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Cities celebrate 20 years in EU
On the 20-year anniversary of the EU’s largest enlargement, examples from Bratislava, Klaipedia, Prague and Riga remind us of the mutually enriching connection.
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Call for affordable housing echoes through Vienna
Emphasising the need for strong partnerships, Mayor Ludwig, along with EU Social Commissioner Nicolas Schmit and representatives from various EU institutions and interest groups, discussed the critical issue of housing affordability across Europe.
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Lyon paves the way to sustainable mobility and inclusive urban spaces
The city and Métropole of Lyon are working closely together to make the city greener, more sustainable, and more liveable for its residents, as well as shift the mobility split share in favour of active modes and public transport.
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Urban Pioneers: Dortmund’s Loneliness Officer
Sabrina Janz explains what drives her to prevent and combat loneliness in her hometown of Dortmund.
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Fighting youth homelessness in cities
Young people are becoming more and more vulnerable to homelessness. Cities are acting with targeted services that take into account their age and circumstances.
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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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