UIA project P4W expert Ronald Lievens, explores why soft skills are a key part of the Passport4Work project. Especially with certain jobs suffering from COVID-19, it is important for individuals to develop and sustain their employability. Soft skills are instrumental in this process, since they allow job seekers to maintain a broad orientation to the labour market. In this 40 minute zoom-in podcast, different (public & private) project representatives are interviewed on this subject. Topics addressed touch among others on what are soft skills exactly, why are soft skills becoming more impo ..read more

In this episode of the UIA - Just Urban Transitions - Making the Transitions Affordable for all, we explore the challenges that some cities face in delivering green transitions that is accessible by all social groups. We also hear from cities of Barcelona, Prato and Getafe about their innovative solutions in making the green transitions affordable to all. The expert, Marcelline Bonneau, also gives her insights and provides a roadmap to a greener and a more socially just EU for all ..read more

This series of 3 episodes drop on the recent report published on the UIA website and the 10 case studies that explore the jobs and skills of our green future. This first session focuses on skills forecasting for a climate neutral economy.  Listen to the experience of 2 pioneers cities in this field narrated by Joe Crawler, Skills Intelligence Lead for Greater Manchester Combined Authority (IGNITION project) and Andries van Vugt, from Organiq, partner of the Passport4Work Project, Eindhoven. This discussion is moderated by Eddy Adams and Ronald Lievens, UIA experts.  Find more about t ..read more

In this first Zoom-in for the UIA project CUP4Creativity, Levente Polyak visits a pop-up event in the future Adaptér, to learn about the art & tech center under construction in the heart of Újbuda, Budapest's 11th district.  CUP4Creativity builds on the district’s current dynamic as a new cultural centre, by generating new connections between cultural producers, artists, creatives, technology initiatives, businesses and residents. One of the key objectives of CUP4Creativity is the establishment of a new cultural institution, Adaptér (a wordplay connecting “adaptation” and “space”) to ..read more

In this first Zoom-in for the UIA project DARE, Levente Polyak explores the digital platform conceived to support the transformation of Ravenna's Darsena area. DARE is a non-conventional urban regeneration project that instead of focusing uniquely on the physical environment, invests in the skills of its inhabitants and the digital knowledge infrastructure of the area. In the course of the project’s three years, the Ravenna Municipality is cooperating with the Darsena’s residents, businesses, initiatives and institutions to create an inclusive, accessible digital framework for the area. This f ..read more

The first Zoom-in of Cluj Future of Work is on Pata-Rât, a Roma settlement located near the city landfill which is one of the main focus of the urban Innovative Actions project. With the interviews to Adrian Raulea, development coordinator of the Metropolitan City of Cluj Napoca (partner of Cluj Future of Work) and to Pepe Fachete, facilitator and member of the Pata-Rât, we go through the main challenges of the area and the actions that the UIA project is carrying out to ensure an active participation of the residents to the city life and a better access to work. Read the full article of Simon ..read more

INNOAIR Podcast is reporting on a hackathon aimed at ideas and solutions making Sofia's urban mobility smart and green. The Bulgarian capital Sofia is far from being a clean air showcase. The city now is considering the potential of innovative mobility solutions for the improvement of air quality, and it is trying to unlock the capabilities of its citizens for this. During the European Green week, Sofia held a virtual three-day hackathon, where it challenged teams from high schools, universities and startup companies to ideate and prototype ways to make Sofia’s urban mobility smarter and gree ..read more

UIA Expert Levente Polyak presents in his podcast how the project transforms one specific neighbourhood of the city – Victoria.  Listen to the different interviews he has collected and learn how Curing the Limbo is influencing the local community! Find more about the innovative project implemented by the city of Athens, Curing the Limbo - From apathy to active citizenship: Empowering refugees and migrants in limbo state to ignite housing affordability ..read more

The GreenQuays project in Breda aims to develop and establish nature-inclusive quays. Although it was not in focus when developing the project, this podcast explores, if these quays, at the same time, could be health-inclusive for citizens. Health benefits are among the many additional benefits that nature-based solution can potentially offer. UIA expert Birgit Georgi discusses the options and the team’s journey for including positive health impacts together with the project partners and collaborating external partners. What has been the motivation for the different partners to include he ..read more

The second episode of the series “Cities engaging in the Right to Housing” explores the financial sector’s influence on housing. In this podcast, Raquel Rolnik, professor at the University of São Paolo and former UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing describes the process of housing financialization and invokes policies to counter its influence and to secure affordable housing. “We can learn from the measures that we saw at the beginning of the pandemic: those interventions in the private housing market, with rent freezes and regulations, were unthinkable before. They created a political o ..read more