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Building inclusive cities: 5 lessons for effective migrant integration
Many cities across Europe are focusing on how existing systems function and how they can be made more coordinated, accessible and responsive for migrant communities.
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Bringing women into the spotlight: How cities are reaching migrant women
On International Women’s Day, we showcase cities that highlight the often unseen realities migrant women face. While 'invisibility strategies' for safety can limit women’s access to support, cities are working to better reach and empower them.
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Brno leads work to strengthen metropolitan cooperation in Central Europe
Daily life in Europe doesn’t stop at municipal borders. The MECOG-CE project, led by Brno, shows how stronger metropolitan cooperation can make cities and their surrounding regions more connected and responsive to people's needs.
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Mayors for democracy: Let local democracy breathe
A Eurocities and B40 led delegation of European mayors visited Istanbul and Ankara in support of local democracy.
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Move fast and implement things
New mobility solutions don’t require reinventing the wheel. Just ask the ambassador cities of the new project FastTrack who are looking to help others implement their sustainable mobility best-practices.
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Enhancing the power of place
Decisions affecting the lives of people should be made where those people live – Robin Hambleton, emeritus professor of city leadership, calls for a political system where city governments have a greater say.
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No child should be left behind, an EU Guarantee?
The EU child guarantee focusses on targeted support to children in need, to give them better access to key services. But does it make sense for cities?
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Investing in Europe and your city
The InvestEU programme aims to mobilise investment to boost the economic recovery after the crisis caused by the pandemic, as well as the green and digital transition.
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A chat with London on Digital Day
We take the occasion of Digital Day to dig deeper into London’s plans for the digital transition.
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Capital cities look to recovery
Mayors of European capitals from Paris to Budapest have not been involved in their government’s national recovery plans, they reported at a meeting with EU Commissioner Elisa Ferreira.
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“Cities are laboratories for change”
Martin Sandbu, Economics Leader Writer for the Financial Times, talks about the future of cities in their role in the transition to a greener digital economy.
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Every day is women’s day
Madrid has worked on gender equality for decades. Focus this year: the effects of the health crisis on women and the fight against the ‘feminisation of poverty’.
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For a more social and just Europe in 2030
The European Commission’s plans for the next decade of the European Pillar of Social Rights holds promising steps, yet cities want more.
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Where will we live tomorrow?
Rent increases are a real possibility for around one third of Europeans who rent, partly due to building renovations. Vienna among other cities, is looking at renovating leaving no one behind.
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