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Here you'll find day to day insights from the UPLIFT team.

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    Barakaldo´s participation within the framework of UPLIFT project so far

    Within the framework of the UPLIFT project (Urban Policy Innovation to Address Inequality with and for Future Generations), for which 16 European cities or functional urban areas (FUAs) were selected, the Urban Report for Barakaldo has recently been carried out.

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    The migrant dimension of vulnerability in the Welfare State: the case of Borlänge, Sweden

    When the Danish sociologist Esping-Andersson (1990) was collecting data for his much-cited work on welfare states, Sweden, along with its Nordic neighbouring countries, had been dominated by Social Democrats (backed by influential trade unions) for many decades. The universal welfare state arrangements identified by Esping-Andersen were consequently also labelled by their political connotations (“The Social Democratic Welfare State” regime type). He described the basic features as universal rather than selective and many arrangements were general entitlements rather than depending on work-related qualification criteria.

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    The Urban Reports

    Deliverable 2.2 of the UPLIFT study provides an exploration and analysis of the local policy contexts of sixteen functional urban areas (FUAs) around Europe.  These are named the ‘Urban Reports’.  You can find these on our website, in the official deliverables section:  https://www.uplift-youth.eu/insights-reporting/official-deliverables

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    Youth Town Meeting in Chemnitz

    The Youth Town Hall meeting in Chemnitz, was held at the “Compact” youth club.  It fell during a time of extremely high Covid-19 cases in the city. Therefore, we had to ensure that the venue selected would allow for all safety measures to be followed.

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    Updated Action Plans

    The deliverable (D) 4.2 is a formal update of D4.1, this can be found under the ‘Insights and Reporting’ tab.  These deliverables are the four localised Action Plans for the UPLIFT project. 

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    Collective Peer to Peer Event

    On 2nd November all 16 partners, as well as stakeholders involved came together for a virtual two day peer to peer consortium event, sharing reflections, experiences, learnings and offering collaborative support.

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    UPLIFT at Europe Housing Forum

    On 17th November 2021, József Hegedüs from Metropolitan Research Institute presented at the Europe Housing Forum, organised by Habitat for Humanity.  He discussed housing inequalities in Europe and the root causes of this inequality.   

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    Our Youth Panel in Amsterdam starts housing concept for vulnerable young people

    September saw Uplift's second of three sprints kick-off with a youth panel, working with the architectural firm INBO.  Together they will work on a residential concept for which a real location in Meer en Vaart.  The challenge is to create a new housing concept that meets the needs of vulnerable young people. This is an ongoing project with results expected in February 2022.

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    UPLIFT advocates to bring “Young people’s voice at the centre of policy-making” at the European Week of Regions and Cities

    UPLIFT joined forces with members of the advisory board from Kreisau Initiative in Berlin and the Foundation for Democratic Youth in Budapest, to co-organise a Participatory Lab: “Young people’s voice at the centre of policy-making” at the 19th European Week of Regions and Cities event.

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This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation progamme under grant agreement 870898