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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 ...
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...
In this Journal, UIA Expert Peter Wolkowinski shows “the incredible resilience of many of the MiFriendly Cities partners and participants"....
UIA Expert Peter Wolkowinski demonstrates “how, in normal circumstances the mixing of people coming from different countries and walks of life, can be...
UIA Expert Peter Wolkowinski reveals how the project has developed its impact measurement. ...
UIA Expert Peter Wolkowinski shares that “MiFriendly Cities has been running for 18 months and to celebrate this interim juncture partners have been l...
A bottom-up dominated adaptation to the needs of migrants and refugees in building a ‘Coventry for all’...
The essential elements of creating communities, innovation and social enterprises...
UIA Expert, Peter Wolkowinski, gives a first look on how the project is being implemented ...
Curing the Limbo, an initiative by the Athens Municipality, connects the issues of integration, housing, exchange economy and active citizenship in a ...
Curing the Limbo was an Urban Innovative Actions-funded pilot to develop a trajectory for refugees to find their new home through education, employmen...
Curing the Limbo is an Urban Innovative Actions-funded project to develop a trajectory for refugees to find their new home through education, employme...
This journal accompanies Curing the Limbo in its past half year of progress. ...
This Journal accompanies Curing the Limbo in its past half year of progress. By giving an account of the main activities and achievements of each proj...
UIA Expert, Levente Polyak, gives a first look on how the project is being implemented ...
Mapping the Victoria neighbourhood in Athens....
You want to capture the change that your project is bringing at local level? The new monitoring and evaluation platform is now online: browse through ...
UIA Expert Christoph Reinprecht and the CORE team produce a video on a key part of the project’s empowerment work stream. ...
Get to know better what Vienna is doing on the integration of migrants and refugees in this UIA Expert journal. ...
In his third journal, UIA Expert Christoph Reinprecht guides us through the role and relevance of voluntary activity both from the angle of refugee (s...
UIA Expert Christoph Reinprecht has been collecting the knowledge stemming from the implementation of the innovative solution proposed by the City of ...
UIA Expert Daniel de Torres reflects on main takeaways from the project one year after its closure: “Thanks to the lessons learned, the project's appr...
This third and final zoom-in on the Plan Einstein project aims to provide a view of the project from the perspective of the intercultural approach. Al...
UIA Expert Daniel de Torres explains how “The final months of the project have focused on completing the actions and outputs foreseen in the work plan...
Get to know better what Utrecht is doing on the integration of migrants and refugees in this UIA Expert journal....
UIA Expert Dani de Torres has been collecting the knowledge stemming from the implementation of the innovative solution proposed by the City of Utrech...
UIA Expert Daniel de Torres highlights in this video the steps taken to create the project’s coffee of the world....
The decision of the Dutch national agency for reception of asylum seekers (COA) to anticipate the closure of Plan Einstein and the transfer of asylum ...
UIA Expert Daniel de Torres shares the latest insights....
Is the Plan Einstein (U-RLP) project contributing to the creation of a new narrative on the reception of refugees?...
This sixth and final journal of the Co-City project introduce you to the final steps of the Co-City Turin project, drawing also from the Co-City Final...
The purpose of this 2nd Zoom-in is to provide a concise and accessible overview of the analytical grid construed through the UIA Co-City journals and ...
UIA Expert Christian Iaione gives an update on the progress of 6 Co-City's pacts of collaborations and analyses how they played a role in enabling co-...
A discussion with Emanuela Casula, CO-CITY financial manager ...
The Co-City project has now come to an end. In this Journal 5, the UIA Expert Christian Iaione reflects on some preliminary conclusions that can be dr...
The city of Turin, thanks to the Co-City project, is now considered one of the most advanced experiment in Europe for the creation of new forms of man...
UIA Expert Christian Iaione has been collecting the knowledge stemming from the implementation of the innovative solution proposed by the City of Turi...
Get to know better what Turin is doing in this UIA Expert journal!...
UIA Expert Christian Iaione describes the progress made on the Pacts of Collaboration. ...
By addressing social exclusion and urban poverty, through public-private-community partnerships and innovative procurement, the Turin Co-City project ...
In his 6th journal of BRIDGE, UIA expert Eddy Adams looks into the lessons generated by the project – the ones that are left behind for other cities. ...
The pandemic and its aftermath have major consequences for international work. City authorities, and those working with them, need to adapt and develo...
Rotterdam and Madrid are developing innovative jobs and skills solutions through Urban Innovative Actions. Both address the challenge of raising skill...
Read the final report with conclusions from the jobs and skills in the local economy capitalisation activities...
In his 4th journal of BRIDGE, UIA expert Eddy Adams looks into the future legacy of the project. To name but a few, the high-level Work Learning Agree...
Get to know better what Rotterdam is doing on jobs and skills in this UIA Expert journal. ...
UIA Expert Eddy Adams has been collecting the knowledge stemming from the implementation of the innovative solution proposed by the City of Rotterdam ...
UIA Expert Eddy Adams highlights in this video animation the main elements of the BRIDGE project set in Rotterdam-South. ...
Read about the progress with a specific focus on monitoring and evaluation...
Here is the Final Journal of 5Bridges project led by the City of Nantes. Enjoy reading the project experience and finding inspiration by adopting, imp...
In his 3rd Journal, Freek Spinnewijn summarizes the activities that took place in the last months in the 5Bridges project....
Get to know better what Nantes is doing on the topic urban poverty in this UIA Expert journal....
In his 2nd journal of 5Bridges, UIA expert Freek Spinnewijn looks into how the project has left behind a difficult period and entered one with more op...
This zoom-in explores the potential of a strong link being established between the 5Bridges project and the recent national Housing First strategy lau...
Get to know better what Lille is doing on the topic urban poverty in this UIA Expert journal....
This last journal of the UIA TAST’in FIVES project accounts for the evolution of the project after UIA funding was stopped. It details the way it has ...
This Journal accounts for the overall achievements of the UIA TAST’in FIVES project after 3 years of implementation and in light of the prefiguration ...
Refugee Food Festival at L’Avant-goût (Lille) -©Charles Mangin In light of the experiences taking place throughout Europe, this article observes th...
Workshop on Libanese food (c)Les Sens du Goût The UIA TAST’in FIVES project, taking place in the Fives neighbourhood of Lille, France, has aimed at...
This Zoom-In presents an infographic of the analysis contained in the article Food-related activities as a leverage against urban poverty. It is based...
Faced with several issues that consistently delayed the works of the community kitchen and the surrounding spaces (mainly due to additional depollutio...
In his 6th and final journal, UIA Expert Nils Scheffler “focuses on presenting the lessons learned and recommendations from the 3-year long project, (...
UIA Expert Nils Scheffler explores how “USE-IT! has set up a free accredited community research training programme to train interested local people do...
Take a look at the latest developments!...
UIA Expert Nils Scheffler has been collecting the knowledge stemming from the implementation of the innovative solution proposed by the City of Birmin...
Third journal tells us how this complex project is being delivered and how it’s facing its challenges...
Interim results, lessons learnt and further actions needed....
Get to know better what Birmingham is doing on urban poverty in this UIA Expert journal. ...
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...
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...
Get to know better what Bologna is doing on the topic integration of migrants and refugees in this UIA Expert journal....
What happened to B-MINCOME during the pandemic when people lost their jobs or had their incomes cut? In September 2021, the Barcelona City Council an...
In a moment where welfare state has been retrenched and the public support becomes pivotal to respond to people’s needs arising from rapid and unstabl...
The B-MINCOME project is already in place. Nevertheless, as long as this pilot is made-up of different Active Social Policies, they should be consider...
In this first Zoom-in, Laura Colini, UIA Expert for B-MINCOME shows the approach taken by the project of combining the Guaranteed Minimum Income to di...
Get to know better what Barcelona is doing on the urban poverty topic in this UIA Expert journal. ...
With the end of the selection process of the 2000 families included in the different pilot schemes for Minimum Income, the project has now fully enter...
The Legacy of CURANT is a short video documentary telling the story of what is left of the project after its end. Through a series of interviews to me...
In his 5th journal of CURANT, UIA expert Fabio Sgaragli discusses about the legacy of the project and the concrete things that stay behind - for the ...
UIA Expert Fabio Sgaragli has been collecting the knowledge stemming from the implementation of the innovative solution proposed by the City of Antwer...
In his 4th journal of CURANT, UIA expert Fabio Sgaragli discusses the significance of a holistic approach to integration and the potential contributio...
Get to know better what Antwerp is doing in this UIA Expert journal!...
With 39 duos of young refugees and local buddies already cohabitating, the delivery of the new modular housing units and a wide range of active inclus...
UIA Expert Fabio Sgaragli dives into the details!...
The City of Verona, Italy, has presented S.T.E.P.S. (Shared Time Enhances People Solidarity) at an expert workshop organised by the Joint Research Cen...
This is the second journal for Kosice 2.0 project that puts the second year of its implementation journey into the spotlight focusing on the key progr...
Kosice 2.0 project aims at introducing new dimensions to the routines of work of Kosice City employees stimulating a shift in the culture of doing thi...
How does the “Creative City” program, the capacity training program for the City employees of Kosice municipality, envisions to establish a new mindse...
Municipalities have been investing all the more in the last decade into developing infrastructures that enable them to work with data to improve their...
The second hackathon of the project developed solutions to help Ukrainian war refugees access the Slovak labor market....
The Kosice 2.0 project capitalizes on the ongoing culture-led transformation dynamics in the city of Kosice to increase citizens’ wellbeing while rein...
How can a City nurture intelligence among its society to improve public service provision and boost economic activity? What could be the role of cult...
The Project CAMINA finished in June 2024. With this Final Journal, Ileana Toscano, UIA expert, provides an overview of CAMINA focusing on project outp...
The last activity implemented by CAMINA (the project ended in June 2023) was the implementation of a “Cultural Circular Route” aimed at re-connecting ...
On 26 June 2024 the UIA projects focused on culture and cultural heritage CAMINA and H.ID.RA.N.T organised a joint online final event called “Engage.A...
On 8 May 2023 at the online webinar organised by ARCHETHICS, an URBACT Action Planning Network, CAMINA project was presented by the delivery partners ...
Ileana Toscano, UIA expert, in this 3rd Journal, focuses on the “Civic Curators”, the collaborative laboratories to co-design and implement cultural p...
Ileana Toscano, UIA expert, in this 2nd Journal, focuses on the Novel Collective City Narrative, built up with the contribution of Almería citizens an...
In this first episode developed for the project “CAMINA”, Ileana Toscano, UIA expert, introduces the Novel Collective Narrative of Almería’s Cultural ...
Ileana Toscano, UIA expert, in this 1st Journal, provides an overview of the policy context at local and international level, in which CAMINA has been...
At the end of September 2024 the City of Halandri hosted the first EUI Policy Lab. Aimed at exploring the role of culture and cultural heritage for st...
With the initiative proceeding to its final stages, along 2023 the experience brought about by Cultural H.ID.RA.N.T. helped the Municipality of Haland...
As Cutural HI.D.RA.N.T. comes to its end, outcomes and results are collected and prepared to be discussed locally, nationally and internationally. Th...
As the four urban regeneration areas take shape and the building sites proceed in their making, the pathways and development trajectories of the initi...
The establishment of a digital tool combining institutional and everyday knowledge, collecting, organizing and systematizing raw material into an open...
Representatives from the Halandri partnership participated last March on a study visit in the city of Torino. The visit was the occasion to present th...
Cultural H.ID.RA.N.T. interprets Hadrian Aqueduct as a vehicle to reveal local cultural capital, tangible and intangible heritage, natural and man-mad...
The recovery of Hadrian Aqueduct stimulates an important conversation about water as commons, something that belongs to everybody and that as such nee...
Cultural H.ID.RA.N.T. project in Halandri focuses a part of its activities into the shaping and strengthening of local identities, with a work on memo...
Cultural H.ID.RA.N.T. project in Halandri forsees the reintroduction into city life of the roman Hadrian aqueduct. The ancient underground infrastruct...
Cultural H.ID.RA.N.T. project in Halandri forsees the reintroduction into city life of the roman Hadrian aqueduct. The ancient infrastructure will gai...
« Collage van Gent » project selected by the CoGhent Co-creation Fund proposing a participatory collage of elements coming from Ghent’s collections pr...
One of the 4 scenarios elaborated during the NEXT COGHENT workshop reusing the CoGhent building blocks (photo credit: Strategic Design Scenarios)....
Cover of the Collection of Ghent webinar the 20th of June 2023 https://www.collectie.gent/kalender/collections-of-ghent-unfolds-webinar-english (photo...
Multi-screens interactive display where visitors can navigate stories combining museum collections and populations’ memories (photo credit: F. Jégou)...
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“I see many and rich ingredients in this project, but I don’t see how the cake will look like at the end?”. This is the metaphor, slightly provocative...
This report provides an overview of the 2023 activities for the INNOAIR project, spearheaded by Sofia, Bulgaria, and supported by the Urban Innovative...
This journal summarizes the progress of activities of the project INNOAIR implemented by the city of Sofia, Bulgaria, with the support of the Urban In...
I asked Paul Cornelissen, thematic project manager of ForwArt about his vision on youth empowerment and how is he turning it into reality within proje...
The occassion of the UIA officer Isabella Schneble's visit to Tilburg North provided an opportunity to have a glimpse into the artistic activities wit...
"Arts and culture deserve a similar acknowledgement of their relation to sustainable development as sport, as they have been proven to have social imp...
"A generation apart" - this frequent term makes us aware that youth participation is not an easy task to perform since those youngsters are at least a...
Following the triple bottom line (TBL), the SPIRE project initially tackles the challenges urban ecosystems suffer at the nexus of the economy-society...
How do culture and creativity influence innovation in our cities? What is the role of technical and economic knowledge? Building a culture of innovati...
Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) are infrastructures to capture, store, manage, analyse, chart, and visualize information, data, and indicators of...
This is the second journal of the Smart Post-Industrial Regenerative Ecosystem (SPIRE) project since its creation on 1st September 2019. The impact of...
If we consider money as a social technology, we could agree that it should never be "neutral". Now as the world is immersed in this global pandemic an...
The ecological transformation and recovery of five contaminated areas in Baia Mare, along with the significant environmental behavioural shift from ci...
The impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic and the severe climate trends has shown how visionary the SPIRE project is, reclaiming and enhancing Baia ...
One of the essentials of the SPIRE project that appealed all the parties involved from the beginning, as well as the newcomers, is “the magical” abili...
This is the first journal of the Smart Post-Industrial Regenerative Ecosystem (SPIRE) since its start on 01/09/2019. SPIRE, led by the Municipality of...
This article is the first to review Baia Mare and the SPIRE project (Smart Post-Industrial Regenerative Ecosystem), financed under the 4th call of the...
Pollution is one of the most significant environmental challenges worldwide; according to the European Environmental Agency, the management of pollute...
The VoxPop project arose from a need identified by several local actors to work in a more collaborative and transparent way to share mobility data in ...
VoxPop project has delivered significant outputs for improving cycling conditions in Lisbon ...
VoxPop project has ended and it has set up the foundations for the data sharing eco-system...
People, Processes & Technology towards the digital transformation of the urban mobility system of Lisbon (VoxPop) is the project that will foster digi...
The Vox Pop Project - Journal No 3 ...
The project has ended and delivered its outputs. This web article is dedicated to the impact assessment of the project outputs....
People, Processes & Technology towards the digital transformation of the urban mobility system of Lisbon (VoxPop) is the new project that will foster ...
The Innovators Alliance has laid the foundations for the definition of the data sharing framework by identifying the barriers, and started identifying...
This is the first edition of the VoxPop journal and aims at introducing the project, the expectations of the partners and the most relevant challenges...
This final journal provides an assessment of the DIACCESS project. It starts with brief update of the activities in the DIACCESS project since it’s en...
There is a lot of work to be done in digitalization, in the private and the public sector. Companies and governments everywhere are doing their best t...
Digital technology can make household waste collection in cities more efficient and speed up the circular transition. Putting sensors in waste bins ca...
Executive Summary The project has entered its extension stage; the digital lab and IT platform are completed. Three innovation partnership procurem...
This zoom-in focuses on the challenge of upscaling, with illustrative examples from the DIACCESS project. In that project, the Swedish city of Växjö i...
This article reviews how the cities of Växjö and Amsterdam adopt innovative procurement methods, and the challenges they face. ...
This zoom-in focuses on the innovation partnership (IP) model. This model opens new avenues for public bodies, including cities, to co-create solution...
This journal provides an update of the progress of the project at the time of writing (November 2021) in the three main domains: the innovative public...
A cornerstone of the DIACCESS project in Växjö is to run a series of innovative public procurement (IPP) processes/rounds, in which companies are aske...
This journal gives an account of the first experiences in the DIACCESS project in Växjö, Sweden...
If a soccer field is covered with a thick layer of snow, it’s better to close it for use or remove the snow; otherwise the field gets broken and repai...
International networking and dissemination of the project's concept and solutions are at the core of GAVIUS mission: in this light, the project's team...
Last 1st and 2nd June, the 5th edition of the conference “For a Circular and Competitive Economy” took place in Gavà (Spain). This annual event is arr...
Given the complexity of urban challenges, the public administrations involved in the Urban Innovative Actions Initiative are well aware they need to s...
After having successfully concluded its co-creation phase, the GAVIUS project is deep diving into the development of the mobile application which will...
Municipalities and local agencies are the forefront of digital transformation experimenting to use Artificial Intelligence and Data Anaytics to improv...
This Journal marks the end of the Capacityes project, which has successfully wrapped up its activities in its final year. The journey wasn't easy, esp...
On Saturday, 6 May 2023, an event organised by the Municipality of Bergamo, the CAPACITyES project partners, together with stakeholders from the local...
The Capacityes project revolves around three central initiatives that reflect the regenerative path in Bergamo, with a particular focus on the Borgo P...
The annual national meeting of ANCI, which this year was held in Bergamo, was an opportunity to have a moment of direct comparison with various Italia...
This zoom-in, the second and final one of CAPACITyES, highlights how difficult it can be to complete redevelopment works in a period characterized by ...
In the Capacityes project, the active involvement of children and adolescents is reflected in the design and construction of the Hub4Kids. This struct...
The CAPACITyES project focuses on the fight against urban poverty. The added value of this approach lies in the fact that the project puts on the tabl...
Implementing projects accepted by local communities and, consequently, characterized by different types of sustainability, requires a long and methodi...
The CAPACITyES PROJECT identifies and manages the problems of urban poverty and marginalization through an urban regeneration paths characterized by ...
The low numbers of infected people during the summer made it possible to have an important dialogue with the target groups of the Capacityes project. ...
Bergamo had the great misfortune of being among the first cities in Europe to have been affected by the effects of COVID 19, when all over Europe it w...
DARE is an innovative urban regeneration project that instead of focusing uniquely on the physical environment, has invested in the skills and ambitio...
Changing the narrative of a neighbourhood can be just as important in urban regeneration as changing its physical fabric. However, imposing a story on...
Digital democracy or e-democracy tools have been frequently used to overcome the trust gap between citizens and public administrations, by lowering th...
Participatory urbanism has become a buzzword in the past decade. Participation in urban processes can range from consultation on single issues, to co-...
Financing territorial redevelopment is largely seen as a top-down process with priorities defined by public administrations at the local, regional or ...
Property development is a long-term genre, with processes between vision, programming, design, development and inauguration that may take years if not...
Digital platforms and tools have been increasingly central elements of urban planning and design. With the proliferation of digital instruments using ...
Urban transformation, especially in the form of large urban development projects, is often seen as primarily top-down, regulated by public administrat...
DARE is an innovative urban regeneration project that instead of focusing uniquely on the physical environment, invests in the skills of its inhabitan...
Many urban regeneration schemes focus on architectural interventions or masterplans that aim to transform the social fabric of an area through shaping...
The DARE (Digital Environment for collaborative Alliances to Regenerate urban Ecosystems in middle-sized cities) project connects urban regeneration w...
Ravenna's Darsena area has been a delicate spot on the city’s map. After a process of deindustrialisation and a series of attempts to regenerate the f...
The APTBC project has invested significant efforts in improving the parks in the central neighbourhoods of Seraing, which are the least green areas of...
This article is based on an interview with Aurélie Portois, currently project coordinator at the Maison du Peuple, and on some preliminary drafts cont...
While the project was concluded in August 2023, this final issue of the journal offers a critical reflection on the challenges faced during implementa...
This article is about the final event of the APTBC project, which took place in June 2023. The article presents how the results, ambitions and expecta...
The project A Place to Be-Come has recently closed. Ahead of the final event, all the project partners have shared their ideas about what the project’...
One goal of the project is to improve residents’ relationship with their local parks. This improvement involves on the one side improving the material...
'La Ruche à projets' has stopped being the APTBC temporary creative hub in central Seraing. However, it will not close its doors and its role as a com...
The third edition of the journal covers almost the entire 2022. The implementation of most of the project actions has been completed and the remaining...
The A Place To Be-Come project is built around one great idea: that inclusion can be promoted by building a community of local citizens eager to devel...
The city of Seraing has a bold plan to redevelop its post-industrial territory after decades of decline. In particular, some urban projects, such as a...
In Seraing, two shelters welcome people experiencing homelessness or great discomfort associated with instable and precarious conditions of life. The ...
This second journal covers the year 2021, between the first year and a half and second year and a half of implementation of the A Place To Be-Come pro...
Last October, a delegation composed by three members of the APTBC project management team, two city officials from Seraing and the UIA expert spent th...
In this journal, UIA expert Francesca Ansaloni provides an account of difficulties, challenges and achievements of A Place To Be-Come's first year of ...
La Maison du Peuple was built in 1916 in Seraing as a gathering place for the working class. “Before, social-democrat activists gathered in the old th...
Julien Bebronne and Lauranne Liégeois are respectively APTBC coordinator and project officer for Arebs, the municipal agency in charge of the project ...
A Place To Be-Come aims to tackle urban poverty in Seraing by investing in people and the enhancement of their well-being. This goal is expected to be...
We are looking back on the lessons for European cities that emerged from We.Service.Heerlen (WESH)....
WESH Journal no. 4 is the final journal of the We.Service.Heerlen project. This journal describes the reflection and legacy of the project, as well as...
For the capitalisation of WESH we are looking back on the project in three key ways; firstly on the highlights and achievements of the project....
We are zooming in on the participatory approach during the preparation, implementation and continuation of We.Service.Heerlen (WESH) as well as the ch...
We have interviewed social innovator Anton ten Westenend, involved in neighbourhood association GMS and partner of We.Service.Heerlen (WESH)....
WESH Journal no. 3 describes the progress of the We.Service.Heerlen project as of October 2022. That means WESH is in the final stage of the project p...
During the annual IEEE Smart Cities conference in Cyprus, We.Service.Heerlen (WESH) was awarded as the best EU solution in the global Smart Cities con...
We have interviewed Mr Grégoire Piette, Co-Founder of the startup CoTown and the technical supplier of We.Service.Heerlen (WESH)....
We have interviewed Mr Pieter Bonnema, Senior Project Manager at the Municipality of Heerlen and Project Coordinator of We.Service.Heerlen (WESH)....
We are zooming in on the various tax challenges that arose in the build-up to the launch of We.Service.Heerlen (WESH) and during the implementation of...
We have interviewed Professor Hans Schmeets and Mr Tim Muller, both employed at Statistics Netherlands in Heerlen and partners of the We.Service.Heerl...
WESH Journal no. 2 describes the progress of the We.Service.Heerlen project as of October 2021. That means WESH is halfway the three years project per...
We have interviewed Mr Ivar Moberts, Business & Community Developer at Brightlands Smart Service Campus in Heerlen and partner of the We.Service.Heerl...
We have interviewed Mr Kurt Isik, Innovation Advisor at the Association of Dutch Municipalities (VNG) and partner in the We.Service.Heerlen project....
We have interviewed Ms Robine Gielkens, Junior Project Manager at the Municipality of Heerlen and member of the We.Service.Heerlen (WESH) project team...
WESH Journal no. 1 describes the city of Heerlen in the Netherlands, a former mining city that has been struggling with substantial socio-economic dis...
For decades, the city of Heerlen, a former mining centre in the Southeast of the Netherlands, is struggling with substantial socio-economic disadvanta...
The 3rd Journal of BRISE Vienna sums-up the progress that was made throughout 2022 and highlights the steps taken to achieve the proof-of-concept for ...
Innovation in the public sector follows different rules than in the corporate world. But also here, new things need to be tested before adopting them....
BRISE-Vienna addresses the challenge of accelerating complex verification and permission procedures in city administrations by applying the full range...
Artificial Intelligence (or what we understand by this term) is all over the place and it is quickly transforming economies and organizations. Yet, ci...
Changing a person's behavior is hard. Transforming organisations is even harder. But if we are to make our cities more sustainable, liveable and citiz...
BRISE-Vienna addresses the challenge of accelerating complex verification and permission procedures in city administrations by applying the ful...
The BRISE-Vienna project aims to fully digitize the process of building permission and - through this - at least half the time it takes the municipal ...
European cities are as diverse as the continent. Some are growing, some are shrinking, but all try to figure out, how data and digital technologies ca...
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This is the third WISH-MI journal and the first that has been produced since the full implementation of the project. ...
The City of Milan is opening new avenues in its drive to improve youth well-being in the city. To coincide with World Play Day, WISH-MI has launched a...
WISH-MI aims to improve levels of youth wellbeing in the city of Milan. Improving the quality of, and access to, available services, is an important p...
The City of Milan has launched a digital platform to offer wellbeing services to its young people and families. The platform is now operational, comp...
Wish-Mi is an ambitious wellbeing strategy for the young people of Milan. The model comprises a digital hub, enabling access to services, combined wit...
The second WISH-MI journal presents the state of play as the project prepares to go live. It draws upon material gathered during the expert visit to M...
A sneak peek of the WISH-MI hubs. City of Milan Director, Sabina Banfi. Shares her thoughts on the project’s new youth spaces with UIA Expert Eddy Ada...
Milan is one of a number of UIA cities exploring innovative financial tools to nudge behaviours. This article explores the Milan vouchers model, and t...
Milan is a city of 1.4 million people, 230,000 of whom are minors. It has a wide and growing rate of inequality, with 30% of its population either in ...
This slide deck shares the content and learnings from the WISH-MI youth co-design webinar held on 9th June 2021. ...
Like many cities, Milan faces the challenge of widening inequalities. This risk particularly affect the city's most vulnerable young people. The UIA W...
UIA projects have a transformative impact on urban environments by driving sustainable innovation, improving the quality of life for citizens, and pro...
Europe is the fastest-warming continent in the world, and climate risks threaten people’s health and several aspects of their well-being. According to...
The European Renovation Wave initiative is a crucial response to the pressing issue of energy poverty. The initiative is built upon the national long-...
This is the third journal of the Energy Poverty Intelligence Unit (EPIU) project since its start in September 2019. EPIU, led by Municipality of Getaf...
Domestic energy consumption data is considered personal data, at least as per the Spanish Supreme court declared in 2019 (STS 2484/2019). In the proje...
Public procurement refers to the process by which public sector organizations acquire goods, services, or construction projects from external supplier...
Consolidating the demand of a new public service is one of the challenges that urban authorities face when they innovate and design new services. One ...
There is a pressing need to identify effective policy solutions to inspire locally driven low-carbon transitions in EU cities. UIA has led a two-year ...
Synergies between projects can generate a wide range of opportunities for municipalities. For example, the ability to share knowledge and best practic...
In scientific terms, an ecosystem is a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather or landscape, work together to f...
Energy prices are at record highs and remain volatile in Europe. Situations of energy poverty are exacerbating and families in Europe are struggling t...
This is the second journal of the Energy Poverty Intelligence Unit (EPIU) project since its start in September 2019. EPIU led by Municipality of Getaf...
At corporate level, a business model is a strategy for operating a business. It describes how a company will generate value for its customers. Althoug...
In this article, UIA Expert Marta Garcia interviews the mayor of Getafe, Sara Hernández, to explore how the municipality is integrating EPIU, the UIA ...
Implementing an Urban Innovation Action implies a degree of risk for local authorities and a committed leadership is a requisite for municipal led inn...
Energy poverty is a situation in which households are unable to access essential energy services. With nearly 34 million Europeans unable to afford to...
This is the first journal of the Energy Poverty Intelligence Unit (EPIU) project since its start on September 2019. EPIU led by Municipaility of Getaf...
The Metropolitan Water Supply and Sanitation Company of Sevilla (EMASESA) is the coordinating Partner in the Urban Innovative Actions Program ‘Cartuja...
In his 2nd Zoom-in, UIA expert of the Curing the Limbo project in Athens, Levente Polyak, explores how education and training activities within the pr...
Unpacking the case of the Citizens Experience and Wellbeing Institute (CXI) in Kosice among government innovation units globally....
In this second zoom-in output developed for the project “CAMINA”, Ileana Toscano, UIA expert, focuses on the “Civic Curators”, an innovative concept p...
On 21st February 2023 the Municipality of Almeria officially launched the activity of “Civic Curators - Social Laboratories for co-designing cultural ...
On the 21st and 22nd April 2022, CAMINA hosted the project officer Nelida Hancco-Herrera for a field visit in the places interested by the cultural an...
The project “Community Awakening and Multicultural Integrative Narrative of Almería (CAMINA)” has been fostering a new approach to promote Cultural Pa...
Cultural Hidrant is contributing the conversation about green and just transition in the Athens area, showcasing how city resiliency, strategies of ad...
Cultural Hidrant is becoming a watershed for inter-municipal approaches to urban development and water services management. With its 23 km long path...
Across Ghent and beyond......
The INNOAIR Podcast episode #4 is covering the on-demand green public transport service that he Bulgarian capital of Sofia has started to test with a ...
INNOAIR Podcast Episode #3 presents the concept of Sofia Coin, a smart phone app that rewards its users for walking and cycling instead of driving whi...
INNOAIR Podcast Episode #2 is covering the opportunities and challenges of using artificial intelligence in managing sustainable on-demand mobility so...
INNOAIR Podcast Episode #1 is reporting on a hackathon aimed at ideas and solutions making Sofia's urban mobility smart and green....
A Commitment to Youth Empowerment. A dedicated team of young individuals is making a difference through the Noordvoerders platform. Bridgebuilders bet...
Join me as we delve into the impact of art interventions, hear inspiring stories from artists and young people as we discuss how art can be a catalyst...
Discussion about how the gender perspective became important in ForwArt project and how to give space to women in a neighbourhood renewal process....
Do you want to know the specifics of a successful project like SPIRE in Baia Mare? Have a look at the What, Why, Who and How of SPIRE....
The Plantathlons activities carried out in baia Mare during spring 2021 created a collaborative ecosystem supporting citizens-led actions and enhancin...
This video presents the second zoom-in of the VoxPop project. ...
Presentation of the status of the mobility of people with impairments in Lisbon and the VoxPop navigation support tool for vulnerable city users. ...
Children's imagination can make our cities more welcoming and harbingers of inclusion-oriented messages, of symbolic meanings that can enrich our expe...
The Urban Innovative Actions-funded project DARE is a non-conventional urban regeneration project that instead of focusing uniquely on the physical en...
In this first Zoom-in for the UIA project DARE, Levente Polyak explores the digital platform conceived to support the transformation of Ravenna's Dars...
On February 2020, the Centre Public d’Action Social (CPAS) - the local institution that delivers social aid - and the project partner Natagora - a gra...
To explain how We.Service.Heerlen (WESH) actually stimulates civic participation in the city of Heerlen, we have produced a documentary-style video in...
In BRISE Vienna, the City of Vienna is developing a fully digitized tool for the verification and permit of new buildings. Meet the people behind this...
Coventry_Mifriendly_UIAExpert Journal 3 (Octb 2019)
Coventry_MiFriendly Cities_UIAExpertJournal 2 (May 2019)
Coventry_MIFRIENDLY CITIES_Zoom-in 1 (Feb 2019)
Coventry_MIFriendly_UIAExpertJournal1 (Dcb 2018)
Coventry Journal 4: ‘Share My Language’ sessions
MiFriendlyCities @Coventry - Journal 5
Coventry Zoom-in 2_Changing realities in the West Midlands
A guide to developing a MiFriendly City
MiFriendly Cities Evaluation Report
Athens' lessons shared - Curing the Limbo
Athens_Curing The Limbo_UIAExpertJournal2 (May 2019)
Athens_Curing The Limbo_UIAExpertJournal1 (Nvb 2018)
Athens_Curing The Limbo_Case Study Affordable Housing
Vienna_CoRE_UIAExpertJournal3 (May 2019)
Vienna_CoRE_UIAExpertJournal2 (July 2018)
Vienna_CoRE_UIAExpertJournal1 (Dcb 2017)
Utrecht_URLP_Journal 5 (Octb 2019)
Utrecht_U-RLP_UIAExpertJournal4 (March 2019)
Utrecht_U-RLP_UIAExpertJournal3 (Nvb 2018)
Utrecht_URLP_Discover the project!
Utrecht_U-RLP_UIAExpertJournal2 (June 2018)
Utrecht_U-RLP_UIAExpertJournal1 (Dcb 2017)
U-RLP Infographics
U-RLP in a few slides
Utrecht - U-RLP - UIA Expert Zoom-in 2 (July 2019)
Turin_COCITY_UIA Expert Journal 4 (Sptb 2019)
Turin_CO-CITY_Call for Collaboration Proposals
Turin_CO-CITY_UIAExpertJournal3 (Nvb 2018)
Turin_CO-CITY_Zoom-in1_Article (July2018)
Turin_CO-CITY_UIAExpertJournal2 (June 2018)
Turin_CoCity_UIAExpertJournal 1 (Jan 2018)
CoCity Zoom-in 2
Rotterdam_BRIDGE_Journal 5 (Octb 2019)
Rotterdam_BRIDGE_UIAExpertJournal4 (April 2019)
Rotterdam_BRIDGE_UIAExpertJournal3 (Nvb 2018)
Rotterdam_BRIDGE_UIAExpertJournal2 (May 2018)
Rotterdam_BRIDGE_UIAExpertJournal1 (Dcb 2017)
BRIDGE - Project description - PDF
Nantes_5Bridges_Zoom in 1 (December 2018)
Nantes_5Bridges_UIAExpertJournal 2 (March 2019)
Nantes_5Bridges_UIAExpertJournal 1 (Dcb 2017)
Lille_TAST'inFIVES_UIAExpertJournal 1 (Dcb 2017)
Lille_TAST'inFIVES_UIAExpertJournal 2 (Octb 2018)
Zoom-in_Community research for a community-oriented urban regeneration
Birmingham_USE-IT_Journal 5 (Octb 2019)
Birmingham_USE-IT_UIAExpertJournal4 (March 2019)
Birmingham_USE-IT_UIA Zoom-in 2 (March 2019)
Birmingham_USE-IT_UIAExpertJournal3 (Nvb 2018)
Birmingham_USE-IT_Zoom-in1 (September 2018)
Birmingham_USE-IT_UIAExpertJournal2 (May 2018)
Birmingham_USEIT_UIAExpertJournal1 (Dcb 2017)
Bologna_SALUS_UIAExpertJournal 1 (Dcb 2017)
Barcelona_B-MINCOME_Journal 5
Barcelona_B-MINCOME_UIAExpertJournal 4 (Sptb 2019)
Barcelona_B-MINCOME_Zoom in 1
Barcelona_BMINCOME_UIAExpertJournal3 (Nvb 2018)
Barcelona_B-MINCOME_UIAExpertJournal 2 (may 2018)
Barcelona_BMINCOME_UIAExpertJournal1 (Dcb 2017)
Final Evaluation report
Policy recommendations
Antwerp_CURANT_Journal 5 (Octb 2019)
CURANT_Evaluation report Octb 2019_PDF
Antwerp_CURANT_Project brochure
Antwerp_CURANT_Expert Zoom-in 2 (July 2019)
Antwerp_CURANT_UIAExpertJournal4 (June 2019)
CURANT 2nd Evaluation Report
Antwerp_CURANT_UIAExpertJournal3 (Nvb 2018)
Antwerp_CURANT_Zoom-in 1 (July 2018)
Antwerp_CURANT_UIAExpertJournal2 (May 2018)
Antwerp_CURANT_Working paper_PDF
Antwerp_CURANT_Evaluation report_PDF
Antwerp_CURANT_UIAExpertJournal1 (Decb 2017)
Antwerp - Report - Co-housing and case management for unaccompanied young refugees
CURANT @Antwerp - Journal 6
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