When analyzing the degree of development of a country or its economic potential, the agricultural sector and therefore rural sector usually fall on the negative side of the scale, when they are not in the queue of criteria and priorities. Rural is seen as backward or even without value in the scale of production when …
Category: Insights
Nightfall in Rennes
Compagnie Jojo : Rennes 06/07/2013 par f535060456 The Festival of the Tombées de la Nuit (Nightfall) was created in 1980 at the initiative of the city of Rennes. It aims to meet in early July to festivities’ expectations of Rennes citizens not going on holiday and summer visitors to the capital of Brittany, and in …
Choosing a city network : How to
Originally posted at Atlantic Cities’ blog (September 2013) From CAAC coaching activities on the international strategies of our members, a question keeps coming round: Which is the best network of cities (apart from us, of course!)? Where should I join to get the best return? Since the XX century, many city networks have been created, …
Cities and cohesion policy: networking as a tool
Originally posted in Atlantic Cities blog (May 2013) Since the early 80’s, in a context of globalization and rapid socio-economic and environmental shift, the progress of urban networks has been steady. Thus, urban networks have become key actors tackling the sustainability challenges of the 21st century. From a general point of view, an urban network …
Food and short delivery systems
Originally posted in Atlantic Cities blog (February 2013) as “Economy of Proximity” When speaking of the Economy of Proximity, one refers to an activity which relies on the proximity between producers and consumers. But what specifically characterizes this proximity? The concept of proximity is usually associated with geographical distance and physical space. However, proximity is …
Four Ideas about city branding in the Atlantic Arc
Originally posted in Atlantic Cities’ blog (December 2012) Awareness on the importance that city identity has on attracting tourists and businesses and even on retaining population has been exponentially increasing on the last ten years. However, this race against the machine (!) can be very tricky at times. From all the strategies used by Atlantic Arc Cities, four …
Biodiversity in the Atlantic Arc
Originally posted in Atlantic Cities blog (November 2012) In an Atlantic context marked by the crisis, the measures proposed must point to a balanced development of the territories as whole, avoiding artificial differentiation. The definition of the Atlantic Strategy and its Action Plan should reflect the development strategies identified by the Atlantic territories, allowing for …
Some notes on Community Led for Local Development
Originally posted at Atlantic Cities’ blog (October 2012) Analysis of the COTER Commission (CoR’s) position on the proposal of the Commission Based on the LEADER experiences, and with the aim to foster the ownership of the EU 2020 strategy, to facilitate bottom-up and integrated initiatives, the Commission proposed new tools such as “Community Led for Local …