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Posted on: 21 February 2014
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The Academy of Urbanism brings together an active and diverse group of thinkers, decision-makers and practitioners involved in the social, cultural, economic, political and physical development of our villages, towns and cities. It aims to identify, promote and learn from good urbanism.
URBACT Pilot Projects: Joint kick-off meeting. Paris 29-31 January 2014
Posted on: 19 February 2014
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This is the first time that URBACT programme organised a joint kick-off meeting for newly selected projects. The event brought together more than 100 city representatives coming from 30 different cities spread over 15 EU countries. They represent the 6 transfer networks and 3 delivery networks recently selected. The Transfer Networks include:
TUTUR – Temporary use of public spaces as planning tool
Diet for Green Planet – Healthy and environmentally friendly food in public kitchens
Placemaking as Open Living Lab – Testing Place-making method with different target groups in different target areas
GeniUS:Open – Participative design and delivery of city services
Healthy Ageing – Raising awareness on demographic ageing & better response to citizens’ needs through more effective strategies and health
GastroUrbact – Gastronomy as tool for tourism and employment
The delivery networks include:
EVUE – Electric Vehicles for Urban Mobility
ESIMeC – Demand-led workforce development as main drivers for medium sized cities
ROMA-Net – Improved access to education, health, housing, services and to stimulate employment opportunities for working age Roma
The event aimed to allow participants to get familiar with the URBACT programme and its activities, receive applied training on specific tasks and take advantage of various social moments to foster informal networking. Presentations are available online.
Cities of tomorrow: Investing in Europe. Brussels, 17-18 February 2014
Posted on: 19 February 2014
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The forum will contribute to a strengthened profile of the urban dimension within EU Policies and wants to emphasize the importance of investments in urban areas and cities as agents for delivering EU policy objectives. The forum will consult key urban stakeholders across Europe on the need for an EU Urban Agenda, what it should contain and how it should be implemented. The forum will also discuss Europe’s role in global urban development as well as the role of business in the development of our cities. Videos of the event and background information is available online.
An EU urban agenda – for and with cities. Brussels, 17 February 2014
Posted on: 18 February 2014
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This seminar was organized by EUROCITIES and the Council of European Municipalities and Regions. Commissioner Johannes Hahn, responsible for regional and urban policy, discussed the purpose of an urban agenda at EU level with the mayors of Warsaw and of Almere. The second part of the event features a panel debate with politicians from across Europe speaking about the priorities of an EU urban agenda. Panellists include the mayor of Ghent mayor, the deputy mayor of Venice, the State Secretary for European Affairs of Berlin, the mayor of Santander, the deputy leader of East Renfrewshire, and the vice mayor of Warsaw. A video of the event is available online.
Cities, growth and poverty: A review of the evidence
Posted on: 18 February 2014
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What is the connection between growth and poverty in UK cities? Cities are increasingly seen as the drivers of the national economy, and the UK Government is devolving new powers to the largest and fastest-growing urban areas. Cities also tend to have concentrations of poverty. This study examines how strategies for economic growth and poverty reduction can be aligned.
Spotlight on urbanization
Posted on: 17 February 2014
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Following the launch of the Future State 2030 report, KPMG’s Global Government & Public Sector practice continues the conversation with Future State Spotlight. This series will take a closer look at the challenges and opportunities that governments face as they head into 2030 and present insights from KPMG experts around the world. This issue looks at striking the balance between rural and urban growth.
City Momentum Index
Posted on: 12 February 2014
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The City Momentum Index has been designed to capture evolution, to measure change and to identify which specific attributes will bring new visibility to some cities and reinforce the dynamism of others. The Index is not a measure of pure economic growth and performance, and therefore some powerful and successful cities such as Paris, Moscow, Seoul and Chicago do not appear in the Top 20, while rapidly-changing cities such as Shenzhen, Lima and Dubai do. The City Momentum Index begins to build bridges for the real estate market between those top real estate investment destinations that have an ease of attraction due to their many traditional strengths, and those cities with vision, hard work and energy that have the potential to ascend to new heights.
Anticity and the future of “public spehere”
Posted on: 12 February 2014
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This talk, the second in the UCL Development Planning Unit’s Dialogues in Development Anniversary series, explores the inter-linkages between research, design, media and politics through a transversal glance, particularly looking at the role architecture plays in redefining the contours of the public sphere in contemporary cities.
The best city blogs around the world: an interactive guide
Posted on: 7 February 2014
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To get a better view of what’s really happening across the world, the Guardian newspaper is getting to know the local urban voices who cover their home cities most insightfully. Here is the initial list of blogs, from Detroit to Addis Ababa. Click on the pin points to reveal the blogs.
The Freiburg Charter for Sustainable Urbanism
Posted on: 4 February 2014
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The Freiburg Charter was developed in partnership with the City of Freiburg in recognition of winning the Academy’s European City of the Year Award 2010. The city is an outstanding example of sustainable urbanism of which this publication aims to distill through 12 principles.
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