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With the consequences of climate change and biodiversity loss, many challenges are ahead for EU cities. Read more about how UIA projects are testing new solutions to prepare cities and communities to cope with the challenges of climate change, rethinking the place and importance of nature in the urban fabric.

The one-year knowledge activity led by the UIA on urban mobility issues builds on the experience of five UIA funded projects in Albertslund, Lathi, Ghent, Toulouse, Szeged to explore the challenges and opportunities faced by Urban Authorities (UA) when dealing with innovative tools and approaches. The following article is the second of a series that gives an overview of the first results and findings of the UIA capitalisation workshops, which gather cities that currently implement mobility innovative solutions. This second piece focuses on innovative collaboration strategies, and discusses how collaboration and innovation work in the age of change for mobility.
This article is a summary of the second part of the final Mobility Report, jointly written by UIA expert Vanessa Holve, the UIA Secretariat and the above-mentioned cities.

Since 2015, UIA is the Urban Lab of Europe, providing EU urban areas with resources to test new and unproven solutions to address urban challenges.

Building on the knowledge generated by the 86 UIA ongoing projects, the Initiative is leading, together with its partners and UIA cities, three knowledge activities on housing, urban mobility and monitoring and evaluation.

The Urban Innovative Actions is opening a vacancy for a Project Officer position to join the Permanent Secretariat (PS) based in Lille (France). Applications are open until 30 October 2020.

Apply to be a UIA expert and support one of UIA Call 5 approved projects during 4 years of implementation - the deadline is 04 December 2020.

This year the 18th European Week for Regions and Cities goes online from 5 to 22 October 2020. Follow-up on UIA knowledge activities and register to the 3 sessions organised by UIA Initiative.

Could Covid-19 prove a turning point in the fight against homelessness? The second URBACT-UIA web conference on the right to housing engaged cities to find out.

With now 86 projects generating knowledge while implementing their innovative solutions, facilitating an effective process of knowledge transfer and creating the environment and opportunities for capturing and sharing UIA experience are strategic objectives for the initiative.

With summer officially upon us, the UIA team has got some interesting readings for you! To get you prepped for the best summer ever, we selected for you 7 articles among the newly published ones. In this list, you will also discover a new reading experience through UIA experts’ web articles.