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A new pilot project in the capital will try out multi-faceted farming in a built-up setting as a source of food and environmental awareness
The work is already underway from both sides and completion is expected at the end of the decade
The solution which has been progressing to that end for the past several years proves that there can be a circular business model
This move will open green and social public projects to wider investments
The city has launched a 'buy 1 get 1 for free' scheme to lure people back to the local cultural scene
The initiative focuses on building an integration policy from the perspective of small businesses within the community
The Agri-Tech centre in Osnabrück has a lab, workshop and test field all rolled into one
The flying machines will help pinpoint polluted districts much more accurately
Search for health, search for well-being - in any sense and category of these terms
The Agri-Tech centre in Osnabrück has a lab, workshop and test field all rolled into one
It will supply electricity to a population twice the city of Porto
Plzeňský Prazdroj’s new brewery warehouse launched an automated rail system capable of storing more beer and loading it onto trucks much more efficiently
The work is already underway from both sides and completion is expected at the end of the decade
Local authorities say that this is a good way to preserve the 15th-century market building while providing a public service
A new pilot project in the capital will try out multi-faceted farming in a built-up setting as a source of food and environmental awareness
Let your amorous intentions be known throughout the French capital, because if not there, where else?
Let your amorous intentions be known throughout the French capital, because if not there, where else?
The city has launched a 'buy 1 get 1 for free' scheme to lure people back to the local cultural scene
No more blue Mondays in this educational institution
The facility will be located in Hasselt and is set to welcome its first visitors this spring
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No more blue Mondays in this educational institution
The European Commission has accepted to develop the idea
Last week, the European Committee of the Regions reported that an idea to involve European cities more intimately in the development of the New European Bauhaus movement has been adopted by the European Commission. The idea, proposed by CoR member and Cork City Councillor Kieran McCarthy (IE/EA) concerns the introduction of special vouchers, which will allow a particular city to co-organize NEB Labs on its territory and apply for support from the Commission.
Michaela Magas, a member of the EC's high-level roundtable on the new European Bauhaus, confirmed the European Commission would work together with the CoR on launching 100 vouchers for Bauhaus LABs across EU regions. "I'm grateful for the idea proposed by CoR to model it on the successful Wifi4EU initiative", Ms Magas said.
The New European Bauhaus movement was conceived by the European Commission with the idea to turn into a grassroots movement led by the citizens, associations and creative minds passionate about transforming the public spaces in a way that makes them future-ready. Thus, the Commission was keen to keep the private and public sectors to the side as mere observers.
Recently, however, this stance has been softened a bit with the creation of the Friends of the New European Bauhaus status, which allows public administrations and the for-profit sector to express at least a tacit interest in the initiative.
"The current call for local and regional authorities to get involved is welcome but lacks ambition. Sufficient resources from state budgets and EU cohesion policy programmes need to be allocated at local and regional level for New European Bauhaus", insists Kieran McCarthy.
The voucher scheme is still in the works and the details are unclear. However, it seems like a way for at least some local administrations to get the chance to participate more assertively in the process of testing new ideas and projects at the so-called NEB Labs.
This falls in line with findings from TheMayor.EU (an official partner to the initiative), as well. Speaking to officials from the Municipality of Varna in the autumn of 2021, we witnessed their disillusionment with the fact that despite seeing the benefits of the initiative they could provide little more than moral support to the creative communities on the ground.
The fact is that local and regional administrations are better equipped to harness and organize the creative potential present in their territories. They also have the know-how for dealing with the complex EU regulatory framework.
"I believe that the New European Bauhaus must become a real movement which involves local and regional authorities and is not just another top-down project. It must be a project for everyone, not just the few. To be successful, this exercise must be socially, culturally and territorially inclusive," summed up the idea Mr McCarthy.
After the Berlin Constitutional Court declared the September 2021 local election invalid, the city is getting ready for a re-do
The digital transformation has reached the geographical dimension
The subsidy will apply to single women, couples and families
The digital transformation has reached the geographical dimension
Search for health, search for well-being - in any sense and category of these terms
The Agri-Tech centre in Osnabrück has a lab, workshop and test field all rolled into one
Eleven museums have united their efforts to do concrete analyses on emissions and share know-how on how to bring down emissions
It is meant as a response and companion piece to the annual San Remo festival - Italy’s premier pop music event
It’s the latest European capital that wants to do something about the rampant and chaotic use of the two-wheelers in its public spaces
Eleven museums have united their efforts to do concrete analyses on emissions and share know-how on how to bring down emissions
The city will kick off its stint as the European Capital of Culture for 2023 on 17 February
It is meant as a response and companion piece to the annual San Remo festival - Italy’s premier pop music event
The new itineraries are part of the DiscoverEU programme, which lets 18-year-olds travel by train between important European sites
The European Commission has published its first progress report charting the achievements of the socio-cultural movement that combines beauty, inclusion and sustainability
The 2023 edition of the creative initiative promises to be bigger, bolder and more inclusive
Veni Markovski’s take on dealing with disinformation in the European Union's poorest country – Bulgaria
A conversation with the mayor of Utrecht on the occasion of her mission to COP27
A conversation with the President of the European Committee of the Regions, about energy, climate change and the underrated importance of cohesion policy
