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WDR: „Düsseldorf testet System zur Flüchtlingsverteilung“

Das Projekt Re:Match wurde in einem neuen WDR Audio-Beitrag porträtiert, u.a. über den Projektstatus in unserer Partnerkommune Düsseldorf und unser Ziel, einen bedarfsorientierten und individualisierten Verteilungsmechanismus mithilfe eines Algorithmus zu...
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Re:Match project: First match and relocation successful!

Using an algorithm-based process, we successfully matched and relocated a group of 20 Ukrainian protection seekers from Poland with German municipalities this week.
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Municipal Development Advisory Councils - New application phase for municipalities has started!

Are you part of your municipality's administration and looking for ways to tackle complex future issues together with stakeholders from different interest groups? The Berlin Governance Platform accompanies four municipalities until April 2025...
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Westfalen-Blatt: Kalletal takes a closer look at health care

The Kalletal Community Development Advisory Board (KEB) has now met for the first of four sessions at the Kalldorf village community center. The focus of the discussions is health care in the community.
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ZEIT-ONLINE: "Matching for Refugees"

The project Re:Match was presented in a new ZEIT ONLINE article: How can refugees in Germany be better distributed? Algorithms will soon help: People say what they need and the...
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Project launch Re:Match

Our new project Re:Match aims to pilot an innovative model for a better, human rights-based and more sustainable distribution of protection seekers in Europe, thus contributing to a solution for the current challenges in the...
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Launch of model project "Shaping the future together on site

"I thought we were doing citizen participation for rural health care, but it's only really become clear to me here the importance of this in general for the development of democracy in our country!" Thus expressed...
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Panel Discussion "Cities of Migrant Solidarity: An International Dialogue".

Cities are important sites for understanding migrant integration and refugee protection around the world. Although nation-states typically have authority over the selection and reception...
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Glocal Governance - How to govern in the Anthropocene: New Book Publication by Anja Mihr

Anja Mihr, director of the Center on Governance through Human Rights, has published her new book, Glocal Governance - How to govern in the Anthropocene. In this book, she looks at...
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Model project Municipal Development Councils: Partner municipalities selected!

Between May 2022 and October 2023, the model project will accompany and support the five selected partner municipalities in the establishment and implementation of a Municipal Development Advisory Council. In this participation format, representatives from...
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Interactive participation atlas on municipal citizen participation in Lusatia published

The project "Municipal Citizen Participation in Lusatia", funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), addressed the question of what role citizen participation at the municipal level plays in the...
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Municipal development councils - application phase for municipalities has started!

From now on, municipalities with up to 50,000 inhabitants can apply to participate in the model project Municipal Development Councils. Between May 2022 and October 2023, the pilot project will support four partner municipalities in...
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The Climate Transparency Report 2021

The Climate Transparency Report 2021 was released on October 14, 2021. The report is the world's most comprehensive annual report on G20 countries' climate actions and their transition to a zero-emissions economy....
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New German Government - New Opportunities for Migration and Asylum Policy?

In contrast to the 2017 federal election, migration and asylum policy issues played only a minor role in this year's election campaign. Nevertheless, there is hope that a new government after the elections will be able to meet the challenges...
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The online publication of the Climate Transparency Report 2021.

Two weeks ahead of the G20 Summit in Rome and COP26 in Glasgow, Climate Transparency has published the Climate Transparency Report 2021 - the most comprehensive annual report on the climate activities of...
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What is transdisciplinarity? New book on transdisciplinary didactics out.

A core topic of the HVGP is the promotion of transdisciplinarity. In contrast to interdisciplinarity or multidisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity incorporates knowledge and experiences that arise outside the science system. Transdisciplinary research does not interrogate...
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Digital Mapping: Cities and Civil Society Networks for a Welcoming Europe

Cities and municipalities across Europe have shown their willingness to welcome asylum seekers in recent years. These welcoming municipalities are growing in number and they, along with the many...
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From fortress Europe to  safe harbours. What are the options for safe and ordered migration routes?

Since 2015 there has been a lot of talking about the so-called refugee crisis in Europe. In fact, the crisis is the lack of access to protection through regulated, safe routes to Europe...
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A Welcoming Europe of Cities

In June 2021, mayors from various European cities and municipalities met in Palermo at the conference "From the Sea to the the City: a conference of cities for a Welcoming Europe" to demand solidarity-based solutions to the humanitarian crisis at the European borders...
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"From the Sea to the City - A Conference of Cities for a Europe in Solidarity".

On June 25 and 26, mayors from across Europe will join civil society actors in Palermo for a conference to discuss solutions for a welcoming Europe...
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Save the date! Conference "From the Sea to the City

We are happy to finally announce the date of our joint conference! The conference is organised by From the Sea to the City, a European civil society network in collaboration with the cities of Palermo and Potsdam...
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Municipalities can do it! For a refugee policy initiative that combines integration and development measures

Cities and municipalities are not only central players when it comes to providing protection, integration and social cohesion, they are also centres for business and development. At the same time, they must...
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Project conclusion: Interim review of the guidelines for participation of the state-owned companies

In 2017, guidelines for good participation in housing were developed in a project between the state-owned housing associations and the non-profit HUMBOLDT-VIADRINA Governance Platform. Since then, the Landowner Housing Companies have been applying the Guidelines for Participation...
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New Publication: Ideas and Best Practices for a Human Rights-Based European Migration Policy

As part of the From the Sea to the City consortium, we are very pleased to release our first joint publication with key recommendations and best practices in the field of European migration....
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Film off! The Energiewende Partnerstadt project says goodbye for the time being with a final video about the two-year cooperation.

Municipalities play a key role in the European energy transition: this is where a large part of European legislation is implemented, this is where renewable energy plants are built, and this is where direct contact with citizens takes place....
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Multi-stakeholder conversation on housing in cities

The tight housing market is a real problem in many cities, especially in cities with a high proportion of tenants like Berlin. 13 representatives from politics & administration, business and organized civil society...
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