Urban Voices

Urban Voices Podcast

Society EN ↓ 29 episodes

Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) is an Initiative of the European Union that provides urban areas throughout Europe with resources to test new and unproven solutions to address urban challenges.

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Innovating in Cities - Making Breda’s nature-inclusive quays health-inclusive 07.10.2021 21:44

The GreenQuays project in Breda aims to develop and establish nature-inclusive quays. Although it was not in focus when developing the project, this podcast explores, if these quays, at the same time, could be health-inclusive for citizens. Health benefits are among the many additional benefits that nature-based solution can potentially offer. UIA expert Birgit Georgi discusses the options an...

Cities engaging in the Right to Housing #2: Fair finance 26.05.2021 42:12

The second episode of the series “Cities engaging in the Right to Housing” explores the financial sector’s influence on housing. In this podcast, Raquel Rolnik, professor at the University of São Paolo and former UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing describes the process of housing financialization and invokes policies to counter its influence and to secure affordable housing. “We can learn f...

Cities engaging in the Right to Housing #1: Collaborative housing 15.04.2021 30:53

The first episode of the series “Cities engaging in the Right to Housing” explores the politics of housing in Berlin. In the podcast, Florian Schmidt, councillor of the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district, explains ways in which the municipality can support collaborative housing initiatives. This support ranges from using regulatory tools like rental caps, the right of first refusal or expropriation...

Soft skills to sustain employability 07.11.2020 39:33

UIA project P4W expert Ronald Lievens, explores why soft skills are a key part of the Passport4Work project. Especially with certain jobs suffering from COVID-19, it is important for individuals to develop and sustain their employability. Soft skills are instrumental in this process, since they allow job seekers to maintain a broad orientation to the labour market. In this 40 minute zoom-in podcas...