Living Future’s Post

🏠🌍 The Liège declaration underscores the urgent need for a 'European New Deal for affordable housing'. With housing costs soaring and regional imbalances widening, it's time for innovative solutions. Let's explore new ways to distribute populations, empower rural entrepreneurship, and collaborate across borders for a more inclusive housing landscape. Learn more in the last story of Erik Gløersen, Thematic Expert for a more social Europe 👉https://bit.ly/3W4xZuU

🌟 Registration is open for the European Commission JRC webinars in the Future of Cities Series 🌟 The Future of Cities report identifies challenges influencing the future of cities in Europe and beyond. It also presents several perspectives from which to look at resolving these issues. It is an initiative of the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the science and knowledge service of the European Commission (EC), supported by the Commission's Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO). By taking stock of current knowledge and understanding of city systems, the report highlights potential pitfalls cities should avoid, and defines broad principles they should lean towards. It aims to foster discussion and help policy makers, individual cities and their citizens choose the best way forward. Starting on: ⏰ 16 May 10am BST / 11am CEST ▶ EU Cities and Heat Extremes 📢 Silvia Iodice Mat Santamouris ⏰ 6 June 1pm BST / 2pm CEST ▶ Homelessness in the EU: Exploring Data and Policy Needs 📢 Paola Proietti Lewis Dijkstra Michele Calandrino Marissa (Ellis) Plouin Freek Spinnewijn Solène Molard Arianna Gatta ⏰ 20 June Time - TBC ▶ Cities Fit for Crises and Long-term Challenges 📢 Dr Patrizia Sulis For more information on the webinars and to register, please go to: 💻 bit.ly/JRCweb24 These webinars are free to attend & open to all, just need to register. 🔁 😊 Alessandro Rainoldi Daniela Carl David Bailey John Harrison Neil Lee Nicola Pilling Alan Kinder Regional Studies Association Centre for Cities University of Strathclyde ICLEI ICLEI Europe LSE Cities The ILS – Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development gGmbH Eurocities Scientists For Future #S4F Architects4Future Netherlands Architects4Future EU Funds Elisa Bazzani Laura Spirito

If you're going to UKREiiF, then you'll not want to miss this discussion with leading industry voices on how to recreate urban sites fit for the future, chaired by Peyrouz Modarres. #UKREiiF2024

We often work within regeneration contexts in our consultancy work. Frequently people are focusing on buildings and infrastructure in regeneration plans, but we think it's important to talk about cultural regeneration too. People and activity need to be a part of regeneration if it's going to have the impact it should. So it's great to see this article from Arts Council England on cultural regeneration in the West Country. #LetsCreate #CulturalRegeneration #CulturalDevelopment #CulturalConsultancy https://lnkd.in/euvTuDu9

We have discussed today in a webinar co-organised with RSA Europe the new EU Science, Research and Innovation policy brief on inclusive #cities fit for crises and long-term challenges. It examines recurrent #urban challenges that are exacerbated by crises, and offers suggestions for an inclusive approach to improve cities' #resilience taking account that those crises and challenges often disproportionately affect vulnerable #communities. You can download it here👇 https://lnkd.in/d49ep8GY Thanks to the authors, the speakers and to all those who took part in today’s discussions! Dr Patrizia Sulis Alessia Calafiore Juliana Gonçalves Trivik Verma Daniël Hogendoorn Sjoerdje van Heerden Nazli Yonca Aydin Rosemarie van Ham (She/Her) Luke Davids Daniela Carl Alex H. Nicola Pilling Elisa Bazzani Gabriel Resende Lewis Dijkstra European Commission Eurocities Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) European Urban Initiative Urban Agenda for the EU European Urban Knowledge Network URBACT European Committee of the Regions C40 Cities Resilient Cities Network Covenant of Mayors - Europe Cities Alliance OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions & Cities UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) ICLEI Europe Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2024 perspective.brussels

Municipalities want to be inclusive. But we don’t always know what this means, or where barriers to inclusivity exist. This virtual workshop will analyze concepts, provide tangible tools, and offer insight into ways to influence change within your municipality. Full details on the March 25 virtual workshop: https://lnkd.in/gKCRqhHD

“NCN provides energy and really influences the development in your own city!” We are now closing the series of "Meet the Board of NCN" by interviewing Anne Reinton, Project Manager at Trondheim kommune 👋   So Anne, what is the best thing about NCN? -         For me, the best thing about NCN is the combination of new knowledge and inspiration, and exciting discussions and practical learning . Ever since the start in 2004, NCN has conveyed the knowledge frontier and put new trends, challenges, and opportunities on the agenda to discuss what it might mean in a Nordic context, and how we should act in the Nordic cities. NCN provides energy and really influences the development in your own city!   What is your biggest contribution to the work within NCN? -         I am very interested in the link between strategic community development and physical urban planning. Both in the board work and the network, I try to highlight that connection, and contribute to inviting people from different parts of the municipality and several players in the city who all have different roles in creating sustainable cities.   Where will NCN be in ten years? -         In ten years' time, I hope that NCN will still be a powerful inspiration and learning arena for the Nordic cities. Perhaps even more diversely composed? Would you like to join our #network? Please don't hesitate to contact us! #urbanplanning #sustainability #urbansustainability #urbanplanning #nordiccities

Need is for to be more inclusive by involving local communities more actively for implementation and adherence.

I will be speaking at this conference on #UrbanTechforEquity which is aimed to bring together academic institutions and practitioners to discuss how #datadriven urban technologies can reduce #socialinequality. The conference takes place in the context of the "#InternationalGuidelines on #PeopleCenteredSmartCities"1, developed by #UNHabitat upon request of Member States in June 2023, at the Habitat Assembly of the United Nations. The UNITAC conference is focusing especially on the first key consideration of the International Guidelines resolution: "Ensure the equal participation and appreciation of people, including women and girls, children and youth, persons with disabilities, older persons and people in vulnerable situations, and ensure that digital and other new technologies contribute to reducing spatial, economic, social and digital inequalities, overcoming economic and social development challenges and supporting respect for human rights for inclusive cities." In line with #UNITAC’s research focus, the main emphasis of the conference is on spatial aspects to #reducespatialinequalities.

Its Day 3 of the Co Habitat Network 10th Anniversary Conference in Geneva and Anja Lazar from our Central and Eastern Europe partner Zadrugator/ MOBA Housing SCE explains that despite governments, in particular Slovenia, insisting people want to own their own home, their research shows that what is really important to people is affordability, safe and habitable housing and security of tenure as opposed to the type of tenure. Find out more about Cooperative Housing in Central and Eastern Europe ▶ https://bit.ly/CLHMOBA