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A city's path towards #circularity includes preparing and planning the transition, while creating an enabling environment for stakeholders in the city. Developing a Circular city strategy that charts the journey for transition is vital. Explore The Circular City Centre – C3's guide for developing a Circular city strategy. This document offers a detailed, step-by-step guide to assist cities in preparing a strategy for their #circulartransition, featuring examples from leading European cities. Since each city is unique, discover how this approach can be adapted to different city contexts.

A circular economy strategy can help your city achieve multiple environmental goals—from slashing emissions to preserving biodiversity. To start developing such a strategy, check this step-by-step guide delivered by The Circular City Centre – C3 👇

🌏 Urban Hub Europe I This BLOXHUB initiative connects a dynamic network of like-minded hubs across Europe. The mission of the alliance is to assist members by promoting a sustainable urban future through collaboration, knowledge sharing, and the pooling of expertise across Europe. Dive into Urban Hub Europe’s new website to learn more about network activities, events, and opportunities to join the ecosystem via the seven leading member hubs: www.urbanhubeurope.eu Martine Reinhold Kildeby is responsible for the UHE network and global partnerships and cross-border collaborations at BLOXHUB. She states that the Urban Hub Europe initiative is a beautiful example of Innovation hubs being collaborators - not competitors. A structure we need much more of in the future, she says: “The network is a unique opportunity for everyone interested in expanding their business and urban impact to engage in an ecosystem that connects leading regional innovation ecosystems. - Through membership with just one of the member hubs, you get access to knowledge, partners, and workplaces across Europe and the network is still growing.” #urbanhubeurope, #crossbordercollaboration #sustainableurbanfuture

Learn more about the CityMove Project! Our research will provide valuable insights and models for cities worldwide to foster healthier environments. In this post, we invite you to learn more about CityMove's goals, the cities involved, our focus on NCDs and physical activity, and our planned outcomes. 💡 Want to learn more about CityMove and our planned outcomes? Follow us and join us in the movement towards healthier cities! #CityMove #HorizonEU #ActiveLiving #HealthierCities #UrbanHealth #NCDs  #GAPPA Universiteit Antwerpen - Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam - University of Essex - Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina - Fundación Universitaria Juan N. Corpas - Makerere University - Walk21 Foundation - Stad Antwerpen

Wanted: smart city innovations for the future of #living 🏙️ Pitch for exposure (200.000+ visitors), network, pilot and prize money https://lnkd.in/ekzzhkbq Over the next 25 years #technology and strategic innovation is set to transform our world. In this challenge our partners Global PropTech and Holland ConTech & PropTech together with Cityscape Global are looking for solutions that redefine the #future of living. For example, solutions within the topics of: - #smart cities / buildings - #health and wellness - future of #work - #digitalization tools - urban transportation and #mobility - and more... 🚀 Why participate? - media exposure, interviews, panel speaker slot and more during the biggest real estate tradeshow in the world (200.000+ visitors) - possible pilot project with one of the jury members' companies - chance to win prize money Are you an innovator, startup or scale-up? And do you want to be at the center of today's most exciting construction and real estate market? Send your pitch! -> https://lnkd.in/ekzzhkbq ⏰ Send your pitch before the deadline! - Questions? Read the briefing or ask them in the Q&A module #FutureOfLiving #PropTech #Innovation

#PublicFundingWeeks City Innovation Competitions: Sparking Urban Creativity How do cities deal with their problems? Let citizens find innovative solutions! Munich's Innovation Competition exemplifies how cities encourage technological and social advancements. This competition invites visionaries to propose novel solutions addressing selected challenges that the city is facing. The best solutions will be awarded up to €25,000 to kickstart the implementation. Munich's approach is a model for cities worldwide, leveraging local talent to address global urban issues. Questions? #PublicFundingWeeks #MunichInnovation #UrbanCreativity #SmartCity #SustainableSolutions

Hear how mobility solutions are shaping the future of smart cities. This panel of city leaders and innovators will discuss their mobility priorities and the biggest challenges they are facing in transforming urban mobility. Join Chris Foreman as he moderates this conversation, and dive into the topic of creating #smartercities together! Register today! https://hubs.ly/Q02v-CQS0 💡 Chris Foreman | Raimundo Rodulfo, P.E., MSEM, PMP, CSSBB | Madi Rogers | David Spencer | Emily Yates 💡

It was great to hear last night from former Toronto mayor and C40 Cities Managing Director David Miller at the launch of his updated book Solved: How the World's Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis. Lots of great takeaways about how cities around the world are taking ambitious steps to be more sustainable, liveable, and frankly, more fun! A couple of examples were highlighted. Shenzhen, China, a city of thirteen million people, has sixteen thousand buses, all of which are electric. The city’s greenhouse emissions are reduced by 1.35 million tons per year with this conversion to electric buses. (This while Toronto is ‘piloting’ the concept). In Paris, a comprehensive Pedestrian Paris Strategy included pedestrianizing the Left Bank of the Seine Quayside. In just three years six million walkers, runners and cyclists took advantage of the space. Also discussed was the role of business in partnering with policymakers to create change, and the challenge of keeping the climate agenda a priority while so many economic and geopolitical issues surround us. Hint, peoples voices matter, collectively and individually, and engaging can have a measurable impact. Lastly, David Miller noted in his book that “Polluting less not only helps in a small way to minimize our impact on the planet, it helps our pocketbook and our health, too – a win all the way around.” Thanks to University of Toronto Press #UTP #Toronto #sustainability #cities

NMS: ‘Catalyst for Solutions’ Seminar in Brussels Official side event of the European Week of Regions and Cities on October 8th 2024 Join us on Tuesday October 8th 2024 at our official side event as part of the European Week of Regions and Cities: https://lnkd.in/etmMkQyx which BrabantStad co-produces with SmartwayZ.NL within the New Mobility Services community (NMS), which is part of the CIVITAS Initiative. Context: European cities are working on transforming urban mobility towards a smart, sustainable, safe and inclusive system. People want to live in cities that offer optimal use of space, livability, accessibility, inclusivity and clean air. Cities struggle here, while scale-ups have great potential to boost this transformation. We need to deploy their smart, sustainable new mobility services in an urban context. We will dive into the issues that hinder successful collaboration between cities and scale-ups and aim to solve them. Are you a scale-up with smart mobility solutions with ambitions and experience in doing business with cities all over Europe? Are you a city that wants to make use of the full innovative potential of scale ups in boosting your transformation to a smart, sustainable, safe and inclusive urban mobility system? Then join us on Tuesday October 8th 2024 at the Comics Art Museum in Brussels. Our event is free of charge, but the number of seats is limited. Please register by September 30th. See the link below 👇

Second article of my medium series is out! Diving into the concept of transformable space and how to make the environment adapt to our needs in residential living spaces and office spaces. Investigating the technology innovation gap and how to address it. A large range of breakthrough are required at various levels from building-scale to button-scale including the control software inter-connecting all the elements together. Finally, I address the adoption barriers and how to take the opportunities to go past them. MIROS Technology Neil Chennoufi | Jamie Paik | EPFL Startup | EPFL Innovation Park