About the project
Project goal: Contribute to the revitalisation of the city centers via reinforcing the economic development tools to foster proximity and social economy and supporting a sustainable and equitable economic growth.
Political challenges: The radical boost of the e-commerce, the quick and important increase of the rents but also the recent pandemic and successive lockdowns have accelerated a phenomenon shared by different cities that are losing their traditional vitality and proximity economic fabric. Besides, the climate change and the raise of inequalities show the need to evolve towards a more sustainable, smarter and more integrated economic development aligned with the UN SDG.
Political instrument tackled and Work hypothesis: The project will address the aforementioned challenges on the basis of the public economic development tools. The scope of the project will be focused in tools aiming at supporting entrepreneurship, SEMs, job creation and reinforcing social economy.
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Partners we are looking for
Cities administrations responsible for proximity economy policies willing to work towards the revitalisation of their city centers via reinforcing the local policies aimed at boosting a sustainable economic growth and social cohesion.
Interested in big and medium-sized cities from the North and East less developed on in transition regions