UIA Knowledge Lab

Good conversations help start new journeys

With the initiative proceeding to its final stages, along 2023 the experience brought about by Cultural H.ID.RA.N.T. helped the Municipality of Haland...

Building new communities through culture: The legacy of CUP4Creativity in Újbuda

In the past three years, the Urban Innovative Actions-funded project CUP4Creativity has been working on strengthening the local cultural and creative ...

Developing a new business culture for circular economy - Zoom in 3

One of the components within the Urban Soil 4 Food (US4F) project in Maribor has been the support to innovative products in the field of circular econ...

Passport for Work Zoom-in: soft skills to sustain employability

In his 1st zoom-in, P4W expert Ronald Lievens, explores why soft skills are a key part of the Passport4Work project. Especially in these times, with c...

Towards new cultural services: using service design to explore user perspectives

How can we understand the attitudes of different local stakeholders to culture and community? How can we design better instruments to enable connectio...

Ghent Knapt Op Journal 4: final updates and new beginnings for Ghent’s housing renovation project

After almost 4 years of intensive work and challenging times, Ghent Knapt Op came to a successful end in spring 2022. The project started in 2019 as a...

How project synergies bring new opportunities: the example of EPIU

Synergies between projects can generate a wide range of opportunities for municipalities. For example, the ability to share knowledge and best practic...

Welcome to the new home – An introduction to the new "home & care" building

The GSIP Project Journal 4: How has an innovative idea enriched the local jobs and skills discourse

This is the fourth (and final) Journal of the EU (Urban Innovative Actions - UIA) funded GSIP (Growth and Social Investments Pacts) Project, one of th...

The development of the new home concept in the UIA project combining housing with work and childcare

CLAIRO confirms that sensor networks open new fields in air quality monitoring

Research results indicate that low-cost air quality sensors offer an attractive alternative to conventional monitoring instruments, as they can be rob...

The use of impact evaluation in local jobs and skills initiatives – The paradigm of the Vantaa GSIP Project

This is the third Zoom-in of the EU (Urban Innovative Actions - UIA) funded GSIP (Growth and Social Investments Pacts) Project, one of the main instru...

Municipalities as drivers of change in the regeneration of urban labour markets – The paradigm of the GSIP Project “Updating skills for employees” model

This is the second Zoom-in of the EU (Urban Innovative Actions - UIA) funded GSIP (Growth and Social Investments Pacts) Project, one of the main instr...

“Ghent knapt op”: An end and a new beginning!

Ghent knap Op celebrates the end of a successful innovative project on upgrading and renovating homes of vulnerable citizens 'captive owners'. Althoug...

Management and monitoring models of local jobs and skills initiatives – Lessons from the Vantaa GSIP Project

UBBU: a platform for learning coding skills in primary schools turns out to be an entrepreneurial success story

Aveiro Steam City provides an intense training program for primary schools, which aims to enable children to all the basic skills necessary for progra...

Planning a new cultural venue, Part 2: Connecting to Újbuda’s existing institutional tissue

How to conceive a new cultural institution in an area already known for its strong cultural scene? How can a new venue integrate into an existing inst...

Planning a new cultural venue, Part 1: Exploring the needs of Újbuda’s cultural ecosystem

How to plan a new cultural venue in a district already rich in cultural life? How can a new cultural institution help to connect existing spaces and o...

Last UIA Antwerp Circular South Journal: Circularity as a new framework for cities

This last journal of the UIA Antwerp Circular South project accounts for the evolution of the project after UIA funding was stopped. It details the di...

UPPER JOBS: innovative skills for employment and social inclusion

The selection of participants in the second edition of UPPER JOBS has been completed. The participants selected by the Labirinto Social Cooperative ha...

City safari and Map of opportunities – testing new co-creation forms in Breda

Breda is on the way to re-open its first pilot section of the broader river Mark projects, in which the city will bring back the old river Mark in the...

AVEIRO STEAM CITY Closure Event: a legacy to inherit through a new governance pact

It’s time to draw the strings of a long journey that has brought important innovations to the city of Aveiro: Aveiro Steam City (ASC) project is comin...

Going digital - UIA projects creating new jobs and skills opportunities

Through their experimentations, UIA digital projects are reflecting on how cities could collect, monitor, exchange and take advantage of data and how ...

How can UIA cities inspire others to promote jobs and skills for Just Transitions?

UIA is conducting a two-year knowledge development activity focused on Just Transitions, contribution UIA cities are making towards this goal. This ar...

Co-designing a new day-shelter to improve access to low-threshold care in Seraing’s central neighbourhoods

In Seraing, two shelters welcome people experiencing homelessness or great discomfort associated with instable and precarious conditions of life. The ...

How could independent Research Organizations contribute to the development of local jobs and skills agendas? Lessons from the Vantaa GSIP Project

This is the web-article No. 7 of the GSIP (Growth and Social Investments Pacts) Project, an initiative of the City of Vantaa (FI) to develop an innova...

The contribution of municipal companies to local jobs and skills agendas - Lessons from the Vantaa GSIP Project

This is the web-article No. 8 of the GSIP (Growth and Social Investments Pacts) Project, an initiative of the City of Vantaa (FI) to develop an innova...

Major milestone for P4W: national skills survey complete

In October 2020, Passport4Work started an ambitious national research endeavour: replicating the survey of the leading skills taxonomy O*NET in the Du...

Last UIA TAST'in FIVES Journal: Urban labs as a new way of creating and living the city

This last journal of the UIA TAST’in FIVES project accounts for the evolution of the project after UIA funding was stopped. It details the way it has ...

Three lessons that Cluj-Napoca, Aveiro and Eindhoven can learn from each other on future labour skills

The cross-fertilization action carried out by three UIA projects shares interesting elements contributing to the European debate on the skills needed ...

WESH: a perfect showcase for the new Public Services Lab

We have interviewed Mr Ivar Moberts, Business & Community Developer at Brightlands Smart Service Campus in Heerlen and partner of the We.Service.Heerl...

The “home and care” project from Landshut between first results and new challenges

The corona pandemic meant that the first contacts between the employees in the home and care project in Landshut / Germany and the UIA expert Prof. Dr...

“Communication and dissemination strategies of local jobs and skills agendas - Lessons from the Vantaa GSIP Project Communication Plan”

This is the web-article No. 6 of the GSIP (Growth and Social Investments Pacts) Project, an initiative of the City of Vantaa (FI) to develop an innova...

Recommendations for the establishment of a new housing cooperative to provide affordable housing in Mataró

OASIS Schoolyards Journal 2: Welcoming the newly transformed schoolyards

A day to remember: 18.2.21, Mataro has a new offspring – the tenant housing cooperative BlocCooperatiu!

On 18th of February 2021, the notary LOPEZ & ALBIOL formally approved Mataro’s new tenants housing cooperative ‘BlocCooperatiu’. Dedicated residents o...

Skills development as opportunity for local growth: a new approach with Culturepreneurs in Cluj-Napoca

The kick-off of the entrepreneurial educational programme of Cluj Future of Work paves the way to the promotion of a collaborative approach towards th...

Making the most of solar energy in the new residential area of Antwerp Circular South (3rd Zoom-In)

This Zoom-In presents the different features of the solar energy system in Antwerp Circular South as well as the challenges it has faced due to the cu...

Creating new social and economic value: Restoring the urban ecosystem

This article is the first to review Baia Mare and the SPIRE project (Smart Post-Industrial Regenerative Ecosystem), financed under the 4th call of the...

BRICK-BEACH: A new impetus for the project, but will be it enough?

In this 5th Journal, Miguel Lucena will guide you through the most relevant news of the last 6 months for BRICK-BEACH project. With the approval of th...

Coding skills for non-geeks only! A smart strategy to train human resources and retain talents in the Aveiro Region - Zoom-in

Aveiro Tech City Bootcamp is an intensive training program, dedicated to unemployed, students or employed professionals looking for new career opportu...

How Universities participate in the development of local jobs and skills agendas? Lessons from the Vantaa GSIP Project

The evolving links between the university and the local government are becoming a major focus of European regional policies in specific areas, as the ...

Passport4Work: Towards a common understanding of skills

Passport4Work update: abstract skills in layman's terms

As described in the previous web article, P4W is developing tools for skills assessment, eLearnings and job matching....

Earth Cycle Journal 2: New challenges and new perspectives

UIA Expert Youssef Diab presents “the major recent evolution of the project, regarding the new implementation site and the business model (partnership...

How may policy discourse influence local jobs and skills agendas? The case of the Vantaa GSIP Project

Transnational and comparative social policy research shows that integrating individuals with complex social problems (such as low qualifications, outd...

The City of Ventspils approves a new FDI strategy within the context of the NextGen Microcities project

Ventspils just produced a strategy paper, highlighting its new Foreign Direct Investment strategy, and this article presents it in the context of FDIs...

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 ...

Aveiro Steam City Journal: a new technological revolution in the city

Lucia Scopelliti, UIA Experts for the Aveiro STEAM city project, in this first edition of the Journal analyses how the project represents a huge chanc...

NextGen Microcities opens DARE, the makerspace for creative ideas and new opportunities

DARE was opened in Valmiera, right before the Covid-19 crisis....

A Circular Europe with EU cities: new EU action plan and UIA bold approaches

The new circular economy action plan put the cities at the core of EU’s intentions. UIA projects tackle the challenge of circular waste with innovativ...

A2U Food Journal 3: New lessons learnt

UIA Expert Christina Marouli reports that “this third period constituted a continuation of the first year, with the primary focus being on implementat...

Introducing 3 new projects on Inclusion of Migrants and Refugees

When the UIA Initiative was officially launched in 2015, the media headlines all over Europe were reporting dramatic stories of tens of thousands of r...

Co-City leads the way towards new urban commons approaches

The city of Turin, thanks to the Co-City project, is now considered one of the most advanced experiment in Europe for the creation of new forms of man...

Beauty in Poor Places - a blog on two Jobs & Skills projects

“Why shouldn’t poor neighbourhoods have beautiful things?” Mauro-Gil Fournier asked me this a few weeks ago in Madrid. We were standing in a gleaming...

AS-FABRIK Expert Journal 3: Working on increasing the competitiveness of industry and developing new knowledge-intensive business services

UIA Expert Willem Van Winden provides an update on how the project is evolving....

Vilawatt Journal 3: New insights on the progress of the project

Stay up-to-date with the latest achievements of Viladecans...

The Open Badge, an innovative tool to enhance individual skills

In this Zoom-in, Miguel Sousa, UIA Expert for the OpenAgri presents an innovative instrument developed in the framework of the project: The Open Badge...

URBAN SOIL 4 FOOD Journal 2: The new urban gardens are blooming

Maribor is ready to open up for the next stage of the project! ...

APPLAUSE Zoom-In 1: Setting up a new circular approach to IAPS management in cities

In her first Zoom-in, UIA Expert Jorgina Cuixart presents Invasive Alien Plant Species (IAPS) and their impact on cities. ...

APPLAUSE Journal 2: A new system to tackle Invasive Alien Plant Species

Ljubljana has been progressing in the development of its circular model for IAPS management. ...

The OpenAgri Project Journal N°6

The City government of Milan decided to set up an urban coalition with a series of partners (Universities, companies, associations) in order to apply ...

OpenAgri Journal 5: get an update of Milan's project

The last year of OpenAgri wasn’t an easy one. After more than three years, the project is coming to an end, and it is time to celebrate its results an...

Promised land, the future of urban consumption - takeaways

The Municipality of Milan organised in June a two day event to discuss the future skills, new technologies, narratives and policies with which cities ...

OpenAgri Participative Urban Metabolism- ZOOM IN 3

In this last Zoom-in of Open-Agri, UIA Expert Miguel Sousa reflects on how the project has embedded an urban metabolism approach, with the aim of ensu...

OpenAgri Journal 4: synergies and integration of the project into the broader Milan Circular city strategy

In the fourth edition of OpenAgri Journal, the UIA Expert Miguel Sousa, presents the synergies and integration of the project into the broader Milan C...

UIA projects contributing to inclusive and smart growth: Report reflecting experiences and first lessons now available

Read the final report with conclusions from the jobs and skills in the local economy capitalisation activities...

OpenAgri Journal 1: Hear from the project’s UIA Expert how it is implementing its bold solution

Get to know better what Milan is doing in this UIA Expert journal!...

Implementing the Open-Agri project in Milan: get an update on the activities carried out in the second UIA expert journal

UIA Expert Miguel Sousa has been collecting the knowledge stemming from the implementation of the innovative solution proposed by the City of Milan fo...

OpenAgri Zoom-In: In-depth look at the Experimentation Lab in Urban Agriculture

In this first Zoom-In, the UIA Expert Miguel Sousa looked at one of the innovative aspects of the OpenAgri project in Milan, the Experimentation Labor...

Milan OpenAgri's 3rd project journal

In the third edition of the OpenAgri journal, the UIA expert Miguel Sousa, gives a complete overview of the latest development and challenges faced by...

Journal 4 - RE/SOURCED

Final Journal on the UIA RE/SOURCED Project...

RE/SOURCED - Journal 3

Our third RE/SOURCED Journal, covering Q1 2023 to Q1 2024...

A viable Energy Community at Transfo

Does circularity help to reduce carbon emissions?

This articles considers whether there is a link between circularity and carbon emissions. It also uses the RE/SOURCED project as an exemplar to show ...

Challenges adopting Circularity in Energy projects

RE/SOURCED aimed to construct a DC Smart Grid using circular principles at Transfo, a former coal fired power station site in Belgium. The original pr...

RE/SOURCED: Zoom-In 2

This video presents the second ZOOM-IN article for RE/SOURCED. It summarises the progress made by the project consortium in delivering the RE/Sourced...

RE/SOURCED - The Educational Perspective

RE/SOURCED is defined by a number of innovative but highly technical aspects of the project. This article presents a different perspective - the proj...

RE/SOURCED Journal 2

This article presents the second UIA Journal for Renewable Energy SOlutions for URban communities based on Circular Economy policies and DC backbones...

What are Energy Communities?

Energy Communities have had considerable press coverage recently and RE/SOURCED always had an Energy Community as one of the integral elements of its ...

Tenacity pays dividends for RE/SOURCED - ZOOM IN

This article sets out the regulatory challenges faced by the RE/SOURCED project team and the steps taken to overcome them. It highlights how regulatio...

What is the RE/SOURCED Smart Grid

This article describes the key elements of the RE/SOURCED Smart Grid...

RE/SOURCED Journal 1

UIA RE/SOURCED Journal - 1...

Passport for Work's Legacy: Journal 4

Passport for Work's fourth and final journal, reflecting on its legacy and its activities after the formal project period....

Passport for Work: first results of the impact study & invitation to final event

Passport for Work supports refugee integration into the labour market

Passport for Work’s scientific impact study kicks off

Passport4Work expands target group: focus groups with University students

Striving for an inclusive labour market instrument, Passport4Work organized 2 focus group sessions with University students to establish its utility b...

Passport4Work Journal 3

Passport4Work is nearing the product delivery phase. Learn more about the state of play of the project and its contributions to a skills-based economy...

Passport4Work launches employer prototype at HR Live

Passport4Work reached a major milestone in its project, by recently finishing the first prototype of the employer interface of the tool. This prototyp...

P4W Journal 2: A phase of intensive technical development and prototyping!

In his 2nd journal, UIA Expert Ronald Lievens reflects on the current state of affairs in the Passport4Work (P4W) project, its developments, and the d...

Passport4Work completes series of tests of first prototype (video)

In his 1st zoom-in, P4W expert Ronald Lievens, explores why soft skills are a key part of the Passport4Work project. Especially in these times, with c...

Passport4Work starts ambitious Dutch validation of US-based O*NET framework

Passport4Work has started a widespread, ambitious national study among Dutch employers, job seekers and intermediaries to contextualize and validate t...

Aveiro STEAM city: how the A of Arts contaminated applied sciences

AVEIRO STEAM CITY JOURNAL 4: GET THE FINAL UPDATE ABOUT THE AVEIRO’S PROJECT

This is the final journal of the project Aveiro Steam City (ASC); at the time of writing (October 2022) the project is officially closed and so it is ...

The AVEIRO STEAM CITY Project Journal n.3

“Aveiro STEAM city” (ASC) intends to boost the use of new technologies in the public space, together with the aim to make these technologies accessibl...

CULTURAL HERITAGE AS A LEVERAGE FOR URBAN REGENERATION: ATLAS BUILDING IN AVEIRO, A TECH HUB

ATLAS, a hub for Tech city: there is a trait d'union particularly important among UIA projects: together with actions, projects and services, the prog...

AVEIRO TECH WEEK from the voices of the ASC partners

From October 11th to 17th 2021, Aveiro Tech Week (ATW) took place in Aveiro, Candidate City for European Capital of Culture, reaching its 3th edition ...

Zoom-In Aveiro Tech Labs: YOUNG MAKERS IN SCHOOLS!

Tech Labs in a nutshell One of the challenging objectives of the Aveiro STEAM CITY (ASC) project is the development of a STEAM learning context (sc...

LEVERAGING INNOVATIVE APPROACHES FOR CULTURAL POLICIES: ART TECH INITIATIVES IN AVEIRO STEAM CITY AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON AVEIRO EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2027 CANDIDACY

It is widely recognized that cultural policies represent levers of urban economic development of cities, as well as producing significant social impac...

ASC FROM THE VOICES OF THE USERS: interviews with teachers, startuppers, citizens in need for reskilling, young aspiring entrepreneurs in the field of art and creativity

Aveiro Steam city (ASC) is a complex and fascinating project because it combines the provision of infrastructural actions and services; if - on the on...

Aveiro STEAM City Journal 2: get to know the project latest achievements

Rethink your monitoring and evaluation practices

You want to capture the change that your project is bringing at local level? The new monitoring and evaluation platform is now online: browse through ...

AVEIRO’S LABOUR OBSERVATORY: THE POST-GENERATIONAL WORKFORCE LOOKS BEYOND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

IoT’S POTENTIAL: AVEIRO'S DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREAS OF MOBILITY, ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY

Many municipalities all over the world turn to the Internet of Things (IoT) in order to prevent environmental deterioration, mitigate traffic congesti...

AVEIRO STEAM CITY LIVING LAB, THE CITY-AS-A-PLATFORM

A couple of years ago the Guardian declared the need for cities to become active as Living Labs, as places where designers, scientists, companies and ...

THE SECOND WAVE OF SMART CITIES: learning from the experience of a “SMART CITIES LIGHTHOUSE” PROJECT through a study visit in Milan

“The overall evidence suggests that we do not lack technologies, nor the data captured by technologies, but that the bigger challenge lies in governan...

The Legacy of CURANT

The Legacy of CURANT is a short video documentary telling the story of what is left of the project after its end. Through a series of interviews to me...

CURANT Expert Journal: Get an update on what has been happening in the last 6 months

In his 5th journal of CURANT, UIA expert Fabio Sgaragli discusses about the legacy of the project and the concrete things that stay behind - for the ...

CURANT Journal 1: Hear from the project’s UIA Expert how it is implementing its bold solution

Get to know better what Antwerp is doing in this UIA Expert journal!...

Read CURANT's 3rd project journal!

With 39 duos of young refugees and local buddies already cohabitating, the delivery of the new modular housing units and a wide range of active inclus...

CURANT Zoom-in 2: Theory of Change

UIA Expert Fabio Sgaragli dives into the details!...

Implementing the CURANT project in Antwerp: Get an update in the second UIA journal on the activities carried out

UIA Expert Fabio Sgaragli has been collecting the knowledge stemming from the implementation of the innovative solution proposed by the City of Antwer...

CURANT Expert Journal: holistic approach to integration and evaluation mechanisms

In his 4th journal of CURANT, UIA expert Fabio Sgaragli discusses the significance of a holistic approach to integration and the potential contributio...

The VILAWATT currency

The Vilawatt currency, which is born from the European project of energy transition Vilawatt, is not a currency in itself isolated from the project, b...

Final Journal UIA VILAWATT project

The VILAWATT project was implemented to secure a stable energy transition process through the setting of an innovative governance structure (local pub...

Implementing the VILAWATT project in Viladecans: the use of gamification to communicate on complex energy projects

UIA Expert Lucia Fuselli has been collecting the knowledge stemming from the implementation of the innovative solution proposed by the City of Viladec...

VILAWATT Journal 1: Hear from the project’s UIA Expert how it is implementing its bold solution

Get to know better what Viladecans is doing on the topic energy transition in this UIA Expert journal....

Vilawatt Zoom-In: Exploring the project’s communication and stakeholders engagement strategies

UIA Expert Lucia Fuselli has developed a PPT slide show to discuss how the Vilawatt project in Viladecans has approached communication, stakeholder pa...

An update on the implementation of the Public Private Citizen Partnership and on the virtual currency

Vilawatt is currently considered to be a Spanish example in social innovation and community energy, at a time when energy poverty and energy access ar...

5Bridges - Final Journal

Here is the Final Journal of 5Bridges project led by the City of Nantes. Enjoy reading the project experience and finding inspiration by adopting, imp...

5Bridges Expert Journal 3: Get to know what happened in the last 6 months!

In his 3rd Journal, Freek Spinnewijn summarizes the activities that took place in the last months in the 5Bridges project....

5Bridges Journal 1: Hear from the project’s UIA Expert how it is implementing its bold solution

Get to know better what Nantes is doing on the topic urban poverty in this UIA Expert journal....

5Bridges Expert Journal: Desiging the social restaurant and the urban farm

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 op...

5Bridges project and the French national Housing First strategy

This zoom-in explores the potential of a strong link being established between the 5Bridges project and the recent national Housing First strategy lau...

CORE Zoom-In: Video provides testimonies on Peer Mentoring Course

UIA Expert Christoph Reinprecht and the CORE team produce a video on a key part of the project’s empowerment work stream. ...

CoRE Journal 1: Hear from the project’s UIA Expert how it is implementing its bold solution

Get to know better what Vienna is doing on the integration of migrants and refugees in this UIA Expert journal. ...

CoRE project and the role of volunteering

In his third journal, UIA Expert Christoph Reinprecht guides us through the role and relevance of voluntary activity both from the angle of refugee (s...

Integration from day-one to fight de-qualification: an analysis of the CORE project

UIA Expert Christoph Reinprecht has been collecting the knowledge stemming from the implementation of the innovative solution proposed by the City of ...

MAC (Monterusciello Agro City): A courageous, creative, concrete and inclusive project.

This latest Journal of the MAC Project is a critical narrative of a project that encountered many complicated moments to deal with during its implemen...

MAC Zoom-In: Video looks at creation of the Agro Urban Centre

UIA Expert Pietro Elisei highlights in this video the steps being taken to bring new opportunities to the Monterusciello neighbourhood...

MAC Project ZOOM-in 3: The protagonists pass on the acquired knowledge

There are several elements of innovation within the urban regeneration path activated by the MAC project in Pozzuoli. ...

Pozzuoli journal: what impacts on the local community?

The current issue of the Journal focuses on the design and implementation path that has characterized the last 12 months, underlining the positive imp...

Discover MAC Journal#4

In this edition of MAC Journal, UIA Experts Pietro Elisei presents the implementation challenges and developments faced by the project. ...

MAC Journal 1: Hear from the project’s UIA Expert how it is implementing its bold solution

Get to know better what Pozzuoli is doing on urban poverty in this UIA Expert journal. ...

Implementing the MAC project in Pozzuoli: Find out in the second UIA Expert Journal what activities have been carried out

UIA Expert Pietro Elisei has been collecting the knowledge stemming from the implementation of the innovative solution proposed by the City of Pozzuol...

The MAC Project Journal 3: The progress so far

Get the latest news about Pozzuoli’s project!...

About urban poverty and urban agriculture

The UIA Expert Pietro Elisei, in the second zoom-in for the MAC project, focuses his lens on the project process and on design pillars. ...

The AS-FABRIK project Journal n 6 Project led by the city of Bilbao

One year after the UIA funding ended, the AS-Fabrik project is standing on its own feet. In his 6th and final journal, the UIA Expert Willem van Winde...

AS-Fabrik Zoom-In: Interview provides insight into transformation of local economy

UIA Expert Willem van Winden interviews Eduardo Castellano one the architects of a highly innovative approach towards industrial modernisation. ...

Zoom-in: An innovation hub for the city of Bilbao

In his 3rd Zoom-in, AS-FABRIK expert Willem van Winden, guides through the innovation hub in the city of Bilbao. Bilbao is now constructing the AS-FAB...

AS-FABRIK Expert Journal 5: Get to know what happened in the last 6 months!

In his 5th Journal, Willem van Winden summarizes the activities that took place in the last months in the AS-FABRIK project. Most importantly, Willem ...

AS-FABRIK Journal 1: Hear from the project’s UIA Expert how it is implementing its bold solution

Get to know better what Bilbao is doing on jobs and skills in the local economy in this UIA Expert journal....

AS-FABRIK Expert Journal 4: Get to know what happened in the last 6 months!

In his fourth Journal, Willem van Winden discusses all key activities that you need to know about AS-FABRIK. Most importantly, Willem shares his thoug...

Implementing the AS-FABRIK project in Bilbao: Get an update on the activities carried out in the second UIA Expert journal

UIA Expert Willem Van Winden has been collecting the knowledge stemming from the implementation of the innovative solution proposed by the City of Bil...

Co-creation and collaboration processes within AS-FABRIK project

This Zoom-in deals with the issue of co-creation in Bilbao, in the framework of AS-FABRIK project, wherein a physical location that will become the be...

SALUS Journal 1: Hear from the project’s UIA Expert how it is implementing its bold solution

Get to know better what Bologna is doing on the topic integration of migrants and refugees in this UIA Expert journal....

FED Journal 6: A view on the functioning FED system

UIA Expert Zeno Winkels provides insights on the legacy of the FED project one year after its successful end. As he mentions: “The main legacy of the ...

FED Journal 5: End of the project

UIA Expert Zeno Winkels describes how “at the Chalmers campus in Gothenburg, the 6500 kW steam boiler was installed, as well as the more novel PCM (Ph...

Market design for local energy systems of the future

On the last day of October 2019, the Fossil-free Energy Districts (FED) project will be completed. The collaboration has, during three years, designed...

FED Journal 1: Hear from the project’s UIA Expert how it is implementing its bold solution

Get to know better what Gothenburg is doing on the topic energy transition in this UIA Expert journal....

Implementing the FED project in Gothenburg: Get an update on the activities carried out in the second UIA Expert journal

UIA Expert Zeno Winkels has been collecting the knowledge stemming from the implementation of the innovative solution proposed by the City of Gothenbu...

FED Journal 3: Tackling silo-thinking

Check out how Gothenburg is implementing effective cross departmental working....

FED Zoom-In: Video sheds light on the project

The UIA Expert Zeno Winkels has produced a video to discuss what UIA is and explain the main elements of this Energy transition project....

FED Journal 4: The FED system becomes operational

Gothenburg is heading towards a successful closure. ...

MARES Journal 6: get an update about Madrid project

UIA Expert Alessandro Coppola drives us through the knowledge stemming from the implementation of the innovative solution proposed by the City of Madr...

Implementing the MARES de MADRID project: Get an update in the 5th UIA journal

UIA Expert Alessandro Coppola drives us through the knowledge stemming from the implementation of the innovative solution proposed by the City of Madr...

MARES de Madrid Journal 1: Hear from the project’s UIA Expert how it is implementing its bold solution

Get to know better what Madrid is doing on the jobs and skills topic in this UIA Expert journal. ...

Implementing the MARES de MADRID project: Get an update in the second UIA journal

UIA Expert Alessandro Coppola has been collecting the knowledge stemming from the implementation of the innovative solution proposed by the City of Ma...

MARES de Madrid Zoom-In: Learn how the city supports the emerging social economy sector

UIA Expert Alessandro Coppola provides an in-depth look at how the implementation is changing the local economy. ...

Implementing the MARES de MADRID project: Get an update in the 4th UIA journal

UIA Expert Alessandro Coppola drives us through the knowledge stemming from the implementation of the innovative solution proposed by the City of Mad...

MARES's 3rd project journal

In his 3rd Journal of the MARES project, UIA Expert Alessandro Coppola takes his readers in a journey of how Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) works...

CoRDEES Journal 1: Hear from the project’s UIA Expert how it is implementing its bold solution

Get to know better what Paris is doing on energy transition in this UIA Expert journal. ...

Implementing the CoRDEES project in Paris: Get an update on the activities carried out in the second UIA Expert journal

UIA Expert Juan de las Cuevas has been collecting the knowledge stemming from the implementation of the innovative solution proposed by the City of Pa...

CORDEES Journal 3: Update on the project progress

Get the latest news about Paris’ innovative action...

CoRDEES Zoom-In: Video sheds light on the project

UIA Expert Juan Ramon de las Cuevas and the CoRDEES team have produced a video to explain the main elements of this Energy transition project. ...

BRIDGE Expert Journal: lessons left behind for other cities

In his 5th journal of BRIDGE, UIA expert Eddy Adams looks into the lessons generated by the project – the ones that are left behind for other cities. ...

BRIDGE Expert Journal 6: Get an update on what has been happening in the last 6 months

In his 6th journal of BRIDGE, UIA expert Eddy Adams looks into the lessons generated by the project – the ones that are left behind for other cities. ...

A Word Amongst Friends

The pandemic and its aftermath have major consequences for international work. City authorities, and those working with them, need to adapt and develo...

UIA cities Rotterdam and Madrid exchanged ideas and experience

Rotterdam and Madrid are developing innovative jobs and skills solutions through Urban Innovative Actions. Both address the challenge of raising skill...

BRIDGE Expert Journal: Get an update on what has been happening in the last 6 months

In his 4th journal of BRIDGE, UIA expert Eddy Adams looks into the future legacy of the project. To name but a few, the high-level Work Learning Agree...

Rotterdam Journal 1: Hear from the project’s UIA Expert how it is implementing its bold solution

Get to know better what Rotterdam is doing on jobs and skills in this UIA Expert journal. ...

Implementing the BRIDGE project in Rotterdam: Get an update in the second UIA journal on what is happening on the ground

UIA Expert Eddy Adams has been collecting the knowledge stemming from the implementation of the innovative solution proposed by the City of Rotterdam ...

BRIDGE Zoom-In: Video reflects conflict between school culture vs. street culture

UIA Expert Eddy Adams highlights in this video animation the main elements of the BRIDGE project set in Rotterdam-South. ...

BRIDGE Expert Journal: Get an update on what has been happening in the last 6 months

Read about the progress with a specific focus on monitoring and evaluation...

U-RLP Journal 6: One year later

UIA Expert Daniel de Torres reflects on main takeaways from the project one year after its closure: “Thanks to the lessons learned, the project's appr...

U-RLP Zoom-in 3: A look at Plan Einstein through the intercultural lens

This third and final zoom-in on the Plan Einstein project aims to provide a view of the project from the perspective of the intercultural approach. Al...

U-RLP Journal 5: The project comes to an end

UIA Expert Daniel de Torres explains how “The final months of the project have focused on completing the actions and outputs foreseen in the work plan...

U-RLP Journal 1: Hear from the project’s UIA Expert how it is implementing its bold solution

Get to know better what Utrecht is doing on the integration of migrants and refugees in this UIA Expert journal....

Implementing the U-RLP project in Utrecht: get an update on the activities carried out in the second UIA expert journal

UIA Expert Dani de Torres has been collecting the knowledge stemming from the implementation of the innovative solution proposed by the City of Utrech...

U-RLP Zoom-In: Video looks at creation of the coffee of the world

UIA Expert Daniel de Torres highlights in this video the steps taken to create the project’s coffee of the world....

Read U-RLP's 3rd project journal!

The decision of the Dutch national agency for reception of asylum seekers (COA) to anticipate the closure of Plan Einstein and the transfer of asylum ...

U-RLP Journal 4 and the challenge of creating meeting spaces for residents and neighbours

UIA Expert Daniel de Torres shares the latest insights....

U-RLP Zoom-in 2: Plan Einstein’s Narrative

Is the Plan Einstein (U-RLP) project contributing to the creation of a new narrative on the reception of refugees?...

From URBACT to UIA: the second article focusing on Rotterdam now available

After the testimoy of Turin, read the story from the city of Rotterdam, one of the three urban authorities that have built upon their experiences in U...

BRICK-BEACH: a missed opportunity ? Zoom-in 3

The BRICK-BEACH project is in a delicate situation due to problems related to the delay in obtaining the pertinent administrative authorizations and t...

Zoom-in video on BRICK-BEACH project

Construction and demolition waste is always seen as one of the main barriers for implementing a circular economy. Instead, in Velez-Malaga they saw it...

BRICK-BEACH journal - facing Covid 19 and other challenges

In this fourth Journal of BRICK-BEACH project, UIA Expert Miguel Lucena reports on the advancement of the project till March 2020. With the project at...

A circular economy project for the citizens, with the citizens: BRICK-BEACH engagement process - ZOOM IN 2

The first Zoom-in published in January 2019, was intended to give an overview of the BRICK-BEACH project and collect the opinion of the partners invol...

BRICK-BEACH Journal 3: overcoming some of the challenges related to its infrastructural activities

In the third Journal of BRICK-BEACH, UIA Expert Miguel Lucena shows how the project is currently overcoming some of the challenges related to its infr...

BRICK-BEACH UIA Expert Journal – tackling illegal dumps and recycling waste to recover its lost beach

UIA Expert, Miguel Lucena, gives a first look on how the project is being implemented ...

BRICK-BEACH Journal#2

This second Journal of BRICK-BEACH reports on the advancement of the project till March 2019 and focuses on the activities realised in different areas...

US4F Journal 6

The Urban Soil 4 Food (US4F) project reached its end, and this last Journal aims at reconstructing its journey and the impacts it has reached. The Cit...

US4F Journal 5: Successful and active urban community gardens

UIA Expert Daniela Patti reports on the period between February and November 2020 during which “all sorts of contests were carried out for the product...

US4F Journal 4: How cities should organise their food production and distribution systems

UIA Expert Daniela Patti explores Maribor’s experience with “what has happened to the urban gardens, mainly focusing on the possibilities of the futur...

US4F Zoom-in 2: How to setup a short food chain distribution platform?

UIA Expert Daniela Patti provides details how Maribor “wants to improve the local food distribution chain through the development of an online platfor...

US4F Journal 3: Community gardens are open!

UIA Expert Daniela Patti reports that “Urban Soil 4 Food has entered the operational phase! Just like the preparation of the soil for the planting, ju...

UrbanSoil4Food Zoom-in 1: Soil for our future!

UIA Expert Daniela Patti “explores the importance of soil and how the project is creating new one through urban organic and construction waste (excava...

Urban Soil 4 Food Journal 1: Read about the project’s initial progress

Get to know what Maribor is doing in the first UIA Expert journal!...

MILMA Final Journal !

MILMA (Migrants Labour Integration based on Acculturation) was a project funded by the EU, through the Urban Innovative Action (UIA) that promoted int...

MILMA UIA Expert Journal – creating an open and inclusive labour market

UIA Expert, Dario Mazella, gives a first look on how the project is being implemented ...

MILMA Zoom-in 1: The entrepreneurial approach

How entrepreneurship education helps to face challenges in regard to inclusion in the MILMA project....

MILMA's innovative approach towards improving integration of migrants - Journal 2

In his 2nd journal of the MILMA project, UIA expert Dario Mazzella highlights the progress of the MILMA Project in Fuenlabrada in the last month. It ...

Curing the Limbo #3 - Housing refugees: Homes from vacant apartments in Athens

Curing the Limbo, an initiative by the Athens Municipality, connects the issues of integration, housing, exchange economy and active citizenship in a ...

Curing the Limbo Journal #6: Legacies

Curing the Limbo was an Urban Innovative Actions-funded pilot to develop a trajectory for refugees to find their new home through education, employmen...

Curing the Limbo Journal #5: Adapting to Covid-19

Curing the Limbo is an Urban Innovative Actions-funded project to develop a trajectory for refugees to find their new home through education, employme...

Curing the Limbo Expert Journal: Get an update on what has been happening in the last 6 months

This journal accompanies Curing the Limbo in its past half year of progress. ...

Curing the Limbo Expert Journal: Get an update on what has been happening in the last 6 months

This Journal accompanies Curing the Limbo in its past half year of progress. By giving an account of the main activities and achievements of each proj...

Curing the Limbo UIA Expert Journal – Learn more about the first steps in integrating in an innovative way Athen’s refugee population

UIA Expert, Levente Polyak, gives a first look on how the project is being implemented ...

Curing the Limbo Zoom-in 1: From refugees to active citizens

Mapping the Victoria neighbourhood in Athens....

Curing the Limbo Expert Journal: Get an update on what has been happening in the last 6 months

This Journal accompanies Curing the Limbo in its past half year of progress. By giving an account of the main activities and achievements of each proj...

Create your collective energy in a MiFC platform

Search below for such wonders of the project, as; - how to become a common platform, with your own powers, - how to cement partnerships between all ...

The unexpected results and actions of EMPOWERED MIGRANTS CREATING, DEVELOPING AND EVOLVING : - positive evolutions of individuals, associations and local authorities - ZOOM IN 3

This final ZOOM-IN 3 concentrates on the unexpected results of the project, of which, there are many. They are surprising and show how strong individu...

MiFriendly Cities Journal 5: XXI century heroes – Social Enterprises and Social Innovations leading the way

In this Journal, UIA Expert Peter Wolkowinski shows “the incredible resilience of many of the MiFriendly Cities partners and participants"....

Coventry Journal 4: ‘Share My Language’ sessions

UIA Expert Peter Wolkowinski demonstrates “how, in normal circumstances the mixing of people coming from different countries and walks of life, can be...

Coventry Zoom-in 2: Changing Realities in the West Midlands

UIA Expert Peter Wolkowinski reveals how the project has developed its impact measurement. ...

Coventry Journal 3: Looking towards the future

UIA Expert Peter Wolkowinski shares that “MiFriendly Cities has been running for 18 months and to celebrate this interim juncture partners have been l...

MiFRIENDLY CITIES UIA Expert Journal – recognising the contribution of migrants and refugees to the wider community

UIA Expert, Peter Wolkowinski, gives a first look on how the project is being implemented ...

MiFRIENDLY CITIES Zoom-in 1: How an exemplary city/university partnership gives birth to a wellbeing FabLab

A bottom-up dominated adaptation to the needs of migrants and refugees in building a ‘Coventry for all’...

MiFriendly Cities Journal 2: Meeting, talking and confidence building

The essential elements of creating communities, innovation and social enterprises...

Antwerp Circular South Journal 5: Last Mile and Wrapping Up

“The Antwerp Circular South project is entering its final stage in strange times. As the rest of society, it has been affected by the current Covid-19...

Antwerp Circular South Journal 4: Well into the project, but far enough?

UIA Expert Marcelline Bonneau reveals that “some specific aspects are becoming more prominent now: showing the added value to both residents and owner...

Antwerp Circular South Zoom-In 2: “What if you could see how much energy you consume at home and that you could change it?”

UIA Expert Marcelline Bonneau reveals how “the Circular South Project started with their “nudging experiments” to test innovative ways of supporting c...

Antwerp Circular South Journal 3: Half-Way Through State Of The Art

In her latest Journal, UIA Expert Marcelline Bonneau reports that “almost everything is ready, and the experimentation can start. It is finally becomi...

The difficult transition for consumers towards more sustainable practices

Read the opinion of Marcelline Bonneau, UIA expert for the Antwerp Circular South project, on supporting sustainable consumption practices....

Antwerp Circular South Zoom-In: CIRCUIT in the focus

UIA Expert Marcelline Bonneau presents the first steps of CIRCUIT – the Circular South Community Centre. As she explains, “the Antwerp Circular South ...

Antwerp Circular South UIA Expert Journal – changing consumption behaviours for a more circular economy

UIA Expert, Marcelline Bonneau, gives a first look on how the project is being implemented ...

Antwerp Circular South Journal 2: Moving towards direct implementation

Antwerp Circular South has begun unfolding. ...

Journal 4 Earth Cycle

Industry is back to the city: Earth Cycle could be a model for urban sustainability! - Zoom in 2

“The workshop noises have disappeared, overalls too, replaced by white collars and screens and click workers”. Pierre Veltz, French territorial econo...

Journal 3 Earth Cycle

In this third journal, we will present a questioning about the replication and upscaling of the Earth Cycle model in the Parisian Region by placing it...

Earth Cycle Zoom-In 1: An urban developer for a circular economy based on ‘Georesource’

One of the key players of the project Earth Cycle is the urban developer as he is an end user and promotor of new technologies. ...

Earth Cycle Journal 1: Building blocks to re-localise economy

Policy context, objectives, current questions and future perspective of Sevran’s project....

UIA projects experimenting bold solutions for a Circular Economy – Part 1

As part of the 2nd Call for Proposals, the UIA initiative has supported eight projects under the Circular Economy topic. This article will tell you mo...

Implementing the USE-IT project in Birmingham: Find out in the second UIA Expert Journal what activities have been carried out

UIA Expert Nils Scheffler has been collecting the knowledge stemming from the implementation of the innovative solution proposed by the City of Birmin...

USE-IT! Zoom-In: Creation of social enterprises

In this first Zoom-In, the UIA Expert Nils Scheffler looked at one key element of the USE-IT! Project: the creation of a community of social enterpris...

UIA Call 3: Read our Topic Coordinators findings from the proposals submitted

Four papers give insight into the main trends in the proposals submitted under Call 3....

Urban forests for cleaner air - The final journal of the CLAIRO project

In Ostrava, Czech Republic, as part of the CLAIRO project, two plots of land were afforested in the city's most polluted neighbourhood to improve air ...

The CLAIRO approach to be rolled out across Europe

The CLAIRO project of the City of Ostrava has been promoting the use of greenery for local air quality improvements. It was a pioneering initiative in...

CLAIRO pilots novel solutions to improve plant health

When the goal is to capture air pollutants with newly planted urban vegetation at an industrial site exposed to various pollutant types, then proper g...

CLAIRO Zoom-in 3: Modelling air pollution removal by urban greenery in Ostrava

Outdoor air pollution is a major environmental health problem affecting almost everybody in the globe, as around 99% of the world's population live in...

Urban green spaces are needed for public health

The CLAIRO project demonstrates the positive impact of urban greenery on air quality. Apart from reducing air pollution, urban vegetation provides a r...

CLAIRO International Conference: Building human-centric cities through promoting greening and active mobility

People-friendly cities can be developed by careful and smart planning of urban mobility, by combining hard surfaces with vegetation and water, or by a...

The CLAIRO Project Journal N°3

In the past 12 months CLAIRO project has entered its final phase with key project outputs starting to materialize. This third edition of CLAIRO Journa...

Cookbooks were published by CLAIRO for cities on using vegetation to improve air quality

CLAIRO aspires to develop, test and disseminate a unique methodology for using greenery to improve locally urban air quality. With a view to summarize...

CLAIRO study on behavioural changes: Mass planting for clean air is more popular than other air quality related measures

The general attitude towards air quality and urban greening is significantly influenced by age, level of education and gender. This was one of the key...

CLAIRO Zoom-in 2: Plant hormones help planted trees withstand unfavourable environmental conditions in Ostrava

Urban greenery can be used for filtering air pollutants in an industrial area only as long as trees can survive or remain healthy for a longer time. I...

CLAIRO National Conference: A system of green spaces contributes to a sustainable and healthy city

Green spaces in a city are particularly relevant in stormwater management, as they help absorb water decreasing runoff rates. During heavy downpours b...

Designing greenery for pollutant capture under CLAIRO

According to a recently published international survey of the European Commission, Ostrava is one of those cities in Europe that have the most visible...

The CLAIRO Project Journal N°2

This is the second Journal of Tamas Kallay on the CLAIRO project covering an implementation period during which Ostrava was setting the scene for the ...

CLAIRO Zoom-in 1: A modular sensor network to quantify air pollutant capture by greenery

The first Zoom-in of the CLAIRO project explores how a low-cost, flexible sensor network with a high modularity supports the modelling of the future c...

CLAIRO public opinion surveys: Results reveal concerns about air quality and openness towards urban greening in Ostrava agglomeration

The majority of the people in the Ostrava agglomeration are interested in air quality and consider the topic to be highly relevant. At the same time, ...

CLAIRO Journal 1: Key activities and interim results

UIA Expert Tamas Kallay provides a first glimpse of the project’s challenges, lessons learnt and successes. ...

OASIS takes off! - Final Journal

In spring 2023, the OASIS Schoolyard project concluded with its UIA pilot phase of transforming and evaluating the performance of 10 schoolyards. Toda...

How does it feel to be the Director of an OASIS School?

Four School Directors share their experiences of being in charge of a not-so-mainstream schoolyard that introduces a new role of this outdoor space in...

Tips n’ Tricks for a Green and Playful Schoolyard! Join us at the upcoming webinar and learn about the OASIS recommendations.

The City of Paris, in collaboration with the CAUE75 - the consortium partner responsible for the design of the schoolyards’ transformation, has compil...

From co-design to co-implementation of the OASIS Schoolyards

Leveraging on the experience gained by transforming other OASIS Schoolyards this past year, the OASIS partnership decided to explore a different parti...

The OASIS journey: From the co-design process to the final transformation of schoolyards

In her first Zoom-in, Maria Sitzoglou, UIA Expert for the OASIS Schoolyards project, presents the project journey from the co-design phase until the a...

Aiming for Healthier Neighborhoods in your city? The OASIS approach is probably what you have been looking for!

The vision for healthy and cohesive neighborhoods lies at the heart of the OASIS Schoolyards project. As 9 out of 10 schoolyards are now transformed, ...

Back-to-School(yard)! How the OASIS Schoolyards offer a solution to the global dilemma for re-opening schools.

OASIS Expert Journal 1: Get to know the project and what happened in the first 6 months!

In her 1st Journal, Maria Sitzoglou, UIA expert of the OASIS project, discusses all key activities that you need to know about it, what the project is...

Paris is creating an OASIS in the heart of its neighborhoods and why more cities should follow.

UIA Expert Journal – Progress continues on linking capital investments in deprived neighbourhoods with local communities

Third journal tells us how this complex project is being delivered and how it’s facing its challenges...

Journal 4: Home Silk Road - A Final Look Back

This final journal looks back at the successes and failures of the Home Silk Road project and shares some lessons for other Urban Authorities. ...

Journal 3: Home Silk Road - 1 Year On

Home Silk Road's implementation officially ended in October 2002. However, the project did not suddenly stop. Ending the temporary occupation has been...

The End of the Home Silk Road

At the end of October 2O22, the Home Silk Road project officially came to an end. Six months later, this article looks back at the project’s achieveme...

Meet CCO Villeurbanne: A Laboratory for Cultural and Social Innovation

An interview with Harout Mekhsian, Director, CCO Villeurbanne. ...

Promoting the Social and Solidarity Economy in the Home Silk Road Project

An interview with Mathieu Fortin, Social and Solidarity Economy & Entrepreneurship Officer at the City of Villeurbanne. ...

Zoom in 3: The Situation of Homeless Families in the Home Silk Road project

This Zoom-In digs into the inclusion dimension of the Home Silk Road by exploring the current situation of the homeless families who are being accommo...

Temporary Urban Planning to Address Homelessness Gains Ground in Villeurbanne, Grand Lyon

This article shows how the Home Silk Road project is part of a bigger strategy to use temporary urban planning and architecture to provide solutions t...

Cooking up an Inclusive City!

Article on the opening of BaklAAVA restaurant/caterers on the Home Silk Road site...

Innovating in the time of COVID19

A look back at the impact of COVID19 on Home Silk Road ...

Point de CHU…T: Rap, Slam & the City for All!

Point de CHU...T is a rap and slam project developed at the initiative of young people living in emergency shelter on the site of the Home Silk Road U...

Home Silk Road Journal 2: Get an update about Lyon's project

This journal describes implementation challenges in the second phase of the Home Silk Road project. This project is testing an innovative housing solu...

Cities engaging in the right to housing

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

Home Silk Road and Housing First in the Metropole of Lyon

This Zoom-In takes a close look at how the Home Silk Road UIA Project fits into the broader Housing First strategy of the Metropole of Lyon. Housing F...

Journal 1: Putting vulnerable people at the heart of the city

UIA Expert Ruth Owen presents Lyon’s initial challenges, the most relevant of which is “the participative approach for co-implementation. Using cultu...

ZOOM IN 3 - EdTech galleries and the future of education

In this third Zoom In of the NextGen Microcities project, the UIA expert Fabio Sgaragli interviews the key people behind the development of the new Sc...

ZOOM IN 2 - The 7 challenges of implementing innovation in cities

In this second Zoom In of the NextGen Microcities project, the UIA expert Fabio Sgaragli interviews Laura Codere, Project Manager of the project. This...

Ventspils, Valmiera and the quest to attract foreign investments in European Microcities

In this article we look at results on the project’s line of activity concerning Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) attraction in Ventspils and Valmiera...

Future of work and future of education: STEM, EdTech and the case of the NextGen Microcities project

Latvia is still affected by a structural deficit of STEM professionals in the job market. The challenge to leapfrog the country into a digital transfo...

Journal N. 3 - NextGen Microcities

NextGen Microcities has formally ended as an UIA funded experimentation after three years of hard work. For one more year, partners are committed to k...

NextGen Microcities ends, but it is just the beginning

After three years of hard work, after the summer the team started to wrap up final activities, and organized the grand finale event in Ventspils on 13...

NextGen Microcities boosts career development guidance

There is much that can be done to support employability, and public administrations can play an important role in that. They can do so not just by des...

Prototyping innovation: enabling the future one step at a time

Digital and physical are blending through a transformation of atoms in pixels and vice versa. Cities can play a role in enabling this transformation f...

NextGen Microcities Journal 2: get an update about Ventspils and Valmiera project

NextGen Microcities tests innovative approaches to match the demand for ICT talents in the job market

In this article, we focus on project’s activities that have the ambition to demonstrate what can be done to facilitate the match with the growing dema...

Ventspils and Valmiera pilot innovative EdTech solutions to prepare young people for the future of work

As this article is being published, four NextGen partners are launching new initiatives where technology becomes a tool for educating younger generati...

NextGen Microcities Zoom-in 1: Facing COVID-19

In the below video, UIA Expert Fabio Sgaragli shows how some of the key stakeholders from Ventspils and Valmiera managed to carry out project activiti...

NextGen Microcities Journal 1: First steps for Ventspils and Valmiera

UIA Expert Fabio Sgaragli reveals how “the ambition of the NextGen Microcities project is to develop a blueprint model for enhancing both the demand a...

The GSIP Project story during 2021 - Journal 3

This is the third Journal of the EU (Urban Innovative Actions - UIA) funded GSIP (Growth and Social Investments Pacts) Project, one of the main instru...

How did the Vantaa GSIP Project achieve to develop active employment programmes with strong social impact? The GSIP 1 model case study

This is the web-article No. 4 of the GSIP (Growth and Social Investments Pacts) Project, an initiative of the City of Vantaa (FI) to develop active em...

GSIP Journal 2: get an update on Vantaa's project

Despite the strong challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and their effect on the broader Vantaa economy and social fabric, the GSIP Project continues it...

How could European cities promote a solid active inclusion model – Zoom-in 1

In his 1st Zoom-In, GSIP expert Gabriel Amitsis, focuses on a rather neglected issue in the overall debate about the development of local community jo...

GSIP Expert Journal 1: Get to know the project and what happened in the first 6 months!

In his 1st Journal, Gabriel Amitsis, UIA expert of the GSIP project, discusses all key activities that you need to know about it, what the project is ...

Live from the Growth and Social Investments Pacts Project! An interview with the City of Vantaa Mayor Ritva Viljanen

The City of Vantaa Mayor is now serving her first term. Ritva Viljanen talks about “Jobs and skills in the local economy” and reinforces the commitmen...

UFIL Final Journal

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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’...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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 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...

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 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...

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 ...

Cluj Future of Work Journal 4: get the final update about Cluj Napoca project

UIA expert Simone d'Antonio provides the final updates on the activities carried out in the framework of Cluj Future of Work, such as the final event ...

Future of work is creative: how the Festival of Creativity engaged the local community in the project’s grand finale

The final event of Cluj Future of Work was a great opportunity for connecting the local audience to the topics of the UIA project...

Cluj Future of Work Zoom-in 3: creating innovation in culture, arts and design, the stories of the finalists of CULTUREPRENEURS

The third Zoom In of Cluj Future of Work is on the stories of the finalists of the CULTUREPRENEURS programme, the acceleration initiative at the core ...

Cluj Future of Work Journal 3: get an update about Cluj Napoca project

From Cluj Napoca to Venice: five points on the future of work in cultural and creative industries and community resilience

The results of the capitalization visit carried out by the team of Cluj Future of Work and the UIA expert to reflect on the future of work in cultural...

Cluj Future of Work Journal 2: get an update about Cluj Napoca project

UIA Expert Simone d'Antonio provides updates on the most interesting activities carried out in the framework of Cluj Future of Work. Among these, the...

Festivals, film industry and multimedia products after the pandemic: Cluj-Napoca gives a glimpse of the future

The partners of Cluj Future of Work and the participants to the Culturepreneurs programme are testing new ways for producing and distributing culture,...

The Cluj Future of Work Project Journal 1

In a city as, Cluj-Napoca, which had the highest economic growth rate in Romania in the last decade, the alliance between public authorities, private ...

Reimagining work: Cluj-Napoca uses future scenarios to make better predictions

The elaboration of future scenarios may be decisive for reimagining the future of work: Cluj-Napoca is using a wide range of methodologies to imagine ...

Work and the city: how Cluj-Napoca is involving local community in the debate on the future

Local community can be part of the collaborative effort of reflection on the future of work: Cluj-Napoca is involving experts, academics, stakeholders...

USE-IT! Journal 4: The project in its final year

Interim results, lessons learnt and further actions needed....

Journal 4: One year after the end of EPIU implementation period

UIA projects have a transformative impact on urban environments by driving sustainable innovation, improving the quality of life for citizens, and pro...

How urbanism can contribute tackling summer energy poverty in cities

Europe is the fastest-warming continent in the world, and climate risks threaten people’s health and several aspects of their well-being. According to...

The complexity of energy renovation at the domestic level in Spain.

The European Renovation Wave initiative is a crucial response to the pressing issue of energy poverty. The initiative is built upon the national long-...

Journal 3: Energy Poverty Intelligence Unit (EPIU)

This is the third journal of the Energy Poverty Intelligence Unit (EPIU) project since its start in September 2019. EPIU, led by Municipality of Getaf...

The use of AI and data protection in innovation projects at local level: the case of EPIU intelligence unit

Domestic energy consumption data is considered personal data, at least as per the Spanish Supreme court declared in 2019 (STS 2484/2019). In the proje...

Innovation on public procurement at local level

Public procurement refers to the process by which public sector organizations acquire goods, services, or construction projects from external supplier...

Tailor-made solutions to tackle energy poverty through household renovation: the case of EPIU

Building capacity through multiplier agents to maximize impact

Consolidating the demand of a new public service is one of the challenges that urban authorities face when they innovate and design new services. One ...

Making the Transition Affordable for all UIA report: EPIU as a case study

There is a pressing need to identify effective policy solutions to inspire locally driven low-carbon transitions in EU cities. UIA has led a two-year ...

The relevance of the ecosystems around an UIA project: the case of EPIU in Getafe

In scientific terms, an ecosystem is a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather or landscape, work together to f...

The Healthy Households’ Office service (OHS) in Getafe, ready to face the high energy prices

Energy prices are at record highs and remain volatile in Europe. Situations of energy poverty are exacerbating and families in Europe are struggling t...

Journal 2: Energy Poverty Intelligence Unit (EPIU)

This is the second journal of the Energy Poverty Intelligence Unit (EPIU) project since its start in September 2019. EPIU led by Municipality of Getaf...

Start-ups’ business models as inspiration for local innovations: the case of EPIU

At corporate level, a business model is a strategy for operating a business. It describes how a company will generate value for its customers. Althoug...

Interview with Sara Hernández, mayor of Getafe

In this article, UIA Expert Marta Garcia interviews the mayor of Getafe, Sara Hernández, to explore how the municipality is integrating EPIU, the UIA ...

Strategic Committee as a governance tool to ensure a committed leadership: the case of EPIU project

Implementing an Urban Innovation Action implies a degree of risk for local authorities and a committed leadership is a requisite for municipal led inn...

The challenge of identifying hidden energy poverty

Energy poverty is a situation in which households are unable to access essential energy services. With nearly 34 million Europeans unable to afford to...

Journal 1: Energy Poverty Intelligence Unit (EPIU)

This is the first journal of the Energy Poverty Intelligence Unit (EPIU) project since its start on September 2019. EPIU led by Municipaility of Getaf...

Innovation and Circular Economy – Bold Approaches from UIA

Circular Economy is at the centre of many UIA projects. At the moment, UIA funds eight projects within the topic of Circular Economy under Call 2. Out...

Adapt to climate change starting from green areas

The APTBC project has invested significant efforts in improving the parks in the central neighbourhoods of Seraing, which are the least green areas of...

The future of the first creative station in Seraing

This article is based on an interview with Aurélie Portois, currently project coordinator at the Maison du Peuple, and on some preliminary drafts cont...

A Place To Be-Come journal 4

While the project was concluded in August 2023, this final issue of the journal offers a critical reflection on the challenges faced during implementa...

The final event of the APTBC project as a moment of collective sharing

This article is about the final event of the APTBC project, which took place in June 2023. The article presents how the results, ambitions and expecta...

APTBC impacts according to project partners - ZOOM IN

The project A Place to Be-Come has recently closed. Ahead of the final event, all the project partners have shared their ideas about what the project’...

Encouraging residents to use and become familiar with their local green areas

One goal of the project is to improve residents’ relationship with their local parks. This improvement involves on the one side improving the material...

A pilot project's legacy

'La Ruche à projets' has stopped being the APTBC temporary creative hub in central Seraing. However, it will not close its doors and its role as a com...

A Place To Be-Come: journal 3

The third edition of the journal covers almost the entire 2022. The implementation of most of the project actions has been completed and the remaining...

What it takes to raise a community in Seraing

The A Place To Be-Come project is built around one great idea: that inclusion can be promoted by building a community of local citizens eager to devel...

Under what conditions can we assure a real access to green areas in Seraing?

The city of Seraing has a bold plan to redevelop its post-industrial territory after decades of decline. In particular, some urban projects, such as a...

APTBC Journal 2: how the puzzle is assembling as an increasingly coherent whole

This second journal covers the year 2021, between the first year and a half and second year and a half of implementation of the A Place To Be-Come pro...

Seraing meets Turin: the power of sharing stories

Last October, a delegation composed by three members of the APTBC project management team, two city officials from Seraing and the UIA expert spent th...

Improving citizens’ relationship with their environment to promote social inclusion, or the A Place To Be-Come’s boldest ambition

In this journal, UIA expert Francesca Ansaloni provides an account of difficulties, challenges and achievements of A Place To Be-Come's first year of ...

Seraing resumes its long journey of commoning where it all began

La Maison du Peuple was built in 1916 in Seraing as a gathering place for the working class. “Before, social-democrat activists gathered in the old th...

How the pandemic diluted the project and how we learnt to stay put, but actively

Julien Bebronne and Lauranne Liégeois are respectively APTBC coordinator and project officer for Arebs, the municipal agency in charge of the project ...

Go transdisciplinary and flexible! The A Place To Be-Come way to learning

A Place To Be-Come aims to tackle urban poverty in Seraing by investing in people and the enhancement of their well-being. This goal is expected to be...

DARE Journal #3: The multiple legacies of DARE

DARE is an innovative urban regeneration project that instead of focusing uniquely on the physical environment, has invested in the skills and ambitio...

The Making of Approdo Comune: A digital environment for the regeneration of Ravenna’s Darsena

Changing the narrative of a neighbourhood can be just as important in urban regeneration as changing its physical fabric. However, imposing a story on...

From proposing to collaborating and voting: participatory tools for the Darsena

Digital democracy or e-democracy tools have been frequently used to overcome the trust gap between citizens and public administrations, by lowering th...

Towards a tactic for the Darsena: co-designing urban development scenarios

Participatory urbanism has become a buzzword in the past decade. Participation in urban processes can range from consultation on single issues, to co-...

From crowdfunding to community finance: Funding the Darsena’s bottom-up transformation

Financing territorial redevelopment is largely seen as a top-down process with priorities defined by public administrations at the local, regional or ...

After RADAR: long-term perspectives for development in the Darsena

Property development is a long-term genre, with processes between vision, programming, design, development and inauguration that may take years if not...

Building an inclusive digital environment: data collection, management and literacy in Ravenna’s Darsena area

Digital platforms and tools have been increasingly central elements of urban planning and design. With the proliferation of digital instruments using ...

Connecting bottom-up ideas to owners and funders: The RADAR Real Estate Forum in Ravenna

Urban transformation, especially in the form of large urban development projects, is often seen as primarily top-down, regulated by public administrat...

Modelling the Darsena: Storymaps or the digital heritage of a neighbourhood

DARE Journal #2: Unfolding stories of the Darsena

DARE is an innovative urban regeneration project that instead of focusing uniquely on the physical environment, invests in the skills of its inhabitan...

Ravenna Mapping Darsena: In search of visions, lost and found

Many urban regeneration schemes focus on architectural interventions or masterplans that aim to transform the social fabric of an area through shaping...

DARE Journal #1: The Project’s Approach

The DARE (Digital Environment for collaborative Alliances to Regenerate urban Ecosystems in middle-sized cities) project connects urban regeneration w...

Re-appropriating Ravenna’s waterfront: towards a collective story of transformation

Ravenna's Darsena area has been a delicate spot on the city’s map. After a process of deindustrialisation and a series of attempts to regenerate the f...

CAPACITYES, Final Journal:Legacy, Lessons learned, Replicability

This Journal marks the end of the Capacityes project, which has successfully wrapped up its activities in its final year. The journey wasn't easy, esp...

Everybody go home!

On Saturday, 6 May 2023, an event organised by the Municipality of Bergamo, the CAPACITyES project partners, together with stakeholders from the local...

Journal 3 - The cohousing experience in Borgo Palazzo: Ready to go!

The Capacityes project revolves around three central initiatives that reflect the regenerative path in Bergamo, with a particular focus on the Borgo P...

CAPACITyES presented to Italian Municipalities - the innovative path undertaken in Bergamo

The annual national meeting of ANCI, which this year was held in Bergamo, was an opportunity to have a moment of direct comparison with various Italia...

CAPACITyES ZOOM IN NO.2, The complexity of urban regeneration: a correlation between unpredictable and good local planning to counteract urban poverty.

This zoom-in, the second and final one of CAPACITyES, highlights how difficult it can be to complete redevelopment works in a period characterized by ...

The HUB4KIDS: An “inclusive energy” maker at urban scale.

In the Capacityes project, the active involvement of children and adolescents is reflected in the design and construction of the Hub4Kids. This struct...

"Hey, teacher, leave them kids alone"

The CAPACITyES project focuses on the fight against urban poverty. The added value of this approach lies in the fact that the project puts on the tabl...

Participate, prepare, accompany and carry out

Implementing projects accepted by local communities and, consequently, characterized by different types of sustainability, requires a long and methodi...

Changing People and Places through an Act of Fantasy.

The CAPACITyES PROJECT  identifies and manages the problems of urban poverty and marginalization through an urban regeneration paths characterized by ...

CAPACITYES Journal 1: get an update on Bergamo's project

The CAPACITyES project focuses on the fight against urban poverty. The added value of this approach lies in the fact that the project puts on the tabl...

The second wave of the pandemic threatens the participatory process. Being able to move the project forward despite the second wave of the pandemic

The low numbers of infected people during the summer made it possible to have an important dialogue with the target groups of the Capacityes project. ...

An alternative experience of cohousing: children, and migrants cooperating for innovative solutions!

Bergamo had the great misfortune of being among the first cities in Europe to have been affected by the effects of COVID 19, when all over Europe it w...

Green Minds Journal 1: Insights on first significant urban rewilding actions in Plymouth

This Journal 1 of the Green Minds project is providing insights on the first significant advancements in favour of rewilding and nature-based solution...

Covid as an opportunity for Green Minds & nature-based solutions

How the implementation of the Green Minds project successfully continued over the tough period of the pandemic by seizing the embedded opportunities ...

Journal 3 - UPPER

The most important goal achieved by the Upper Project is that knowledge of NbSs and their potential impact on marginal areas has been gained by the lo...

Journal 4 – UPPER

The Productive parks and Demonstration sites included in the Upper project today represent milestones from which the current and future government of ...

Ce.R.S.I.Te.S. and the importance of NbS monitoring for strategic planning

The results of the UPPER project demonstrate how NbS (Nature Based Solutions) offer the opportunity to practice transdisciplinary dialogues, to spread...

Demonstration Sites – an operational laboratory for UPPER's environmental challenges

There were various environmental critical issues highlighted by the UPPER project for the territory of the Municipality of Latina, for which a range o...

UPPER faces - Zoom-In 2

Synergies for a sustainable and resilient territory

UPPER's first urban production park is underway

Journal 2 UPPER project

The UPPER project for the urban natural park of the Acque Medie canal

The Canale delle Acque Medie (The Canal of the Middle Waters) symbolizes an element of structural interest for the urban center of Latina, representin...

Another summer of play, health and wellness with UPPER SEEDS!

After the success of the 2021 edition, the 2022 UPPER SEEDs were kicked off on 13 June. The activities in which citizens, schools and all those who h...

An innovative platform for environmental monitoring

Thanks to the creation of two innovative platforms developed by the partners and integrated into a common observatory, the UPPER project is able to co...

Journal 1 UPPER project

The Journal is aimed to describe the activities of the UPPER project and the results achieved during the first period of implementation. It also descr...

First activities and results of the UPPER project at Latina

UPPER project aims at transforming misused and abandoned urban green areas into Productive Parks (PP) devoted to research, technological development a...

PUJ Prato Urban Jungle Journal N°4

The Prato Urban Jungle project has come to an end! It has been a very long journey, the project has overcome a series of challenges (from a pandemic...

Citizens’ participation and co-creation experiences in environmental issues 

Over the past years an increasing attention towards environmental justice is gaining more public attention through media, activism and civic participa...

Prato Urban Jungle - Journal #3

The PUJ project has continued experimenting and testing nature-based solution to create urban jungles and forests in Prato! ...

Prato Urban Jungle a case study for Integrated Territorial Development

The PUJ project in Prato has been selected as one of the twelve good practice cities within the study on Integrated Territorial Development (ITD) as p...

Upscaling the PUJ project through the Cities Mission 

Recently the City of Prato was recognised under the EU Mission for Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities, which offers a great potential towards the upscal...

The Via Turchia social housing Jungle! 

The Prato Urban Jungle project tested nature based solutions (NBS) in different pilot sites of the city in order to carry out innovative strategies to...

The Estra headquarter building Urban Jungle! 

The Prato Urban Jungle project tested nature based solutions (NBS) in different pilot sites of the city in order to carry out innovative strategies to...

The Macrolotto Zero Urban Jungle!

The Prato Urban Jungle project tested nature based solutions (NBS) in different pilot sites of the city in order to carry out innovative strategies to...

Create your own Jungle! 

Within the Prato Urbact Jungle project, Legambiente developed the "Create Your Own Jungle" course, where during the classes, participants learnt how t...

Green is health

The green interventions at “Nuovo Ospedale Santo Stefano'' of Prato will create a new urban park within the city bridging the gap between health and b...

Urban Jungle: Prato truly means it

Legambiente is a non-profit association, made up of citizens who care about the protection of the environment in all its forms, the quality of life an...

Prato Forest City: a tree for every citizen

Prato Forest City is the new strategic approach to urban planning, developed by the Municipality of Prato....

Prato rewards sustainable behaviours

greenApes is a digital platform that engages and rewards actions and sustainable lifestyles: users accumulate reward points through their sustainable ...

PUJ - Journal 2: Prato Urban Jungle implementations

Impacts of urban forestry: innovative, socio-ecological and economic added values - ZOOM-IN

PUJ - Journal 1: Project activities development

UIA Expert Daniela Patti focuses her first journal on presenting the main objectives of the Prato Urban Jungle project, the pilot sites, the consortiu...

Prato Turns Green - From the master plan approval to the creation of urban jungles

Prato Urban Jungle – PUJ – project will renew its city districts with greater social, productive and environmental dimensions turning itself into an u...

From Result to Impact - The UIA Project "home & care" on the Way to Sustainable Implementation - Journal N° 3

Zoom In 2: First experiences from living together in the home and care house

Home & Care as an integration project

One of the cornerstones of the Home & Care project is the integration of people who, due to their life situation, their background, and their skills a...

Single-parent families in the Home & Care project – A local and European perspective

In the UIA project Home & Care, professional and social integration of single parents is tested with a new support model. Being a single parent in Ger...

The UIA project "home & care" in the transition from the project idea to the actual implementation - JOURNAL 2

From the potential target group to actual residents - experiences from a UIA-project that combines housing and childcare

In the UIA-project "home and care" of the city of Landshut, single mothers who work in the health care sector and single mothers who do an apprentices...

Alternative training models in childcare - ZOOM-IN

In the home and care project, a new form of childcare is being developed that enables mothers with their children and childminders to live together un...

Qualification of Childminders as Part of the UIA Project "home and care"

The UIA project home and care targets the the further qualification of child minders to become educators and child day care workers. In doing so the e...

Balancing family life and work in the care sector - Experiences from the UIA project “home and care” in Landshut/Germany

A better way of balancing family life and work - single parent care workers in the health and social care system as a target group for poverty prevention

The Home and Care project in the German city of Landshut has set itself a goal. It wants to try out innovative ways to protect people from impending p...

The home and care Project - Journal 1

Journal N° 1...

Mataró has kicked off its project for a larger audience: The Learning event!

Mataró faces the problem of “people without flats and flats without people”....

From well-to-wheel, to EV-to-event

AIRQON: A new paradigm in improving local air quality...

UIA and URBACT joint initiative on implementing the right to housing

The EU Cities Forum 2020, held in Porto, provided the perfect time and location to launch a new URBACT and UIA (Urban Innovative Actions) joint initia...

The quays are prepared for nature to take over - Journal 4

Breda's GreenQuays project served as a pioneering initiative to infuse more nature into the densely built medieval city centre by revitalising the riv...

Green Quays from a citizen perspective

Green Quays offers valuable lessons for harmonising urban developments with the desires and needs of their citizens. It has been a radically innovativ...

"You have to take risks to advance - also as a politician."

It is done! September 2023 – the GreenQuays have been built. In the middle of Breda, a new stretch of the river Mark has been uncovered and a new type...

The GreenQuays project on its last mile - Journal 3

The third Journal of GreenQuays explores how the project continues to deal with seven general implementation challenges of innovative project as well ...

Volunteers play an important role in GreenQuays’ biodiversity monitoring

The main innovative feature of the GreenQuays in Breda is to build them nature-inclusive. For achieving this, the construction will lay the foundation...

Bringing to life Breda’s nature-inclusive quays

This Zoom in 2 looks into the experience, challenges and lessons learned with developing the multifunctional design and the implementation. Can it be ...

Ideas from the GreenQuays project start stretching beyond the initial plans

While most of the innovative tasks of planning the quays and testing different technical solutions have finished, GreenQuays is still running with the...

Finally digging of the GreenQuays starts

After 2,5 years of preparation the construction of the GreenQuays has started end of June 2022. A first stretch of the covered river Mark in Breda‘s c...

Making Breda’s nature-inclusive quays also climate-responsive

GreenQuays will be a first stretch of the reopened River Mark project in the city centre. The project will enable nature to take the space despite t...

GreenQuays Journal 2: Progress on tackling the major implementation challenges

The second Journal of GreenQuays explores how the project continues to deal with the seven major implementation challenges of innovative projects....

Making trees and wall plants thrive at steep quay walls

Building nature-inclusive quays is the task of the GreenQuays project and, at the same time, its challenge. How can nature be offered space in a dense...

Finding the right design for nature-inclusive quays

The mindset on designing and using public urban space has changed in Breda in the 1990’s. Earlier, the city had decided to cover completely the origin...

The brickwork story behind GreenQuays

Nature-Inclusive Quays (NIQ) are the core of innovative solutions of the GreenQuays project in Breda. The vertical quay walls of the reopened river Ma...

GreenQuays Journal 1: the seven major implementation challenges

The first Journal of GreenQuays explores how the project deals with seven major implementation challenges of innovative projects....

An innovative partnership for innovative GreenQuays in Breda

Coming to the GreenQuays project team in Breda for the first time in June 2020, I have been hooked by the creative design of the planned nature-inclus...

Enabling nature to take over – green quay walls in Breda

Breda is a lovely city. The dense middle-age centre has many small streets and places to stroll around. This density does, however, leave only little ...

Owners, make your empty apartments available!

In order to acquire apartments for the 'Yes, we Rent!' housing scheme, the first information campaign measures were started and first apartments visit...

How IGNITION found an innovative approach to collaborate with its diverse team

Finding innovative solutions goes beyond business as usual approaches, though the driving partner might lack the specific skills and expertise require...

Smart Blue-Green Roofs of Amsterdam: Why you should be interested and how to get involved in the RESILIO project

RESILIO is the new Climate Adaptation project that takes place in Amsterdam and will install 10,000 m2 of Blue-Green Roofs on social housing complexes...

How to convince investors that nature-based solutions are good to invest in?

IGNITION aims to develop innovative financing of nature-based solutions for climate resilience. The lead partner Greater Manchester Combined Authority...

Barcelona’s Climate Shelters project The challenge of communicating unwelcome messages on climate change

To connect with people and communicate climate change effectively, one should convey more than climate facts to people. Instead, there is a need to un...

Actively engaging students to improve the quality of life of residents, even during a pandemic

Data Aspects in Urban Mobility: experiences of 5 UIA projects

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, Gh...

Ready… Set… Go!

How is a typical event with AIRQON in Breda?...

Cars with a battery, or batteries on wheels?

Diving into technical details of AIRQON solution...

Cities engaging in the right to housing Web conference #2 - No one left behind - Introductory paper

The introductory paper provides background to the web conference “No one left behind”, the second in a series on “Cities Engaging in the Right to Hous...

Testing a future Food Court by prototyping it in real-life: lessons from the experience of UIA TAST’in FIVES’ L’Avant-goût

Do not bury your head in the sand - especially despite COVID 19!

Interview with Laura Font Mela, director of Salesians Sant Jordi-PES Mataró, how they have successfully shifted their physical training program for tr...

Cycling in the COMMUTE project - ZOOM-in 2

Vanessa Holve, UIA Expert of COMMUTE project, in this Zoom-In presents the main objectives of the newly adopted cycling action, its challenges, but al...

Engaging cities to reject housing exclusion as a ‘fact of life’

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...

Adapting Barcelona to Climate Change: A multi-criteria approach for the selection of schools to be converted to Climate Shelters - Zoom In

This zoom in focuses on a challenging feature of the Barcelona “Climate Shelters” UIA project, namely the methodology and criteria for the selection o...

AirQon Zoom-in 1: Not only for mobility purposes– towards the car as a service

The purpose of my first visit to the city of Breda was to learn firsthand about the AIRQON project. Anyone may think that a technology-based project l...

Co-City Expert Journal 5: Get to know what happened in the last 6 months!

The Co-City project has now come to an end. In this Journal 5, the UIA Expert Christian Iaione reflects on some preliminary conclusions that can be dr...

More than sewage and water pipes. How a water company in Spain becomes a driver of urban transformation

The Metropolitan Water Supply and Sanitation Company of Sevilla (EMASESA) is the coordinating Partner in the Urban Innovative Actions Program ‘Cartuja...

COGHENT Final Journal

« Collage van Gent » project selected by the CoGhent Co-creation Fund proposing a participatory collage of elements coming from Ghent’s collections pr...

Next CoGhent :  Searching for CoGhent’s follow-up scenarios

One of the 4 scenarios elaborated during the NEXT COGHENT workshop reusing the CoGhent building blocks (photo credit: Strategic Design Scenarios)....

THE COGHENT DISSEMINATION THROUGH 3 FICTIONAL STORIES...

OPEN QUESTIONS FOR COGHENT FINAL WEBINAR…

Cover of the Collection of Ghent webinar the 20th of June 2023 https://www.collectie.gent/kalender/collections-of-ghent-unfolds-webinar-english (photo...

COGHENT’S CO-CREATIONS IN-PROGRESS…

COGHENT: STARTING THE NEXT STEPS…

The CoGhent Box: a mini-museum in neighbourhoods?

UIA-COGHENT JOURNAL #2

COGHENT BOX: WHAT'S IT LIKE?

Multi-screens interactive display where visitors can navigate stories combining museum collections and populations’ memories (photo credit: F. Jégou)...

COGHENT JOURNAL #1

COGHENT NIGHTMARES: AN EXERCISE OF EVIL CREATIVITY!

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COGHENT: MANY INGREDIENTS AND CAKES?

“I see many and rich ingredients in this project, but I don’t see how the cake will look like at the end?”. This is the metaphor, slightly provocative...

CUP4Creativity Journal #3: Institutionalisation and continuous experimentation

This journal by expert Levente Polyák documents the evolution of the UIA project CUP4Creativity. This issue serves as a summary of the project’s devel...

CUP4Creativity Zoom-in #2: Building local civic ecosystems

Local civil ecosystems are important building blocks of our cities. With a better understanding of the resources and needs of local initiatives, we ca...

CUP4Creativity Journal #2

This journal by expert Levente Polyák accompanies the UIA project CUP4Creativity in its development. This second issue serves as a summary of the proj...

CUP4Creativity Journal #1

Seeking to create new connections between cultural producers, creatives, technology initiatives, businesses and residents, the UIA-funded project CUP4...

From initiatives to synergies: Mapping Újbuda’s cultural scene

It is difficult to measure the cultural vitality of a neighbourhood. We can browse through a city’s event calendar and assess the concentration of act...

CUP4Creativity: Can culture become the protagonist of social cohesion in Újbuda?

CUP4Creativity is a project of the Budapest district of Újbuda, funded by the EU’s Urban Innovative Actions programme. The project builds on the distr...

Air-Break Final Journal

This final Journal provides an overview of the progress and long-term impact of the Air-Break project in Ferrara, focusing on the key components that ...

Citizen Science – A double-edged blade. Perspectives from the debate emerged in Ferrara

Citizen science, a method that brings non-experts into the fold of scientific research and data collection, has emerged as a powerful tool in addressi...

Insights Unveiled: Air-Break Ferrara's Data-Driven Policymaking

Air-Break's comprehensive dataset transforms Ferrara's urban planning, providing real-time air quality and mobility insights....

Advancing Urban Mobility: Challenges, Progress, and Policy Implications of Air-Break Motivational Campaigns – Zoom-In 2

In this Zoom-In, UIA Expert Pietro L. Verga navigates through the transformative impact of FBK's Air-Break Sustainable Mobility Motivational Campaigns...

AIR BREAK Journal Nr. 3

With the project approaching its end in December 2023, this Journal Nr. 3 reflects on a number of core lessons learnt during the implementation of Air...

Data-Driven Cities: Air-Break Ferrara's Real-Time Air Quality Insights for Informed Citizens and Policymakers

In the pursuit of creating smarter and more sustainable urban environments, the Air-Break Ferrara project has embarked on a mission to revolutionize t...

Air-Break Datathon: a gathering of creativity and analytical exploration

How to actively engage youth, researchers, and experts in exploring innovative solutions to contemporary environmental challenges? ...

Playing Together Towards Sustainable Mobility. The Air-Break Gamification Experience

Through a set of playful activities and gamified rewarding campaigns, the Air-Break project sets to bring about positive change in citizens’ mobility ...

Analysing Commuting Patterns in Ferrara towards Better-Informed Policy Decisions

In order to better understand the commuting practices, habits, and trends of Ferrara’s citizens and city-users, and ultimately to inform policy decisi...

AIR BREAK Journal Nr. 2

This second Journal focuses on the achievements of- and challenges for all the core realms of the Air-Break project until October 2022....

An Urban Forest is Growing in Ferrara

Since March 2022, a new urban forest is growing in Ferrara, thanks to the plantation of nearly two-thousands trees and shrubs in five selected areas o...

AIR BREAK Journal Nr. 1

The Air-Break project seeks to reduce by 25% air-pollution in selected strategic areas of the City of Ferrara. The city lays in one of the most air-po...

An Alliance for Air in Ferrara

The air we breathe can contain a variety of pollutants released into the atmosphere as a mixture of solid particles, liquid droplets, and gases from a...

Blue-Green roofs as accessible space in a 1.5-meter distance world?

Photo of the De Boel smart blue-green roof at Amsterdam Zuid (photo credits: De Dakdokters)...

Food-related activities as a leverage against urban poverty

Workshop on Libanese food (c)Les Sens du Goût The UIA TAST’in FIVES project, taking place in the Fives neighbourhood of Lille, France, has aimed at...

The paradigm of vocational education and training services in the Vantaa GSIP Project – The role of the Vantaa Vocational College Varia

This is the web-article No. 5 of the GSIP (Growth and Social Investments Pacts) Project, an initiative of the City of Vantaa (FI) to develop an innova...

Passport for Work Zoom-in: Skills based matching

In the second Passport for Work zoom-in, the implications of skills based matching are explored among employers. We visited employers in three differe...

The construction of Ferrara’s new Smart Bike Lane. Adapting to new conditions and challenges

The Smart Bike Lane is part of the infrastructural upgrades plan through which the Air-Break project is facilitating slow mobility within the city of ...

New skills for a new home: Training refugees in Athens - Zoom in 2

In his 2nd Zoom-in, UIA expert of the Curing the Limbo project in Athens, Levente Polyak, explores how education and training activities within the pr...

What is RE/SOURCED?

The RE/SOURCED Project & TRANSFO...

Passport for Work Zoom-in: The Skill Based Economy

The Dutch labour market is facing unprecedented shortages, calling for a skill based economy in which skill based matching, reskilling and upskilling ...

Cluj Future of Work Zoom-in 2: CREIC and the role of innovation hubs for urban growth

The second Zoom In of Cluj Future of Work is on CREIC, the Regional Center of Excellence for Creative Industries that is hosting the Labs of Cluj Futu...

Cluj Future of Work Zoom-in 1: Pata-Rât and the future of work

The first Zoom In of Cluj Future of Work is on Pata-Rât, a Roma settlement located near the city landfill which is one of the main focus of the Urban ...

How a Place to Be-Come is transforming local parks while addressing social exclusion - ZOOM IN

On February 2020, the Centre Public d’Action Social (CPAS) - the local institution that delivers social aid - and the project partner Natagora - a gra...

DARE Ravenna Zoom-in #3 - Co-designing a future vision: The selection of a tactic for Ravenna's Darsena

DARE Ravenna Zoom-in #2 - Towards a tactic for the Darsena

The Urban Innovative Actions-funded project DARE is a non-conventional urban regeneration project that instead of focusing uniquely on the physical en...

DARE Zoom-in #1: Narrating urban transformation - a digital platform for Ravenna's Darsena

In this first Zoom-in for the UIA project DARE, Levente Polyak explores the digital platform conceived to support the transformation of Ravenna's Dars...

CAPACITyES zoom-in 1, the fantasy that creates places

Children's imagination can make our cities more welcoming and harbingers of inclusion-oriented messages, of symbolic meanings that can enrich our expe...

Nature Based Leadership and the Green Minds systems approach - Zoom-in

Keeping the balance between doing too much and not doing enough is challenging, implicitly necessitating an overall integrated perspective and strateg...

Green Minds – rewilding people and places

How the Green Minds team aims to put nature at the heart of our decision making; encouraging individual connection with nature and a city-wide shift t...

UPPER Stories - ZOOM IN 1

The territory changes with physical work, but also through the story, the memory, the imagination of change. The UPPER stories are a collection of n...

A Junglathon to imagine your urban forest

The City of Prato is experimenting urban forestation strategies through the Prato Urban Jungle (PUJ) project . The project foresees three pilot areas ...

GreenQuays Zoom-in 1: Making Breda’s nature-inclusive quays health-inclusive

The GreenQuays project in Breda aims to develop and establish nature-inclusive quays. Although it was not in focus when developing the project, this Z...

SCALING UP AND SCALING OUT COGHENT…

Across Ghent and beyond......

CUP4Creativity Zoom-in #1 - Imagining the Adaptér

In this first Zoom-in for the UIA project CUP4Creativity, Levente Polyak visits a pop-up event in the future Adaptér, to learn about the art & tech ce...

The Added Value of Air-Break to the City of Ferrara

In this podcast series I will be discussing the concrete experience, challenges and learnings of the Urban Innovative Actions project Air-Break Ferrar...

The Air Fest: an Open Platform for Engaging Citizens and Stakeholders around Air Quality in Ferrara

In this podcast series I will be discussing the concrete experience, challenges and learnings of the Urban Innovative Actions project Air-Break Ferrar...

Introducing Air-Break Ferrara's Smart Hubs

UIA Expert Pietro L. Verga interviews Gabriele Mengozzi (HERA Group) on the main features of the Smart Hubs developed in Ferrara to support and facili...

AIR BREAK Participatory Air-Quality Monitoring – Zoom-In 1

This Zoom-In describes in detail the participatory air-quality monitoring system designed and implemented by the AIR BREAK Ferrara project....

Experience and learned lessons from procuring innovative solutions – IGNITION’s Living Lab

A core element of the IGNITION innovation project is the Living Lab at the campus of the University of Salford. Here, different nature-based solutions...