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MiFriendly Cities was set out in March 2018 to deliver a unique employment and skills programme in the West Midlands, focusing on filling skills gaps specific to the region and highlighting migrants as an asset to both employers and the wider public.

Vilawatt is currently considered to be a Spanish example in social innovation and community energy, at a time when energy poverty and energy access are becoming part of a nexus.

In the second edition of the Urban infra revolution Journal, UIA Expert Kinga Korniejenko provides an overview of the development of the project by focusing on its three main innovative areas: materials, production process and products.

As the first Portuguese project approved under the Urban Innovative Actions Initiative, Aveiro STEAM City has been in the spotlight.

UIA Expert Daniel de Torres shares the latest insights.

Think of random festivals with diesel generator emissions that are damaging to the environment, visitors and people living nearby. Now, imagine a festival with a healthy and eco-friendly environment instead. The AirQon project uses electric vehicles to cool drinks and power up complete festivals.

The second Journal of the COMMUTE project presents the developments of the project since the publication of the first Journal in December 2018. By now, COMMUTE is almost half way through since its launch, with successful actions to report on, as well as old and new challenges. This edition focuses more on the latter and how the city is addressing them.

TMaaS, the developer of the digital traffic platform for the City of Ghent, will be carrying out a major trial run of its virtual dashboard during the Gentse Feesten. 19 July marks the start of this trial run that will be carried out in cooperation with Mobiliteitsbedrijf Stad Gent.

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 optimism at full speed in what regards implementation!In Freek’s words, the time is now mature to allow project leaders to make the software (social and community activities) and the hard ware (the building of the infrastructure) of the project to coincide and interact better.

The city of Antwerp hosted an international conference on migration, organised by the Urban Innovative Action Fund (UIA) in June. UIA-cities Antwerp, Vienna, Bologna and Utrecht shared insights on their projects.