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Partnership and shared resilience: Cities stand with Ukraine
As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its fifth year, partnerships between Ukrainian and European cities continue to deepen. City officers in Leipzig, Warsaw and Tallinn explain how this cooperation has evolved, the challenges Ukrainian colleagues face, and their shared commitment to stand together.
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The oracle for inclusive green mobility
In ancient Greece, leaders travelled on foot or by horse to the city of Delphi to ask an oracle what the future might hold. Today, cities want to know which sustainable mobility interventions will truly work. And for answers, they increasingly turn to a modern source of wisdom: data and artificial intelligence.
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How cities are making the European Cycling Declaration a reality
Over one year on from the adoption of the EU's European Declaration on Cycling, how are cities turning the pledge into safer, more inclusive cycling, and what EU action is needed to ensure lasting urban change?
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Investing in Europe starts with cities: What new EU research reveals
As EU budget negotiations continue, Eurocities is presenting evidence to show why cities must have a stronger role in EU funding. In this article, we share ESPON URDICO research demonstrating that Cohesion Policy works best when cities are full partners.
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EUROCITIES Awards 2019 presented for excellence
The winners of the EUROCITIES Awards 2019 have been announced at a ceremony in Prague.
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City guidelines – Moving Roma people out of camps: from planning and evacuation to preventing the formation of a new camp
How can cities plan and implement the evacuation of camps, while also preventing the formation of new ones?
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Highlights from the Mobility Forum
With the physical expansion of cities beyond their administrative boundaries planning mobility for the functional urban area has become of paramount importance.
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Highlights from Social Affairs Forum
How can cities ensure social inclusion & well-being for all ages?
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EU and China on what makes a city smart
Europe and China are working together to build smart cities, but can they agree on what a smart city is?
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‘Let’s do it together!’ Citizens engagement
All over the world, people are losing faith in politics. They are losing faith, because the politics as usual are no longer delivering for them. To win back their trust, it is urgent to find effective solutions to today’s most pressing societal challenges.
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Highlights from the EUROCITIES culture forum
How do cities celebrate diversity through innovative cultural partnerships?
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What happens when cities and universities work together to shape local cultural policies?
Today, a university is very much a part of the city it's in, and universities and cities can work together to build a better urban future.
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EurocitiesAwards 2019: find out about our inspiring finalists!
With our annual awards just a few weeks away, we'd like to introduce you to the nine projects selected as the very best examples of action transforming the liveability of city centre districts, the social fabric of cities and the repurposing of historic buildings.
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A rising tide lifts all boats: Leeds 2023 explained
Cities bidding for the European Capital of Culture benefit from the process regardless of the result.
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