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The next LDnet webinar is coming up on Thursday 22 April 2021 on “New exclusions: How communities are combating digital, food and health exclusions”- Registration still open

The third LDnet webinar in this series is coming up on Thursday 22 April 2021at 18:00 CEST on “New exclusions: How communities are combating digital, food and health exclusions”. Registration is open. To register click HERE Thursday 22 April, 18:00 – 19:00 CEST New exclusions: How communities are combating digital, food and health exclusions Webinar […]

‘Communities in circles: new forms of development’ – The recording and main points from the webinar of 15 April 2021

The second webinar of the series “Recovery through community-led approaches” focused on “Communities in circles: new forms of development”. It was organised by LDnet in partnership with AEIDL (the European Association for the Information on Local Development). It was organised with the support of AEIDL and FARNET and contributions from URBACT projects. The recording of […]

‘New opportunities and challenges for local development in a post-Covid world’ – The recording and main points from the webinar of 8 April 2021

The first webinar of the new LDnet series on “New opportunities and challenges for local development in a post-Covid world” focused on “New opportunities and challenges for local development in a post-Covid world”. It was organised with the support of ELARD and FARNET, and attended by some 70 participants. The recording of the webinar is […]

CLLD country profile: Finland

An overview of CLLD in Finland in the 2014-2020 period: local development approach, use of EU funds, number of LAGs, achievements so far, barriers encountered, national specificities | Main author: Marjo Tolvanen | April 2021

CLLD country profile: Greece

An overview of CLLD in Greece in the 2014-2020 period: local development approach, use of EU funds, number of LAGs, achievements so far, barriers encountered, national specificities | Main authors: Iro Tsimpri and Tasos Perimenis | March 2021

URBACT Transfer Guide – Social Participative Model using Volunteerism

The network “Volunteering Cities” has decided to develop this Transfer Guide with the objective of giving support to other cities that need/wish to re-visit their Social Policy Governance Model in order to set-up: Co-creation policy making, and Action Plans design processes by incorporating the Volunteers directly and more intensively in these processes. The advantage of […]

SPIRE Baia Mare – Start-Ups Mentoring Programme – Applications

The SPIRE STARTUPS mentoring program is an activity of Smart Post-Industrial Regenerative Ecosystem – SPIRE project supported by Urban Innovative Actions program (UIA – Urban Innovative Actions). The purpose of this project is to experiment, test and implement creative, innovative, visioning, sustainable development solutions for sustainable land use, nature-based solutions. SPIRE proposes a revolutionary approach […]

‘Exploring Landscape Boundaries’ open seminars

On April 30th 2pm EET, the Landscape Architecture department of the Estonian University of Life Sciences is hosting a seminar as part of a series called ‘Exploring Landscape Boundaries’ with the aim to highlight the work of thedepartment but also to take different perspectives on landscapes. Information about the event: Leonardo Brawl Márquez is a […]

CLLD comparisons: ESI funding available to LAGs in different countries

How does the average ESI funding per Local Action Group (LAG) compare by Member State? This analysis is part of the CLLD in Europe initiative of LDnet, comprising CLLD country profiles and horizontal analyses (see here). We have seen that the EAFRD is the dominant ESI Fund in most EU Member States (see here), but also that […]

Global e-Festival: Regions in Recovery – Building Sustainable Futures – Call for abstracts

This multi-partner event will run globally, online from 2 to 18 June 2021. It will bring together a number of global communities representing planners, finance and economic geographers, economists, infrastructure specialists, regional policy experts and researchers. The Festival will address themes related to the re-emergence of regions and cities from the pandemic. It will address […]