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From attractiveness to social cohesion: a path towards the Cesena Integrated Action Plan by Elena Giovannini

What attracts us to Cesena? What do we mean by social cohesion in the area covered by the KAIRÓS model? These are the questions that the Municipality of Cesena dealt with during the two meetings of the URBACT Local Groups (ULG) on attractiveness and social cohesion which took place on 28 September and 19 October 2021.
An article by Elena Giovannini, Comune di Cesena

Vilawatt UTM Learning Webinars - Sharing experiences and learning in order to build future Investment Plan

The Vilawatt URBACT transfer process includes five learning webinars, the mission of which is for the partner cities to deepen their knowledge of the five pillars that make up the Vilawatt Innovative Practice, and thus be able to better address the task of building the future Investment Plan of each city.

Planning for urban security with games: the case of the UrbSecurity project in Leiria

Civic participation is essential for sustainable urban development, but few tools and solutions are available to foster in practice. One of the new approaches that's being tested is the use of serious goal-oriented dynamic games. UrbSecurity has   implemented one of these approaches with surprising results.

Thinking and Acting ‘Green’: How the concern for our climate and the environment helps to galvanise urban CSR-Action

Our current URBACT Action Planning Networks are now moving into full gear. After two years of development, and despite the serious difficulties all municipalities and stakeholders have been facing during the disruptive Covid-19 pandemic, transnational and local action intensifies markedly. This is certainly true for our CITIES4CSR network; the first URBACT-network aiming to create a rich toolbox for civic leaders and administrators in order to engage with local businesses, non-profits and citizens under the ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’-umbrella. On top of the ‘to-do’-lists for our ten partner cities you will find the lesson-drawing from our Small Scale Actions (SSA) and translating these findings directly into local action planning for the Integrated Action Plans (IAP). Yet, which topics have been chosen by the Urban Local Groups that have had the power to not just stimulate interest but truly galvanise SSA-action and cooperation?

What's going on with Playful Paradigm II ?

If you want to get the knowledge of the starting steps of Playful Paradigm II Transfer Network, have a look at the first quarterly report presented here

Visual 1st Quarterly report of Playful Paradigm II

Ventspils works in the field of digital transformation

Ventspils works in the field of digital transformation