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The measuring instruments are now on-site, launching the first key phase of the project. Ostrava’s technical university has installed new-generation measuring technology at a location with high concentrations of atmospheric pollutants – close to a metallurgical plant that is one the biggest polluters in the region. With the new technologies it is now possible to monitor measured concentrations of atmospheric pollutants, mainly benzo(a)pyrene, on-line, without the need for complicated laboratory analysis – and this represents a major step forward compared to standard measurement processes.

In this first Zoom-in, Laura Colini, UIA Expert for B-MINCOME shows the approach taken by the project of combining the Guaranteed Minimum Income to different Active labour Market policy.

MILMA’s Companies Network evaluated their collaboration after the end of the first project’s edition. After the first edition, more than 200 companies were contacted, 60 signed a collaboration agreement and 16 have been closely collaborating with our project.

On 12nd of July, the first edition of BC LABS has officially ended at the same time as the longest BC Lab Front-end web development.

The regeneration of an iconic building usually looks as an ambitious challenge for the neighbourhood where the structure is located and for its residents. By February 2020 the former Lancia factory of Via Cumiana is going to become a new landmark of Borgo San Paolo area, but also a symbol of all the projects of civic engagement promoted by Co-City in Turin.

Through its innovation program, the City of Gothenburg works systematically to increase the innovation capacity within its administration. Fossil-free Energy Districts (FED) is an example of initiatives where the city has received EU funding to try out new solutions. This has resulted in a new test bed for energy, but also that the city is more clearly positioned on the international innovation map.

In order to improve air quality, Air Heritage project aims to build a framework based on pervasive AQ monitoring, by integrating mobile monitoring stations, fixed monitoring stations and personal mobile devices in a synergic network. All gathered data will be used to produce an innovative AQ Policy Decision Support System. Sharing monitored data in an understandable way through social networking procedures will motivate citizens' participation in the actions, which will ultimately have an impact on air quality levels and on the decision making process of AQ policies.

In May 2019, the recruitment for candidates for the first wave of house renovations started.

Watch the great video from Home Silk Road and see how they will renew the housing approaches by installing vulnerable groups in the heart of the city and demonstrating that they bring social and economic value to their neighbourhood.

This zoom-in explores the potential of a strong link being established between the 5Bridges project and the recent national Housing First strategy launched in 2017 by the French government, for the benefit of homeless people in Nantes.