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UIA 5th Call for Proposals has ended with 11 new projects
The Urban Innovative Actions' (UIA) 5th Call for Proposals has ended with 11 new projects of which 4 are from EUROCITIES members.
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publication date : 09-07-2020
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European consultation on digital for cultural heritage
The European Commission is evaluating one of the main policy instruments on digitisation: online access and digital preservation of cultural heritage material. The aim of this consultation is to gather the views of citizens, competent authorities in the Member States, national and regional cultural heritage institutions, international organisations, concerned stakeholder umbrella organisations. Your participation and feedback to this consultation will help the European Commission shape...
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publication date : 23-06-2020
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Call for experts to support European Capitals of Culture
The ‘Capacity Building for European Capitals of Culture’ project is seeking professionals from a variety of disciplines to join its pool of experts. This expert group will help bridge gaps in skills in the implementing teams of European Capitals of Culture.
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publication date : 17-06-2020
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Riders on the storm
In these challenging times, I feel we are “riders on the storm”, like the Doors sang. The deconfinement measures seem to have brought life progressively back to normal and the numbers look better. However, I think “there’s a killer [still] on the road” and the storm is not over. Actually, I believe the pandemic has only exposed the many storms we were riding on already pre-COVID and made them both more visible and worse.
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publication date : 17-06-2020
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Recovery – Mayors call for a new pact between the EU and cities
Cities want to play an active role in Europe’s recovery after the corona pandemic. Mayors of major European cities have offered a 'new pact between the EU and city leadership' to overcome the impacts of the crisis. In meetings with the European Commission’s Executive Vice President Frans Timmermans and Commissioners Paolo Gentiloni and Johannes Hahn on Friday, organised by Eurocities, the mayors proposed to involve city governments more in the EU recovery programmes and demanded direct...
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publication date : 12-06-2020
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Highlights from EUROCITIES city dialogue on culture - cities respond to the Covid crisis
90 representatives from 68 large European cities met online on 14 May to discuss common challenges related to the COVID-19 crisis, exchange on cultural measures to respond to the crisis and share lessons learnt so far.
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publication date : 26-05-2020
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The path to paradise begins in hell
This famous line of Dante Alighieri made me think of the current crisis and how we are all moving from a hell-like emergency phase to the recovery of our economies and societies.
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publication date : 19-05-2020
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Leave a trace, not a footprint! Addressing environmental impacts of cultural events in cities
A new guide developed by EUROCITIES and Julie’s Bicycle as part of the ROCK EU-funded project.
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publication date : 14-05-2020
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Ursula Von der Leyen reveals green and digital plans for EU recovery
In a speech to the European Parliament on Wednesday 13 May, the president of the European Commission, shared the plans for EU’s next long term budget and the main features of the recovery plan for Europe with a focus on green, digital and support to those hardest hits by the crisis.
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publication date : 14-05-2020
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Build the next Urban Innovative Action funding programme!
DG REGIO and the UIA secretariat are looking for inputs on how to share the next funding programme for the period 2021-2027
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publication date : 06-05-2020