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28 November 2018

Cities invited to endorse innovative cost-effective strategy on building renovations

A new innovative, cost-effective strategy on building renovations has recently been launched and cities are invited to endorse it. The strategy, which has been launched by the ABRACADABRA project, aims to demonstrate the benefits associated with renovations based on AdoRe, intended as one, or a set...

18 October 2018

Join ICLEI at the Fair of European Innovators in Cultural Heritage

ICLEI will take part in the “Fair of European innovators in cultural heritage”, scheduled to take place in Brussels (Belgium), 15-16 November. The Fair of European Innovators in Cultural Heritage is a key event in the calendar of the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage. The event wi...

27 September 2018

Rural communities invited to showcase their heritage-led rural regeneration work

Rural communities are invited to join the RURITAGE project, as role models, to demonstrate how they used cultural and natural heritage to regenerate their areas. RURITAGE (rural regeneration through systemic heritage-led strategies) is a heritage-led rural regeneration project which seeks to transf...

13 September 2018

Bologna, Ghent and Tirana shortlisted for 2018 Transformative Action Award

The shortlisted candidates for the 2018 Transformative Action Award were revealed today at the URBACT Festival in Lisbon, Portugal. The award, which is co-organised by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, The Basque Country and the City of Aalborg (Denmark), rewards current or conclu...

11 September 2018

EU Regions Week to see strong ICLEI representation

ICLEI Europe is a partner of this year’s European Week of Regions and Cites (EWRC) and will organise several activities dedicated to sustainability and resilience in regions and cities throughout the week in Brussels (Belgium), 8-11 October.  The EWRC is co-organised by the European Comm...

6 August 2018

2018 Transformative Action Award receives record number of entries

The application deadline for the 2018 Transformative Action Award recently closed, with this year’s award setting a record for the number of applications received. In total 40 innovative and inspiring Transformative Actions from cities, regions and civil society organisations across Europe wer...

3 July 2018

Only one month left to apply for the 2018 Transformative Action Award

With only one month left before applications close, don’t miss your chance to win €10,000 and become recognised as a leader of sustainable urban transformation with the 2018 Transformative Action Award. The award, co-organised by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, the Ba...

19 June 2018

EcoProcura 2018 breakout sessions confirmed

The EcoProcura 2018 conference on sustainable, circular and innovation procurement has confirmed the breakout sessions of its programme from 3-5 October in Nijmegen (The Netherlands). EcoProcura 2018, marking 20 years of the conference series, will bring together over 400 procurers, policy makers, ...

19 June 2018

Energy efficient renovation to be made accessible through a gamified online platform

It has long been acknowledged that buildings are responsible for more than 40 percent of the total global energy consumption, but what steps can be taken to start reducing this figure? According to recent EU reports, every year only around 1.5 percent of buildings are being renovated to improve the...