Networks and cities' news

I’ve been to Härnosänd and seen the future of urban planning – through a VR Headset. And it will soon be coming your way.

The METACITY Action Planning Network has gotten 10 cities thinking about the future of urban planning and how can new digital technologies, such as the metaverse or Artificial Intelligence (AI), contribute to shape it. As the Lead Expert of the network, I have travelled to one of the Partner Cities – Härnosänd in Sweden - and discovered that virtual reality can be both magnificent and scary.

Ready for Action! Meeting, 15-16 November 2023

Municipality of Rethymno organized the “Ready for Action! Meeting”, on November 15th-16th in Rethymno Crete.

C4TALENT poster

C4TALENT's Press release#1 is out now.

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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iPlace- gli strumenti dell’handbook per lo sviluppo dell’economia locale e l’esperienza di Grosseto

di Nicole Mercurio

Nella progettazione e nelle politiche per lo sviluppo urbano, troppo spesso lo sviluppo economico locale viene pensato e pianificato sulla base delle esperienze e delle conoscenze sviluppate dalle grandi città.
Affinché l’obiettivo di generare un impatto economico reale sui piccoli centri sia perseguito, è però importante attuare un cambio di paradigma e partire dalla premessa per la quale le realtà minori necessitano di nuovi strumenti e chiavi di lettura, che partano dalle loro differenze e che rendano le loro piccole dimensioni non uno svantaggio ma un valore aggiunto dal quale partire.