of insights that can be synthesised in numerous main lessons, summarised in this article by KAIRÓS Lead Expert Miguel Rivas. 
     

    Dorothee Fischer

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