In the intricate maze of urban planning, progressive policymakers are bringing the gender topic to the forefront, understanding the different mobility needs, redesigning public spaces and bolstering women’s representation on streets. From enhancing safety perceptions to combating violence against women and building new care facilities to take off some care load from women’s shoulders – […]
European Committee of the Regions
Reducing undifferentiated waste upstream: this is the real challenge of our ‘Zero Waste’ philosophy and strategy, and this is what we have managed to do in the Tuscan municipality of Capannori thanks to the great involvement of citizens. If, in the early 2000s, separating waste well with separate waste collection was the gold standard for […]
‘Unbroken’. This is the name mayor Andryi Sadovyi has chosen to give to the rehabilitation centre he intends to build in his city, Lviv, for all Ukrainians arriving there injured by the war. “Many of them have lost everything. Home. Family. Childhood. And yet remain… unbroken”. On top of the admirable resistance it shows, this […]
Catiuscia Marini is calling for a reform of the EU budget given that it is now under more pressure because of Brexit and the funding needed for new policies.