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Articles & publications (34)

Create your collective energy in a MiFC platform

Search below for such wonders of the project, as; - how to become a common platform, with your own powers, - how to cement partnerships between all ...

MiFRIENDLY CITIES Coventry, United Kingdom

Coventry Zoom-in 3: The unexpected results and actions of EMPOWERED MIGRANTS CREATING, DEVELOPING AND EVOLVING - positive evolutions of individuals, associations and local authorities

This final ZOOM-IN 3 concentrates on the unexpected results of the project, of which, there are many. They are surprising and show how strong individu...

MiFRIENDLY CITIES Coventry, United Kingdom

MiFriendly Cities Journal 5: XXI century heroes – Social Enterprises and Social Innovations leading the way

In this Journal, UIA Expert Peter Wolkowinski shows “the incredible resilience of many of the MiFriendly Cities partners and participants"....

MiFRIENDLY CITIES Coventry, United Kingdom

Coventry Journal 4: ‘Share My Language’ sessions

UIA Expert Peter Wolkowinski demonstrates “how, in normal circumstances the mixing of people coming from different countries and walks of life, can be...

MiFRIENDLY CITIES Coventry, United Kingdom

Coventry Zoom-in 2: Changing Realities in the West Midlands

UIA Expert Peter Wolkowinski reveals how the project has developed its impact measurement. ...

MiFRIENDLY CITIES Coventry, United Kingdom

Coventry Journal 3: Looking towards the future

UIA Expert Peter Wolkowinski shares that “MiFriendly Cities has been running for 18 months and to celebrate this interim juncture partners have been l...

MiFRIENDLY CITIES Coventry, United Kingdom

MiFRIENDLY CITIES UIA Expert Journal – recognising the contribution of migrants and refugees to the wider community

UIA Expert, Peter Wolkowinski, gives a first look on how the project is being implemented ...

MiFRIENDLY CITIES Coventry, United Kingdom

MiFRIENDLY CITIES Zoom-in 1: How an exemplary city/university partnership gives birth to a wellbeing FabLab

A bottom-up dominated adaptation to the needs of migrants and refugees in building a ‘Coventry for all’...

MiFRIENDLY CITIES Coventry, United Kingdom

MiFriendly Cities Journal 2: Meeting, talking and confidence building

The essential elements of creating communities, innovation and social enterprises...

MiFRIENDLY CITIES Coventry, United Kingdom

USE-IT! Journal 6: Lessons Learnt and Recommendations

In his 6th and final journal, UIA Expert Nils Scheffler “focuses on presenting the lessons learned and recommendations from the 3-year long project, (...

USE-IT! Birmingham, United Kingdom

Birmingham Zoom-in 3: Community research for a community-oriented urban regeneration

UIA Expert Nils Scheffler explores how “USE-IT! has set up a free accredited community research training programme to train interested local people do...

USE-IT! Birmingham, United Kingdom

USE-IT! Journal 5: The project is coming to an end

Take a look at the latest developments!...

USE-IT! Birmingham, United Kingdom

USE-IT! Journal 1: Hear from the project’s UIA Expert how it is implementing its bold solution

Get to know better what Birmingham is doing on urban poverty in this UIA Expert journal. ...

USE-IT! Birmingham, United Kingdom

USE-IT! Zoom-In: Creation of social enterprises

In this first Zoom-In, the UIA Expert Nils Scheffler looked at one key element of the USE-IT! Project: the creation of a community of social enterpris...

USE-IT! Birmingham, United Kingdom

USE-IT! Zoom-In 2: Jobs for overseas migrants

UIA Expert Nils Scheffler shares the project’s insights on how to qualify 180 local overseas migrants to become employees for the British health syste...

USE-IT! Birmingham, United Kingdom

Implementing the USE-IT project in Birmingham: Find out in the second UIA Expert Journal what activities have been carried out

UIA Expert Nils Scheffler has been collecting the knowledge stemming from the implementation of the innovative solution proposed by the City of Birmin...

USE-IT! Birmingham, United Kingdom

USE-IT! UIA Expert Journal – Progress continues on linking capital investments in deprived neighbourhoods with local communities

Third journal tells us how this complex project is being delivered and how it’s facing its challenges...

USE-IT! Birmingham, United Kingdom

USE-IT! Journal 4: The project in its final year

Interim results, lessons learnt and further actions needed....

USE-IT! Birmingham, United Kingdom

Green Minds Journal 1: Insights on first significant urban rewilding actions in Plymouth

This Journal 1 of the Green Minds project is providing insights on the first significant advancements in favour of rewilding and nature-based solution...

Green Minds Plymouth, United Kingdom

Covid as an opportunity for Green Minds & nature-based solutions

How the implementation of the Green Minds project successfully continued over the tough period of the pandemic by seizing the embedded opportunities ...

Green Minds Plymouth, United Kingdom

Ecostreets 2.0 – upscaling of a successful IGNITION practice

It was not in the plan of the IGNITION project, but under the COVID 19 restrictions, the project had to review its citizen engagement activities. It h...

IGNITION Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

The IGNITION Green Infrastructure Explorer turns data into a powerful practical urban planning tool

Over the course of the IGNITION project, it became evident that not only the financing schemes and business models to implement nature-based solutions...

IGNITION Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

The project ended, but the journey has just started - IGNITION Journal 4

After three years of intensive work, the IGNITION project came to an end in spring 2022. It started with the idea of developing innovative financing m...

IGNITION Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

The legacy of IGNITION: Multiple support tools making co-investment for nature-based solutions work

The goal of IGNITION, which started in November 2018, was to develop innovative financing schemes for the implementation of large-scale nature-based s...

IGNITION Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Ecostreets – How small-scale action can inspire large-scale solutions

Over summer 2021, the IGNITION partner Groundworks in collaboration with the charity We love Manchester organized a competition among local communitie...

IGNITION Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

First tangible results and a continuous learning loop - IGNITION Journal n3

With roughly half a year left to its end, the project’s results are taking shape, such as the fully functioning Living Lab with its multiple interconn...

IGNITION Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

The long and winding road to financing nature-based solutions

Unlocking innovative sources of finance for nature-based solutions is a critical but challenging goal facing many city regions across Europe....

IGNITION Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

The IGNITION project: How support for greenspace has increased during Covid-19 pandemic

The multiple and immensely negative impacts of the COVID-19 crisis are felt almost everywhere and at all times. When the IGNITION project started in 2...

IGNITION Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

IGNITION’s Living Lab for nature-based solutions - more than a nice experiment

“The Living Lab at the University of Salford will be a critical element of the project.” That is what I was told at the beginning of the IGNITION proj...

IGNITION Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

IGNITION Journal 2: get an update about Greater Manchester's project

IGNITION is mid-way on its journey to develop innovative financing for nature-based solutions. In this 2nd Journal, UIA expert Birgit Georgi sees a su...

IGNITION Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

How IGNITION found an innovative approach to collaborate with its diverse team

Finding innovative solutions goes beyond business as usual approaches, though the driving partner might lack the specific skills and expertise require...

IGNITION Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Knowledgeable citizens push for more green - Zoom In 1 IGNITION

First Zoom In of the UIA project IGNITION and visualisation of the project’s citizen engagement activities....

IGNITION Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

IGNITION Expert Journal 1: Get to know the project and what happened in the first 6 months!

In her 1st Journal, Birgit Georgi, UIA expert of the GSIP project, discusses all key activities that you need to know about, what the project is about...

IGNITION Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

How to convince investors that nature-based solutions are good to invest in?

IGNITION aims to develop innovative financing of nature-based solutions for climate resilience. The lead partner Greater Manchester Combined Authority...

IGNITION Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
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Documents (18)

Coventry_Mifriendly_UIAExpert Journal 3 (Octb 2019)

PDF 741.64 ko Published - 19 Mar 2020

Coventry_MiFriendly Cities_UIAExpertJournal 2 (May 2019)

PDF 951.89 ko Published - 16 Jul 2019

Coventry_MIFRIENDLY CITIES_Zoom-in 1 (Feb 2019)

PDF 1.20 mo Published - 3 May 2019

Coventry_MIFriendly_UIAExpertJournal1 (Dcb 2018)

PDF 1.75 mo Published - 12 Feb 2019

Coventry Journal 4: ‘Share My Language’ sessions

PDF 1.11 mo Published - 23 Jun 2020

MiFriendlyCities @Coventry - Journal 5

PDF 1.98 mo Published - 15 Feb 2021

Coventry Zoom-in 2_Changing realities in the West Midlands

PDF 1.83 mo Published - 10 Apr 2020

A guide to developing a MiFriendly City

PDF 1.78 mo Published - 26 Oct 2021

MiFriendly Cities Evaluation Report

PDF 1.36 mo Published - 26 Oct 2021

Zoom-in_Community research for a community-oriented urban regeneration

PDF 1.86 mo Published - 29 Apr 2020

Birmingham_USE-IT_Journal 5 (Octb 2019)

PDF 1.87 mo Published - 2 Mar 2020

Birmingham_USE-IT_UIAExpertJournal4 (March 2019)

PDF 848.66 ko Published - 21 Jun 2019

Birmingham_USE-IT_UIA Zoom-in 2 (March 2019)

PDF 1.32 mo Published - 11 Mar 2019

Birmingham_USE-IT_UIAExpertJournal3 (Nvb 2018)

PDF 2.28 mo Published - 11 Dec 2018

Birmingham_USE-IT_Zoom-in1 (September 2018)

PDF 1.68 mo Published - 2 Oct 2018

Birmingham_USE-IT_UIAExpertJournal2 (May 2018)

PDF 2.91 mo Published - 4 May 2018

Birmingham_USEIT_UIAExpertJournal1 (Dcb 2017)

PDF 2.16 mo Published - 6 Dec 2017

Greater Manchester Ignition Journal 1

PDF 751.57 ko Published - 23 Jun 2020
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