Networks and cities' news

ULG VIEWS, Laure Talneau-Mary

URBACT Local Groups are key in the construction of partner cities’ Educational Innovation Networks (EIN). They represent the different stakeholders that will take part in the future Educational Innovation Networks and they are contributing to lay its foundations.

What do the ULG members think about the EIN and its future? Todays it's Laure Talneau-Mary turn to tell us about it.

MASTERCLASS "DIGITAL TENDENCIES FOR CITIES" TAKE-AWAYS

CARD4ALL Transfer Network has started December with a very interesting and valuable Masterclass about the New Digital Tendencies that are key to design the cities of the future. Around 30 participants from the network and invited guests spent 2 hours learning from our speaker Dr. Paulo Cortez. Here you can also find the main conclusions and very useful examples and links. It is our digital Christmas present for you!!!

Diary of an international talent in Leuven

The Welcoming International Talent project focusses on welcoming international students and expats in medium sized European cities. Aim is to improve welcoming policies of these seven cities with various projects. But how do internationals themselves experience living in these welcoming cities? In this column, an international from each WIT-city will share their experiences. This time: Alexander from Leuven, Belgium!

Reflections of the lead partner

Jan Kees Kleuver is coordinator of the Welcoming International Talent project and works for the municipality of Groningen. We asked him how he sees the last couple of months of the WIT project and what his plans are for the next period. 

Bees would say “You need me, honey!” and we challenge you to “Bee a year 2021”!

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Transfer Story from Riga: Finding new forms for stronger cooperation with Riga`s NGOs or Riga`s NGO House “expands beyond its walls”

“The Riga NGO House is an excellent place for non-governmental organisations to gather, and yet, how could we – the residents of other neighbourhoods of Riga – use all of its services?” The question came from an energetic representative of an NGO, who lives and works in Pārdaugava, across the Daugava River, during a seminar at the NGO House. She went on explaining: “This is the only House of this kind in Riga, and we also want to organise events in our neighbourhoods, closer to our places of residence, we want to engage in the activities held by the participants of the NGO House. Can we organise jointly a networking event in our neighbourhood?” Such questions are more frequently heard at the NGO House, sometimes outlining a particular direction of development that the NGO House should take – to spread its wings in other neighbourhoods of Riga.