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Countless reasons to join UNITES (Part 2)
Cities explain why they have joined the European-funded UNITES project, led by Eurocities, to discuss, share and co-design integration strategies in the area of migration. This is the second and final part of our series.
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When opposites attract: bringing down urban-rural walls
New connections between cities and rural areas are proving crucial to achieving climate goals, even out inequalities, and revitalising economic systems.
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Cities and regions launch alliance for Ukraine reconstruction
Local level plans are already underway to coordinate the recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine through peer-to-peer actions, such as building schools and hospitals.
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Driving in the right direction
For cities, the new EU agreement to ban the sale of new fossil-fuelled gasoline or diesel vehicles from 2035 paves the way to a future with cleaner air and better quality of life for all.
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A year in cities 2021-22
The online Eurocities Annual Report 2021-22 presents stories of city successes and updates from the last 18 months.
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The past, present and future of culture and heritage
A new publication will bring you insights into present challenges and future trends in cultural heritage - and great examples of how cities around Europe are approaching them.
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Trends and challenges in cultural heritage
How can cities involve local people in governing cultural heritage, merge it with other policy areas and leverage it to help us through the Covid recovery? This new publication will serve as a guide.
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Stronger urban policy in the EU and China
The Chinese word ‘市‘, ‘shì’, translates only loosely into English as ‘city’, but despite differences, European and Chinese cities face many of the same policy-making challenges. Here are the tools to meet those challenges.
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Volunteering for integration across Europe
Now with one click, you can explore how cities and volunteers are working together for migrant integration across Europe.
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The city of tomorrow
Welcome to ‘Eurocity’, a place made of the best actions of real cities all over Europe. The animated online report ‘Reinventing cities’ shows how cities work for a better future.
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A new decade of making cities disability-inclusive
A new Eurocities report, the fifth in a series, designed to collect evidence from cities concerning the implementation of the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights, assesses the inclusion of people with disabilities.
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Fighting child poverty in European cities
Even before the pandemic, child poverty levels were already high in cities – often much higher than national averages, which is why many cities have already been finding innovative ways to combat it, as outlined in two new publications by Eurocities.
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Podcast – Covid and culture
Covid crushed the culture sector, but it also showed us how essential culture is in our lives. Our latest podcast presents the cases of Bologna and Lisbon.
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Cultural heritage essentials
How can we convert historic cities into resilient, sustainable, and creative cities? Our new book is a good place to start.
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