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Valongo: a journey of discovery – almost from scratch

In this extraordinary pandemic times, Valongo is taking its time to analyze how the project has contributed to improving the city and the lives of young people. And how to move forward.

On the COVID-19 crisis and public procurement

We are living in a time of crisis, and it is not a secret. The COVID-19 pandemic has taken us by surprise and has abruptly obliged us to change our habits. As Europeans, we are used to travel with few restrictions, to go out for coffee and dinner, to have hours-long meeting around a table in our offices. As of now, travels must be restricted to the essential ones, cafés and restaurants are closed and meetings happen mostly online, where the faces of our colleagues appear on small squares on our computer screens, with kids and pets running in the background.

LOURES BRINGS CHILDREN CLOSER TO AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT

The City Council of Loures organised in January and February, when covid-19 was still something far away from our “reality”, a series of workshops in two of the RU:RBAN pilots, the Quinta do Conventinho and the Petrogal urban gardens, aimed at bringing children closer to good environmental practices. Children are the engine, the driving force for a real change from some agricultural practices still in place, for example the use of chemicals in urban gardens, towards healthy and environmentally friendly practices. How do we do this? Through education, training and…why not, playing!

Katowice: a time re-think how music can keep contributing to social cohesion

Dubrovnik efficiently implementing project on-line: thinking, communicating and advertising like a Platform!

Reflection after a midterm reflection

The Welcoming International Talent project has finished their mid-term reflection and is half-way the project. First part of the project went great, but some things have changed. Read all about our project lead Jan-Kees' reflection after the mid-term reflection.