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Super Circular Estate Project, Journal no. 5, Municipality of Kerkrade

Super Circular Estate (SCE) Project illustrated potential of reactivation of resources within existing built environments and helped us understand bet...

Super Circular Estate Kerkrade, The Netherlands

Kerkrade Zoom-in 3: The monitoring process and its results

UIA Expert Elma Durmisevic interviews Michiel Ritzen from ZUYD University on the monitoring process of the Super Circular Estate project and its resul...

Super Circular Estate Kerkrade, The Netherlands

SCE Journal 4: State of the art construction of three circular houses

UIA Expert Elma Durmisevic explains how the “three new houses have been constructed by reusing more than 90% of materials from the existing building a...

Super Circular Estate Kerkrade, The Netherlands

Super Circular Estate Journal 3: Kerkrade’s challenges

UIA Expert Elma Durmisevic tells us how “the SCE consortium is already finalising the construction phase of the three new houses made of reused materi...

Super Circular Estate Kerkrade, The Netherlands

Super Circular Estate Zoom-in 2: How BRX could support reuse of building materials

One of the lessons learned from Kerkrade’s project “regarding future buildings, is that reuse potential of building products need to be embodied into ...

Super Circular Estate Kerkrade, The Netherlands

Super Circular Estate Journal 1: Get to know the project’s first steps

The UIA Expert unveils Kerkrade’s initial achievements in the first journal....

Super Circular Estate Kerkrade, The Netherlands

Super Circular Estate Zoom-in 1: Circular versus conventional building process

UIA Expert Elma Durmisevic zooms into the differences between circular and conventional building process through interviews with the key members of th...

Super Circular Estate Kerkrade, The Netherlands

Super Circular Estate Journal 2: Next steps

Take a look at the latest developments around Kerkrade’s project. ...

Super Circular Estate Kerkrade, The Netherlands

Welcome home!

Come to 59-61 rue du Delta, 1190, Forest on the 4th of September, an unexpected sunny day in Brussels, and you will find the building of CALICO celebr...

CALICO Brussels Capital Region, Belgium

Cities engaging in the right to housing

Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) and URBACT are joining forces to push the right to housing...

CALICO in the Brussels Capital Region - Journal 1

UIA expert Laura Colini provides a descriptive overview of the project and focuses on the 7 UIA challenges. Furthermore, she explores “the model of th...

CALICO Brussels Capital Region, Belgium

CALICO. More than a CLT

The main objective of CALICO is to realise more than a typical Community Land Trust (CLT) but an intergenerational inclusive cohabitation focussed on ...

CALICO Brussels Capital Region, Belgium

UFIL Final Journal

This is the fourth and last journal of the Urban Forest Innovation Lab project (2018-2022). ...

UFIL Cuenca, Spain

Urban-rural agenda of Cuenca: the way forward to 2030

The agenda is among the last deliverables produced by the Urban Forest Innovation Lab project. The document sets the roadmap for local and regional pu...

UFIL Cuenca, Spain

SEMBRIA, the missing perspective

SEMBRIA is a non-profit association with a mission: to address the needs of rural territories through the implementation of participatory projects. Th...

UFIL Cuenca, Spain

DENDRON, a 'tree' grown in UFIL innovation lab

Dendron is the Greek word for ‘tree’. This is the name given by Diego, Héctor and José to their company established in 2022 as a follow up to their pa...

UFIL Cuenca, Spain

Final (internal) evaluation and results: what can be replicated in other cities endowed with forest resources

In July 2022, the project started collecting the information for its final internal evaluation. Due by the end of October 2022, the evaluation was a m...

UFIL Cuenca, Spain

Incentive mechanisms for visibility and engagement: acknowledgments, prizes and awards

UFIL has given and gained visibility over the last three years. Prizes and awards were used to help young entrepreneurs to accomplish the UIA project’...

UFIL Cuenca, Spain

Zoom-in #3 - Lessons learnt in UFIL

UFIL is close to its completion and project's partners were invited to point out the main lessons learnt throughout implementation. By sharing this ex...

UFIL Cuenca, Spain

Forest certification in and around UFIL: a multi-functional driver

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international organisation promoting the responsible management of forests, and is one of the partners of t...

UFIL Cuenca, Spain

Local action plans for forest bioeconomy development: a mission impossible?

One of the main objectives of the UFIL project is to contribute developing a local bioeconomy ecosystem which is based on the sustainable exploitation...

UFIL Cuenca, Spain

Zoom-in #2 - Business and job creation in UFIL: sustainability mechanisms

The Urban Forest Innovation Lab project is a Jobs and Skills Urban Innovation Action. Through its innovative training, the project is expected to help...

UFIL Cuenca, Spain

How do UFIL entrepreneurial ideas link urban to rural areas? A mix of tradition and local innovation.

UFIL is an Urban Innovation Action and as such is supposed to focus on urban development. In fact, UFIL has a peculiarity that makes it different from...

UFIL Cuenca, Spain

UFIL Journal #3: how the project is about to begin its fourth and final year

This is the third journal of the Urban Forest Innovation Lab (UFIL) UIA project since its start on 1 November 2018. It covers the period 31 October 20...

UFIL Cuenca, Spain

UFIL Journal 2: taking stock of the project implementation

This is the second journal of the Urban Forest Innovation Lab (UFIL) project since its start on 1/11/2018. It covers the period 1 January 2020 – 31 Oc...

UFIL Cuenca, Spain

ZOOM-IN #1: The ‘business challenge’ mechanism of UFIL

In UFIL, the ‘business challenge’ is a mechanism ruling the internal competitions which are run in the project’s innovation lab. These competitions ar...

UFIL Cuenca, Spain

UFIL and the COVID-19 outbreak: challenges and opportunities.

UFIL is designed to create innovation and to impact at the socio-economic level. The project tackles job creation and development of new businesses in...

UFIL Cuenca, Spain

Scouting innovators: how ideas shape the future of Cuenca's forest-based bioeconomy

UFIL is looking for innovators and when potential candidates were asked to share their ideas on the future of Cuenca's forests, the city, the objects ...

UFIL Cuenca, Spain

Fostering local skills and innovation capacity in the forest sector: UFIL's first journal is out

In this first journal edition of the UFIL project, the UIA Expert Rossella Soldi presents the challenges and the solutions implemented by the City of ...

UFIL Cuenca, Spain

Loneliness: a cross-cutting challenge tackled from the European perspective

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...

S.T.E.P.S Shared Time Enhances People Solidarity Verona, Italy
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