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EMBARKING ON THE GREEN TRANSITION

Over the next two years, the ten cities forming the URBACT In4Green network will collaborate to devise local solutions addressing the challenges of industrial transition

Small cities, the potential best place to live in Europe?

For most of human history, most people across the world lived in small communities. Over the past 500 years, this reality has shifted dramatically, and in 2015, 73.5% of Europeans were already living in urban areas. People's concentration leads to some challenges related to quality of life, such as lack of safety, housing problems, pollution concentration, and poverty.

According to the Report on the Quality of Life in European Cities, a 2023 European Commission study, smaller cities are perceived as being better places to live. The study shows that the happiness and well-being of people increase in cities smaller than 250.000 inhabitants.

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Opportunity to get to know each other during the First Transnational meeting

Designing and implementing sustainable development strategies are one of the primary tasks of urban areas. In the long term, achieving such a goal must include efforts to mitigate climate change. While this is a challenge that all cities are facing, this topic is a special area of interest for the partners of the GreenPlace network.

TNM Skofja Loka of the Breaking isolation network met on December 13 and 14, 2023

December 13th and 14th marked the holding of the 2nd Transnational Meeting (TNM) of the Breaking Isolation network of the Urbact program in Škofja Loka, Slovenia, bringing together the nine delegations from participating European cities. See more : https://youtu.be/6Xibt0W6zNY 

First TNM of the Breaking Isolation network in Agen

The city of Agen, represented by Claire Rives, municipal councillor delegated to the CCAS (Central Fund for Social Activities), had the pleasure of hosting the delegations from the nine European cities of the Breaking Isolation network on September 13 and 14, 2023. These two days were an opportunity for our partners to meet and participate in cohesion workshops organized by Christophe Gouache, the Expert of the Breaking Isolation network. A meeting that also allowed for raising awareness and involving participants in the entire process.

See more : https://youtu.be/3X8iXVt-zIg