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How European cities are making AI work for people
As AI becomes part of everyday urban life, cities are asking not just what the technology can do, but how it can improve people’s lives. From data spaces to digital skills, local governments are building the trust, tools and safeguards needed to make AI work for everyone.
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Paris is planting the seeds for a greener city
Paris is turning schoolyards, streets and neighbourhoods into greener, safer places where children reconnect with nature every day. Through its Oasis Schoolyards programme, the city is making climate resilience a matter of social justice for every child.
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Making automated mobility work for European cities and people
Automated vehicles deliver the most public value when they extend the transport network rather than compete with it.
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No cities, no delivery: the battle over the EU’s next budget
Cities warn EU leaders: without a real role in the next 7‑year EU budget, Europe risks failing on climate, housing and competitiveness.
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Milan as a driver of EU social policy delivery
From early childhood education to housing support, Milan shows how EU social funding helps cities deliver practical solutions, support vulnerable groups and build inclusive communities.
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Oulu’s Sustainable Future Learning Stream turns strategy into action
Oulu is turning climate strategy into everyday action through a lifelong learning model that reaches citizens from early childhood to adulthood.
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Strengthening social services in Central and Eastern Europe: lessons from Zagreb
Zagreb shares how disciplined budgeting, cooperation and people-centred design are strengthening social services, offering practical lessons for cities across Central and Eastern Europe.
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Protecting childhood: focus on poverty, mental health and integrated services
From integrated mental health programmes to safe playground initiatives, the Social Innovation Lab offered inspiring ideas and reinforced the importance of childhood protection.
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8 recommendations from cities for a fairer European Pillar of Social Rights
As Europe faces rising costs and widening inequalities, cities set out their practical recommendations to ensure the renewed European Pillar of Social Rights is fair, place-based and leaves no one behind.
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Working in teams is much more efficient and beneficial for the child in the long term
While the world around children has transformed dramatically, their core struggles remain much the same. Since 1955, the Centre for Mental Health of Children and Adolescents in Ljubljana has continued to offer holistic support to help young people and families thrive.
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Warsaw’s teenagers take on transport
Young people in Warsaw are changing streets, changing minds, and changing mobility culture.
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Thank God it’s Monday again
The ILO Agents in Helsinki have a mission: to spread joy while helping people with disabilities live more independent and fulfilling lives.
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City Heroes: Emil Boc, building with purpose and partnership at heart
Mayor of Cluj-Napoca and former Prime Minister of Romania, Emil Boc has spent decades combining vision, policy, and citizen participation to turn his city into one of Europe’s leading models for inclusive, green and innovation-driven growth. Now, he’s being recognised as a City Hero.
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