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100+ initiatives, 60 cities, one commitment: low-carbon and inclusive culture in action
A new Eurocities catalogue showcases 100+ city initiatives putting the Lille Call to Action into practice, demonstrating how culture can drive low-carbon transformation and inclusion, and inviting more cities to join the growing group of 60 signatories.
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Eurocities Academy: Practical tools for Urban Food Policy
People need better access to healthy food. This is how the Eurocities Academy helps cities act with practical tools and peer learning.
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“Vulnerabilities are often at the local level, and local actors know best where they are”
Raluca Painter, Head of Unit for the Social Climate Fund at the European Commission, speaks about how local governments are involved in the design and implementation of national social climate plans.
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Making digging safe
Digging holes in the city can be tricky and dangerous when the information you need is owned by 40 different entities. Milan’s solution is to go digital.
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Europe Day marks year of city-to-city solidarity
Europe Day on 9 May 2021 is an occasion to celebrate some of the incredible solidarity that cities have displayed over the last year.
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Cities order an inclusive and sustainable recovery
What is the vision of cities for an inclusive and sustainable recovery? Mayors and deputy mayors from cities across Europe met for the first-ever cities’ social summit.
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Digital Services Act, why should you care?
The Digital Services Act is moving through its legislative process, but it remains an abstract piece of legislation in most people’s minds, yet it will have real life consequences for everyone.
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People and planet for the green transition
What does it mean to have a ‘green transition’? How can we localise the European Green Deal and drive the recovery at the same time? Discover what leaders and thinkers had to say at the Eurocities Environment Forum.
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Sustainable, functional, beautiful and local
The European Commission wants to make beautiful, inclusive and sustainable design the embodiment of the Green Deal. Find out how cities are leading the way with their ideas.
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Back in lockdown
Tuebingen’s model experiment on opening up in the pandemic had raised high hopes. Now it is over.
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Playing and learning for a changing world
In Espoo, as in other cities, the covid-19 pandemic has challenged early childhood educators to develop new teaching and care methods, while ensuring children from different backgrounds have the same access to education.
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“Soon we will welcome many visitors”
Dario Nardella, mayor of Florence, Italy, calls for a sustainable tourism after the pandemic and hopes for a good holiday season already this summer.
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Rediscovering the power of design
Encouraging cities to use design to solve the issues of today, Eurocities will help the European Commission define what exactly is meant by “New European Bauhaus”.
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