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Island of Lesvos
Smart

Welcome to Lesvos

The portal www.welcometolesvos.com, by West Lesvos Municipality, offers a “Smart Tour” showcasing the island’s authentic, sustainable tourism and services.

29 Nov 2024 | By project TOURBO
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Atlas Website for health promotion interventions in basic health zones in the region
Social

Atlas Public Health Surveillance platform

This tool facilitates the identification of health inequalities and guides decision-making in health promotion and prevention through thematic mapping.

27 Nov 2024 | By project CARES
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Good practice - Social
Social

Career Trips

Career Trips introduce international students and international talents the job opportunities in the rural areas the bigger cities.

26 Nov 2024 | By project MILEstone
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Food Bank Cluj

The Food Bank collects surplus food and redistributes it to those in need, reducing waste and hunger through efficient, digitalized management and transparency.

24 Nov 2024 | By project CEI BOOST
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Matchmaking
Image of tourists in the Prespa Region
Social

Alternative tourism development in Prespa

The Policy Learning Platform conducted a face-to-face matchmaking for the Municipality of Prespes, on 21 November 2024. Local authorities requested advice on how to develop tourism, building on the concept of creative tourism.
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Peer review
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Smart

Financing interregional innovation cooperation in Basque Country

On 5-6 November 2024, the Policy Learning Platform held an onsite peer review for the Regional Government of the Basque Country (Spain), which was looking for inspiration on how to finance interregional innovation through cooperation and realise cross-programme synergies in practice.
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Matchmaking
Room full of machines
Smart

Developing new S3 economic strengths in Northern Netherlands

On 8 November 2024, the Policy Learning Platform held an onsite matchmaking, which requested advice regarding their policy challenge on designing and implementing a long-term, adaptive governance and support framework to identify, select, and nurture high-potential niche specialisation opportunities for innovation valorisation in the Northern Netherlands.
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Peer review
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Connected

New regional public transport offer in Central Denmark

On 6-7 November, the Policy Learning Platform held an onsite peer review for the region of Central Denmark, which requested input on how to increase the use of public transport in rural areas to reduce carbon emissions by reducing the number of single-occupancy cars on the road.
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Policy brief
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Smart

Equity funding for startups

Explore policies and schemes for venture capital and equity investment in technology-based startups. Get inspired by good practices coming from Interreg Europe projects.
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Policy brief
Helicopter view of a village in Europe in a rural area
Citizens

Urban-rural linkages

Urban-rural linkages play a pivotal role in advancing EU cohesion priorities. Explore five recommendations for leveraging their potential and impact.
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Policy brief
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Smart

Interregional complementarities in innovation

Discover how your region can use its complementarities to collaborate with regions across Europe. In this policy brief, you'll find good practices from Interreg Europe and policy recommendations.
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Policy brief
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Connected

Demand-Responsive Transport

In this policy brief, you will find what demand-responsive transport is, the European policy framework, and transferable good practices coming from Interreg Europe projects. 
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Story
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Smart

Bootcamp and Outlab: a method tested in San Sebastian 

Explore the Bootcamp and Outlab method from San Sebastian and how it brought the academic and entrepreneurial communities closer.
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Story
Decarbonising tourism by bike
Green
Social

Approaches to decarbonise the tourism sector

Tourism is a carbon-intensive industry. Take a look at how you can cut emissions and provide support mechanisms and strategies to the tourism sector in your region.
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Story
old man sitting in a chair in his house, and next to him a young lady is helping him to book a medical appointement online on an ipad
Social

Loneliness and social connections

Loneliness is most commonly defined as a negative subjective experience of low quality and/or quantity of one’s social network. Discover how the NOTRE project deals with this topic in this story!
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Story
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Citizens

A participatory approach for urban regeneration in Livorno, Italy

Take a look at how the city of Livorno envisioned the Creative Hangar as a dynamic space where culture, technology, and community could coexist and flourish.
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Webinar
Young people looking for employment
Social

Improving labour market integration of young people: key learnings

Explore the webinar recording of 19 December 2024 focusing on the integration of young people in the labour market. Get inspired by good practices from across Europe.
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Workshop
Group picture workshop Vittorio Veneto Italy
Social

Alternative tourism: key learnings

On 20 November 2024, the Policy Learning Platform organised a workshop in Vittorio Veneto, Italy, to discuss the concept of alternative tourism. Discover the key learnings.
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Workshop
Walking path next to the sea
Smart

E-workshops on islands as testbeds for innovation: key learnings

Explore the key learnings from the e-workshop on Islands as testbeds for innovation, that the Policy Learning Platform organised on 9 December 2024.
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Webinar
Group of citizens discussing policy
Citizens

Citizen science for policy: Key learnings

The Policy Learning Platform hosted a webinar on citizen science for policy. Learn from initiatives and approaches from across Europe to promote citizen science in policymaking.
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