Originally posted at Atlantic Cities’ blog (March 2014) Since the approval of the Baltic Strategy in 2009, the term macroregion has become fashionable. The different EC communications on the implementation of this initiative, as well as for the Danube have been completed by scientific articles and policy positions from European territories. In a nutshell, we …
Going abroad: The sooner, the better
Through the Erasmus + program, and others like EU Volunteers or UN simulations, you will have the opportunity to gain international experience, do intense training and start establishing your own network. And yet, in many cases, there is no age limit. The Erasmus + has several types of measures, not limited to study or do …
Julia Cameron: Is creativity for everybody? (II)
One of the most visible consequences of self-rejection is procrastination. For Cameron, procrastination haunts the artist because s/he prefers to leave everything for later than to face a sure failure. The blocked artist believes that in a better future, with more time, money, age, position or life experience would be easier to create …
Three tools to enhance your productivity
Procrastination and social media are the toughest enemies of personal development, and, thus, of personal branding. Today I’d like to share three lifehacks that have helped me to jack up my concentration and productivity: The idea box Building on the basis of a suggestion box, this one is more visual and self-addressed. Whenever I’ve got …
You are here: How a Greenmap gives you the keys of your city
Earmarked in a bigger project and the worldwide action of Cities Foundation, We own the city contest aims to break down boundaries of conventional practices, while spotlighting the innovative potential of bottom-up initiatives in sustainable urban development, so as to catalyze discussion and capitalize on debate. This is also the red line guiding the publication …
Checklist for a project website
Many calls for funding include already a website as a criterion. If not, the most part of communication plans are based in a website as the central point. Even if for small and short projects, other social media may be privileged, a website can give an enormous boost when trying to mobilize opinion and resources …
Kickstart your International Project
When working at an international level, “I have a project” is a recurring statement. However, many times the speaker has only “an idea for a project” or “a goal to be achieved by a project”. Therefore, setting the stage of what a project is comes as a natural step. In simple terms, an international project …
Wooing an EU call for projects
Every first comer to EU projects asks the same question: how can I get some funds? At first, we should make the difference, in a broad picture, between funds directly managed by the European Commission and those in charge of national /regional managing authorities. And then try to find synergies between the initiativewe want to upgrade …
5 tips on language learning
Some weeks ago I was writing on how to create our own personal branding, mentioning the importance of improving language skills. But how? When budget is limited, it seems impossible to spend several months abroad only for the sake of learning languages and the crisis makes difficult to get a temporary job without speaking the …