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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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Sharing food initiatives, growing change
What happens when European cities share their best food ideas? An ode to the cities learning together through the Cleverfood project.
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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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