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lundi
sept.042006
ECAS EU Funding Guide 2006 [EN] (4/9/6)
lundi, septembre 4, 2006 at 19:01ECAS - European Citizen Action Service - 83 Rue du Prince Royal - B-1050 Brussels has a new edition of its practical EU (and non-EU) FUNDING Guide
Entries in [EN] (48)
jeudi
juil.202006
US Brookings Inst.: Compensation for living in ghettos? [EN]
Drivers from low-income neighborhoods of New York, Hartford and Baltimore, insuring identical cars and with the same driving records as those from middle-class neighborhoods, paid $400 more on average for a year’s insurance. The poor are also the main customers for appliances and furniture at “rent to own” stores, where payments are stretched out at very high interest rates; in Wisconsin, a $200 television can end up costing $700. Those were just two examples among several cited in a report Tuesday showing that poor urban residents frequently pay hundreds if not thousands of dollars a year in extra costs for everyday necessities. The study said some of the disparities were due to real differences in the cost of doing business in poor areas, some to predatory financial practices and some to consumer ignorance.
vendredi
juin232006
LUDA e-Compendium: Discovery of a Diamond [EN] (22.6.06)
A pleasant surprise for urban practitioners! We have got a seven-part, free accessible, interactive, completely interlinked Handbook. Go to the LUDA website, and see for yourself. You 'll find: * Concise definitions of concepts, notions and tools that we use in different stages of our projects. * A treasure of practical suggestions * A completely 'holistic' approach * Interactive decision making schemes * Everything developed out of practice, including: o on governance level, o on expert level (urbanistic, social engineering, etc.) o on project management level o on project execution level o on the monitoring and self-evaluation level o etc., etc. * All-internet-based, and smoothly working - for YOU Who shaped this marvel? LUDA is the "Large Urban Distressed Areas" Project of the Fifth Framework Programme of the DG "Research" of the European Commission:
mercredi
juin142006
URBACT: "We will carry forward the Urban Acquis, even if it is not in the EU Budget!" [EN]
An extremely important comment appeared this June 14 2006 on the URBACT website. Mathilde Auvillain resumes the results of the Stockholm and Barcelona European Urban Conferences. She has to conclude: The URBAN experience will not be renewed over the forthcoming programming period. The conference consequently emphasized the need to share experiences, something that will be of vital importance if the acquis URBAN are to be preserved. This leaves the cities alone.
