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Ghent, Belgium - Transformative Action Award Winner, 2018

The Transformative Action Award recognises outstanding achievement in transforming cities for a more sustainable future.
The award rewards current or concluded Transformative Actions that address the pathways of the Basque Declaration related to three categories: socio-cultural transformation; socio-economic transformation; and technological transformation.
During an award ceremony held in Brussels at the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), Ghent (Belgium) was announced as the winner of t...
Case Study
Published: 2018

Financing the inclusive city: A case study of the Danish model of affordable and social housing

Urban populations are growing, putting pressures on housing markets and prices. In the process, poorer segments of the urban population are pushed out of the city cores towards the peripheries, resulting in increased housing segregation. In an era of increasing economic inequality and decreasing economic mobility, housing segregation can make bad conditions worse.
Municipalities must single-handedly work out how to deliver and finance affordable and social housing in a city context that is ofte...
Video
Published: 2018

Die fünf Schritte des kommunalen Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements

Short video about sustainability management for municipalities in Germany (processes, actions and instruments)
Guidance document
Published: 2018

Wirkungsorientiertes Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement in Kommunen

[4 guidelines for impact-oriented sustainability management in communities (in German)]
Diese vier Leitfäden unterstützen Kommunen in ihrer Verantwortung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung.

“Win-Win for European Economy” – Strategic Innovation Network Launched

Procure2Innovate, a strategic innovation procurement initiative funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme, was officially launched today in Nijmegen in the Netherlands.

Barcelona, Rotterdam and Flanders Scoop Awards at Major European Sustainability Event

The cities of Barcelona and Rotterdam, and the Government of Flanders, have scooped the 2018 Procura+ Awards at this year’s EcoProcura conference in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

ROCK Factsheet No. 2: Learning from each other

Cultural Heritage leading urban futures: This is the second of three factsheets, which will present the diverse facets of the ROCK project. This second one will refer to the knowledge exchange process among cities that are part of ROCK dealing with similar challenges, or the so-called ROCK Mentoring process.
Report
Published: 2018

SUMPS-UP NEEDS ASSESSMENT - MAIN RESULTS

It is clear that city transport solutions need to change. SUMPs, or Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans, are the key to achieving this. CIVITAS SUMPs-Up, along with its sister CIVITAS SUMP projects, is dedicated to prompting a Europe-wide rethink on transport. To innovate, you first need concrete data: SUMPs-Up’s first task was to conduct a thorough analysis of the SUMP playing field.