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28 July 2020

Apply to participate in a cultural heritage startup competition

Startups working in cultural heritage are invited to apply to receive access to a mentoring and acceleration programme – valued at €15,000 – to enhance the readiness of their business ideas, including fine-tuning their models, drawing up their business plans, and scouting inves...

23 July 2020

How Mannheim takes transformation forward

From 30 September to 2 October the 9th European Conference for Sustainable Cities and Towns will convene online, co-hosted by ICLEI Member Mannheim (Germany). This ninth conference edition, also known as Mannheim2020, will address the substantial transformation needed across all aspects of society t...

28 April 2020

Challenges and opportunities in Katowice amidst the European energy transition

Coal mining is an integral part of the history of the Polish region of Silesia. Its capital, ICLEI Member Katowice, is home to thousands of coal-burning domestic hearths and is the place where Saint Barbara, the patron saint of miners, is venerated. Here, the role of coal is still alive: the Silesia...

22 April 2020

Circular governance: a new approach for urban cultural heritage adaptive-reuse projects

More and more people have become familiar with the concept of "circular economy" – an economic system that aims to eliminate physical waste by redesigning, reusing and redirecting materials and products in consumption and production processes. But can the same circular concepts be applied to s...

20 April 2020

Share innovative actions to strengthen rural communities’ resilience

The current global pandemic is impacting communities across the world. Cities have largely been in the spotlight of much of the pandemic coverage. But, how are rural communities coping with challenges resulting from the pandemic? How can these communities exchange knowledge to support each other? T...

14 February 2020

"Cultural Heritage in Action": registration is open

Over the past three years, ten European cities including ICLEI Members Bologna (Italy) and Lisbon (Portugal), alongside Athens, Cluj-Napoca, Eindhoven, Liverpool, Lyon, Skopje, Turin, and Vilnius, have been developing innovative solutions that demonstrate how cultural heritage can be the driving for...

6 February 2020

Register now for #Mannheim2020 to take local transformation forward

ICLEI Europe and the City of Mannheim are thrilled to share that registration is now open for the upcoming Mannheim2020 conference, which marks the 9th edition of the European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns. By now, we know that the world faces major environmental, economic and social...

7 January 2020

Retrofitting district heating systems: contributing to long-term renovation strategies

Will district heating still be relevant in a Europe made up of all low- and zero-energy buildings? How can the retrofitting of district heating systems contribute to achieving zero-emission building stock in the EU by 2050? The renovation of buildings and retrofitting of district heating systems sho...

29 November 2019

“Huerta de Valencia” designated as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System

The Scientific Advisory Committee of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) officially recognised the historic irrigation system of the Huerta de Valencia (Spain) as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS) at its 11th meeting held in ICLEI Member Rome (It...