Netherlands
Utrecht
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Why gender equality?
“When I think back to how I felt before I started here, I saw no light” – Gothenburg is tailoring its integration policies to fit the needs of migrant women.
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Healthy urban park
Utrecht's Máximapark brings communities together and is a model of good citizen engagement.
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A path to wheel urban development
When cycling is the most popular method of getting around, it promotes healthy urban living.
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Who’s got the money? What role for cities in post-Covid recovery?
How can we recover from the Covid pandemic, and achieve a green and just transition without direct actions by cities? National Recovery Plans often miss this crucial link to make plans that work for people.
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Green City Accord grows, highlighting ambition at local level
The arrival of nine new cities in EU’s movement of mayors has set the tone for local and national governments looking to meet the bloc’s 2030 environmental goals.
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People’s power to improve cities
People collect data in their neighbourhood, to create a better living for all – the new European project CitiMeasure wants to support citizen science initiatives.
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10 ways to make integration gender-sensitive
About half of all migrants in the EU are women, but integration policies often leave women behind. Here are ten cities where things are different.
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What can cities do to fight homelessness?
Everyone has a right to shelter and housing. Yet even before the pandemic, homelessness was on the rise in Europe. What actions can cities take, and what more is needed?
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Cities call for new EU pact for just and sustainable recovery
City leaders from around 70 cities, meeting today, one day ahead of the EU Social Summit, have called for a new pact between all levels of government to foster a just, sustainable and inclusive recovery.
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“We need each other more than ever before”
How are social rights affected by the Covid-19 pandemic? What steps can cities take to alleviate a worsening situation of job losses, and the risk of poverty, for so many people? Maarten van Ooijen, Deputy Mayor of Utrecht, shares some thoughts.
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Cities: “Talk with us!”
Cities have so far not been sufficiently involved in the national recovery plans to respond to the corona crisis, shows a survey of Eurocities. President Nardella urges governments to ensure that EU funds arrive where they are needed most: in cities.
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Cities and migrants – what’s happening at local level?
When migrants move, it is overwhelmingly to cities that they come. This fourth Integrating Cities Report gives a direct insight into how cities are integrating migrants today.
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Housing affordability: A European crisis
A new Eurocities report on housing and homelessness shows that a lack of access to affordable and social housing was already putting new groups of Europeans at risk of poverty and social exclusion before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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