Cultural and Natural Heritage for regional Smart Specialisation Strategies (RIS3)
What is Smart Specialisation and how does it contribute to sustainable regional development in Europe? What is the status of Research & Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) and to what extent do they integrate cultural and natural resources?
On 17 November 2020, ICLEI Europe ho...
What synergies are possible between the Farm to Fork Strategy and the FAO Framework for the Urban Food Agenda?
What opportunities for short food supply chains do they offer?
What role is there for regional and local actors who want to be change makers for more sustainable and resilient food system...
Towards local circular bioeconomies: challenges and perspectives
33rd Breakfast at Sustainability's
With the EU Green Deal and the EU’s Bioeconomy Strategy setting sights on turning Europe’s economic model from linear to circular, it is on local and regional public authorities to facilitate the required social, behavioural and economic shifts locally.
With the coronavirus pandemic hav...
Innovations in plastic(s) for a circular economy - CIRC-PACK final event
*This event has been updated from a 'Breakfast at Sustainability's' to a webinar*
The European Green Deal sets out ambitious goals for plastic packaging products in EU, including having all products on the market be reusable or recyclable by 2030.
Ambitions of such magnitude require innovation; lu...
Circular Models for Cultural Heritage Adaptive Reuse in Cities and Regions
The adaptive reuse of cultural heritage can be used as a key strategy in the implementation of a circular economy. A taskforce on “Circular models for cultural heritage adaptive reuse in cities and regions” first convened in November 2018 to address this very point. In particular, the gr...
How School Meals Can Drive Local and Regional Change
Case studies show that investing €1 in sustainable school meals can bring up to €6 in social return on investment. Given this fact, imagine the impact of sustainable school meals all across Europe!
Discussing school meals enables an exploration of sustainable food procurement, and questio...
Fostering the Circular Food Economy through Stronger Rural-Urban Linkages
ICLEI, the Flemish Land Agency and the ROBUST: Unlocking Rural-Urban Synergies project are pleased to host the 29th Breakfast at Sustainability's (B@S), titled: "Fostering the Circular Food Economy through Stronger Rural-Urban Linkages."
The event, which will consist of a mix of keynote speeches an...
SUMP 2.0: Reshaping the EU Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning Guidelines
The CIVITAS SUMPs-Up project hosted an event on 12 December 2018, 09.15 - 13.00, in Brussels (Belgium) as part of the process to revise the EU's Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (SUMP) Guidelines. This also formed part of ICLEI's long-running Breakfast at Sustainability's (B@S) series.
For local...
SUMP 2.0: Reshaping the EU Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning Guidelines
The CIVITAS SUMPs-Up project hosted an event on 12 December 2018, 09.15 - 13.00, in Brussels (Belgium) as part of the process to revise the EU's Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (SUMP) Guidelines. This also formed part of ICLEI's long-running Breakfast at Sustainability's (B@S) series.
For local...