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The work done in the Urban DUSI Lab is included in the publication Estrategias locales de Desarrollo sostenible. Apuntes sobre innovación en planificación, impemetación y evaluación. This open-access book summarises some of the foundations and tools to analyse sustainable development

Seville, 11 July 2022 The analytical perspective on integral urban strategies developed by EurPol will be applied to studying sustainable urban development initiatives through citizen science processes. This research line will be developed thanks to the collaboration agreement established between

Seville, 16 June 2022 On June 15, the URBAODS Congress was held online. Students from the participating universities presented their research work on the SDGs at the local level. Students working in EUrPOl have presented their research on analysing the

Seville, 7 June 2022 What impacts do area-focused urban policies have on residents’ quality of life? Mercedes Najman, a CONICET researcher and head of the Urban Studies Area of the Gino Germani Institute of the University of Buenos Aires (IIGG),

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Seville, 15 March 2022 EUrPol participates in the URBAODS project, coordinated by Professor Margarita Barañano (Complutense University of Madrid). This project’s goal is to involve and teach students in the study of the SDGs at the local level. The project

Seville, 11 March 2022 What role does culture play in promoting sustainable urban development? What role does it play and can it play in the sustainable urban development policies promoted by the European Union?. These two questions have focused on

EUrPol participated as ‘voice of experience’ in the webinar on the SAT4SUD organised by the Joint Research Centre and the Urban Development Network. The SAT4SUD is a tool to self-evaluate the sustainable urban development strategies promoted by the European Union.

Toulouse, 4 November 2021 EUrPol members, Toulouse Metropol officials and civic association discuss projects under the Politique de la Ville policy. Participants share knowledge and experiences about the practice of integral urban development initiatives.  

  Sevilla, 6 October 2021. On 15 October 2021, coinciding with the European Week of Local Democracy, the webinar ‘Resilience and territorial development: the importance of community involvement’ will be held.  This is an initiative promoted by the Jean Monnet

Sevilla, 5 October 2021. Policy integration is an innovative strategy used to address complex problems. This paper develops a proposal to analyse this strategy in the domain of urban policies. The proposal is applied to analyse urban initiatives promoted by

Sevilla, 9 September 2021. Target selection is a crucial task in place-based policies. This article develops an analytical framework and a methodological strategy to evaluate territorial target selection according to policy eligibility criteria. These ideas are applied to urban development

Sevilla, 25 August 2021. The Comparative Urban Policy Portfolio Analysis is used to study the inclusion of gender-sensitive policy measures in local project portfolios, their transversality across policy sectors, and the relevance of two main approaches to analysing them. The

Sevilla, 15 July 2021. Integrated urban development strategies are shaping a new policy frame to cope with the complexity of urban problems. This implies multi-level policy mixes involving multiple goals, the collaboration between different actors, and policy theories based on

Sevilla, 12 July 2021. EUrPol presents the ‘dual learning’ model to analyse and evaluate urban policies in the XV Spanish Congress of Political Science and Administration. The model focuses on acquiring professional skills through curricular internships within the framework of

Sevilla, 1 july 2021. This article tries to analyse community involvement across Europe applying the classical approach of urbanism a way of life and using the European Social Survey. Multilevel models show that urbanism reduces local involvement, although place attachment

Sevilla, 18 June 2021. The second Urban DUSI-Lab workshop took place on Friday 18 June and was attended by members of the Jean Monnet Chair of Urban Policies in the European Union (EUrPol), the Andalusian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces

Sevilla, 1 June 2021. After the success of the first edition, the registration period for the 2nd edition of the course “Urban Policies of the European Union: Fundamentals and Methods of Analysis” opened on 28 May 2021 and will be

  Sevilla, 16 April 2021. The second Urban DUSI-Lab workshop took place this Friday, attended by members of the Jean Monnet Chair in Urban Policies in the European Union (EUrPol), the Andalusian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FAMP) and technicians

  Seville, 12 March 2021 The secretary-general of the Andalusian Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FAMP), Teresa Muela, and the head of EUrPol (Jean Monnet Chair of Urban Policies in the European Union), Clemente Navarro, have inaugurated this Friday the

Sevilla, 7 February 2021. Andalusian Research Centre and EUrPol establish a collaborative framework to promote research, training and dissemination initiatives on comprehensive and sustainable development policies. This agreement extends a line of work and previous collaboration with researcher Clemente J.

Sevilla, 20 de enero de 2021. Esta publicación analiza la lógica de intervención de las iniciativas urbanas impulsadas por la UE en España. El artículo estudia el marco de políticas y los procesos causales incluidos en las combinaciones de políticas

Sevilla, 22 December 2020. EUrPol and FCEA publish a report with the contributions to the webinar The city before, during, and after the COVID-19. The publication offers a multidisciplinary perspective about the causes, consequences and strategies to cope with COVID-19 in urban areas.  More information

  Sevilla, 16 de diciembre de 2020. La Federación Andaluza de Municipios y Provincias y EUrPol llevarán a cabo actividades de investigación, formación y difusión sobre políticas integrales de desarrollo sostenible en el marco de un convenio establecido al efecto.

Sevilla, 27 November 2020. On 26 and 27 November took place the seminar “Peer Review. Strategies for integrated sustainable urban development in Andalusia”, organised by the FAMP, within the Andalusian Network of EDUSI Cities (RACEDUSI). Public officials from Andalusian municipalities

Sevilla, 20 October 2020. The first edition of the course ‘European Urban Policies: Foundations and Tools’ ended on September 9, 2020.  Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the course was online. Twenty-nine participants have learned about European strategies to promote urban

Madrid, 28 July 2020. EurPol participates in the seminar ‘Rethinking public administration in the face of new social and global risks’ organized by the National Institute of Public Administration and the Universidad International Menéndez Pelayo. Urban policies promoted by the

Sevilla, 23 July 2020 Local governments are a privileged space to foster citizen closeness and trust to public institutions, and participatory processes and mechanisms are one of the main instruments to promote these effects. Public participation is a central aspect

Sociology, Political Science and Social Work students carried out their curricular internships during the academic year 2019-2020 within the framework of EUrPol. Students have learned basic techniques for the analysis and evaluation of integral and sustainable development projects developed within

Sevilla, 20 May 2020. The city is a relevant space to understand the causes and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Why is this socio-spatial context relevant to understanding the causes and consequences of this phenomena? How is the COVID-19 influencing

EurPol collaborates with CADIPAT Project in the International Workshop on The Quality Urban and Territorial Planning Design. Researchers and practitioners from six countries have assessed an evaluative system and a specific app to analyze the quality of integral urban policies

The Joint Research Centre publishes the Handbook on Sustainable Urban Strategies, “as a policy learning tool, flexible and adaptable to the needs which result from the different territorial and administrative contexts”. EUrPol participates in the handbook validation process. More information

Brussels, 18 November 2019