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Cities need EU and national support to deliver lower urban speeds
European cities are proving that lower urban speeds save lives and create safer, healthier and more liveable streets. But cities need EU and national support to deliver Vision Zero.
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Investing in Europe starts with cities: Ghent’s neighbourhood-first lesson
New ESPON URDICO research shows how EU funding is helping the city of Ghent connect climate action, housing, mobility and social inclusion. Ghent's experience demonstrates that EU investment works best when cities are directly involved in shaping funding around local needs.
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From ad hoc response to strategic resilience: how cities prepare for migration and population change
Housing, participation, communication and trust: how cities are moving from crisis response to resilient inclusion strategies.
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The future of the European Social Fund is at stake
The first episode of Eurocities' new podcast series, 'Cities with no margins', examines the future of ESF+ and why cities must have a stronger voice in social funding.
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It’s about time for a time revolution
Barcelona kicks off the Time Use Week to inspire cities and citizens and generate city awareness of time being “a right for all”.
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From digital government to unbiased decisions based on data, an OECD interview
What is a digital government and what are the challenges faced by cities to become digital? In this interview, Barbara Ubaldi has some answers.
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Interview with the Deputy Mayor of Utrecht on the integration of refugees
The city of Utrecht is hosting Eurocities' 10th Integrating Cities Conference and has a lot to say on best practices to welcome and integrate refugees.
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Turning up the heat on energy
The energy crisis, part provoked by the war in Ukraine, needs action at all levels. The City of Porto is supporting people through good energy policy.
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Pisa: a European Mobility Week first
Taking part for the first time in the European Mobility Week, Pisa marks its plans toward more sustainable mobility solutions.
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European Mobility Week kicks off
Under the slogan ‘Better Connections,’ European Mobility Week starts this Friday in some 3,000 cities and towns, including four from Ukraine. From 16 to 22 September, the annual campaign combines awareness-raising activities on active mobility with plenty of fun.
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State of the European Union: Energy and security challenges need local level input
Against the background of more than six months of war on European soil, and a tough economic outlook for the winter, Ursula von der Leyen focused her third State of the European Union address on the war in Ukraine, the rising cost of living, and the need to secure European democracy and sustainable development.
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How I did it: Tampere’s take on green mobility
With European Mobility Week just about to start this Friday, Eurocities delves into the secrets of a winning example from last year's edition: Tampere.
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Interview with André Sobczak, new Secretary General at Eurocities
André Sobczak officially takes up the reigns as Eurocities new Secretary General this week, beginning work in the Eurocities offices in Brussels. As explained in this interview, André is already familiar with the network, and has even been on his first Eurocities mission this summer – to Ukraine, on a quest to determine how to help cities there rebuild better.
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Nardella: Ambitious proposals to help Ukrainian cities
An interview with Dario Nardella, President of Eurocities and Mayor of Florence, who led a delegation of eight European mayors to Ukraine, where they me with President Volodmyr Zelenskyy and Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Kyiv, on a diplomatic mission on behalf of Eurocities, to match the rebuilding needs of Ukrainian cities with other European cities.
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