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Cities show commitment to climate adaptation
As climate impacts worsen, Europe's cities are leading adaptation efforts, despite funding and governance challenges. At a Brussels seminar, cities called for better EU support to meet 2050 climate resilience goals.
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Cities and migrants’ rights in the era of digitalisation
One of the most transformative aspects of the new Pact on Migration and Asylum is that technology plays a central role in implementing migration policies.
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Bilbao, a city of social innovation
Bilbao’s transformation from industrial hub to cultural icon continues with a focus on social innovation, citizen engagement, and sustainable development.
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Cities advocating for a sustainable food future in Europe
At the Food Trails Final Conference, leaders stressed the need for inclusive, healthy, and sustainable food systems, urging EU reforms and city-driven innovation.
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Uniting the generations in Ghent
An innovative intergenerational solidarity programme in the city of Ghent is bringing young and older people together, to share experiences, learn from each other and build mutual respect.
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Eurocities welcomes ten new Social Heroes in 2023
Ten cities have joined others in committing explicitly to the European Pillar of Social Rights in 2023, emphasising their role in creating a fairer Europe.
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Cities and MEPs share vision for green, prosperous future
Ahead of next year's European elections, city leaders and MEPs met in the European Parliament to discuss opportunities to work together more effectively. Common goals included urban climate action, EU democratic values, and support for a clearer EU urban policy.
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Rising from the at-risk: Bonn’s blueprint to unshackle homelessness by 2030
Bonn has a plan - to eradicate homelessness by 2030 by bonding with housing owners to prevent evictions, meet the needs of people already experiencing homelessness, and generate an appropriate support structure to avoid exclusion.
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Rennes takes the lead in European migrant reception
Rennes needs one million signatures for its European Citizens Initiative by April 2024. The city demands reception standards in the member states regarding food, health, housing, education and work for asylum seekers.
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Bratislava’s transition from emergency to integration
Since early 2022, Bratislava has taken in 34,865 refugees, representing 7% of the city’s population, including more than 10,100 children. How is the city transitioning from emergency responses to long-term integration strategies?
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Museum makeovers and community co-design
One of the 30 signatories of the Eurocities Lille Call to Action, Glasgow is taking sustainability and inclusivity to its cultural sector while involving locals.
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“We need more people to listen to the voices of the street”
In Europe, homelessness is on the rise. During the Brussels Urban Summit, a workshop offered insights on how to tackle this issue, with the help of some very creative ideas.
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“If there is something that defines the human being, it is diversity”
Migrants still face challenges regardless of the city they live in. To name a few, resident permits, recognitions of qualifications, obstacles to participation in society, discrimination and so on.
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Bridging borders and building futures in Madrid
In the capital of Spain, four organisations offer young migrants training and professional opportunities and guide them through the hard process of having a future.
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