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Urban poverty

EPIU - Energy Poverty Intelligence Unit

Getafe - Spain

How urbanism can contribute tackling summer energy poverty in cities

Urban poverty
Europe is the fastest-warming continent in the world, and climate risks threaten people’s health and several aspects of their well-bein..
Culture and cultural heritage

CAMINA -Community Awakening for Multicultural Integrative Narrative of Almería

Almeria - Spain

Online final event for CAMINA and HI.D.RA.N.T.

Culture and cultural heritage
On 26 June 2024 the UIA projects focused on culture and cultural heritage CAMINA and H.ID.RA.N.T organised a joint online final event c..
Culture and cultural heritage

CULTURAL H.ID.RA.N.T. -CULTURAL Hidden IDentities ReAppear through Networks of WaTer

Halandri - Greece

Engage, activate, procure. Sharing and confronting knowledge, internationally.

Culture and cultural heritage
As Cutural HI.D.RA.N.T. comes to its end, outcomes and results are collected and prepared to be discussed locally, nationally and inte..
Air quality

AIR BREAK- Co-producing healthy clean commuting air spots in town

Ferrara - Italy

Citizen Science – A double-edged blade. Perspectives from the debate emerged in Ferrara

Air quality
Citizen science, a method that brings non-experts into the fold of scientific research and data collection, has emerged as a powerful t..
Urban security

To-nite - Community-based urban security

Turin - Italy

ToNite – Journal n.4 – A final update on the project and its legacy in Turin

Urban security
The UIA Expert Simone d’Antonio provides an update on what has happened with the project since its end date, with a focus on the impact..
Urban poverty

A Place to Be-Come

Seraing - Belgium

Adapt to climate change starting from green areas

Urban poverty
The APTBC project has invested significant efforts in improving the parks in the central neighbourhoods of Seraing, which are the least..
Circular economy

RE/SOURCED Renewable Energy SOlutions for URban communities based on Circular Economy policies and Dc backbones

Leiedal Intermunicipal Association - Belgium

RE/SOURCED - Journal 3

Circular economy
Our third RE/SOURCED Journal, covering Q1 2023 to Q1 2024..
Demographic change

S.T.E.P.S Shared Time Enhances People Solidarity

Verona - Italy

Circuito S.T.E.P.S. – the community takes action!

Demographic change
As part of the S.T.E.P.S. project, the Municipality of Verona launched in 2023 the initiative  “Circuito S.T.E.P.S.” - Fai la tua parte..
Culture and cultural heritage

CUP 4 CREATIVITY - Cultural Urban Platform to nurture creativity and fight digital loneliness

Budapest Újbuda - Hungary

CUP4Creativity Journal #3: Institutionalisation and continuous experimentation

Culture and cultural heritage
This journal by expert Levente Polyák documents the evolution of the UIA project CUP4Creativity. This issue serves as a summary of the ..

UIA latest news & events

eui

UIA in Perspective

Reaching the end of the 2014-2020 programming period, implementing UIA and transitioning to EUI is a moment to summarize ambitions that were behind es...
UIA Article
gree

Building green cities: accessible and affordable to all!

Climate change affects and will continue to affect all Europeans. However, the magnitude of its consequences is not equitably distributed among people...
UIA Article
eui

The European Urban Initiative for your city!

With the official agreement signed between the Region Hauts-de-France and the European Commission, we shift from UIA to the new European Urban Initiat...
UIA Article
EFZ

The European Urban Initiative: official agreement signed between the Region Hauts-de-France and the European Commission

The Region Hauts-de-France and European Commission have now officially signed an agreement for the management of the European Urban Initiative....
UIA Article
euwrc

Join us at the European Week of Regions and Cities 2022

We are back at the annual European Week of Regions and Cities 2022! Register now for our sessions and find out more details about what we have planned...
UIA Article
NEB

New European Bauhaus: 20 small and medium municipalities to receive support for frontrunner projects

The Commission announces the 20 winners of the first call of the New European Bauhaus dedicated to place-based transformative projects led by small an...
UIA Article
ueau

New Call for Partners: Urban Agenda for the EU Partnerships on Greening Cities and Sustainable Tourism

New call for partners to form two new Thematic Partnerships under the Urban Agenda for the EU: Sustainable Tourism and Greening Cities ...
UIA Article
16 Mar 2023
17 Mar 2023

Cities Forum 2023 – Together for green and just cities

The European Commission’s Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policy is organising its biennial major event, the CITIES FORUM, on 16-17 March, ...

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Countries covered
14
Topics addressed
5
Calls finalised