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    How residents and businesses are re-energising their city centre

    Many in Heerlen (NL) wanted change, but didn’t know how to effect it. Following a wealth of inspiration, participation and activation through URBACT, things are now looking up.

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  • Sofia: sports to keep young people engaged

    Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria, created a Municipal Education Fund to support micro-actions that contribute to the prevention of ELET. In 2018 it initiated the Youth Referee Academy, an educational sports programme, which seems to effectively entice young people to continue education, gain qualifications.

    Matthias Peynshaert

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  • Engaging SMEs to participate in public procurement: Koszalin’s Key Challenges

    Statistics from the European Union, Poland and local analyses by the City of Koszalin demonstrate that still a low percentage of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises that dominate the economic landscape participate in public procurement. The reasons include low awareness on the part of entrepreneurs as well as complex and difficult public procurement law; these are the key challenges that we should seek answers to. 

    Alison Taylor

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  • How did BioCanteens good practice helped the LAG Pays des Condruses to involve its local elected representatives?

    BioCanteens meeting as a stepping stone for Pays des Condruses’s food governance:

    Nathan Begoc

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  • Lublin: A Municipality co-designing a long-term Local Strategy with local and European stakeholders

    “Mapping, mapping and one more time: mapping!” Data collection, interpretation and use has become one of the most important needs in Lublin. Not only Lisbon Strategy – an URBACT Good Practice to be adapted within the framework of Com.unity.Lab – can help this enchanting eastern city of Poland to develop a more meaningful and integrated ”Lublin 2030 Strategy”, but also the experiences from other cities involved in this Transfer Network… Even local stakeholders like Lubelska Grupa Badawcza (that we interviewed in situ) have a crucial role towards a more participatory city. At least this is the opinion of Anna Szadkowska and Magdelena Gnyp-Scigocka, experts in the Municipality Social Participation Office and coordinators of Com.Unity.Lab in Lublin.

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  • Spring Clean Up Campaign in Tallinn (EE)

    Can Europe be sustainable by 2030? Only if cities lead the way

    Take a trip down memory lane with us. Re-discover stories and reflections that we've captured over the last years.

    Jamie Mackay

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