Curious by nature, anthropologist by training. Love #life #innovation #cities #running & #biking. Also network lead @aston_network, previously @urbact
Paris, France
Joined August 2011
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Beautiful job description about the work of a Mayor « manager of hope and master lof collective action » by @ClaudiaLopez Bogota Mayor #citylab2022 @BloombergCities
Bring on those digital activists!
“We need to create a new public digital space shaped by a democratic process, where citizens own their data” Femke Halsema, mayor of Amsterdam at #CityLab2022
& the future of the city needs to be more fun! @BloombergCities
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@MikeBloomberg opening the #citylab in Amsterdam on city managers’ need have to COPY-EDIT-PASTE from one another in a context of ever limited resources. @BloombergCities
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...and the gap in performance between cities and rural areas is larger in Africa than other parts of the world - underscoring the importance of Africa's cities for development.
New report #AfUD22 "The Economic Power of Africa's Cities" presents new evidence:
📣Large #cities perform better than small cities and small cities perform much better than rural areas, says
@PHeinrigs @SWAC_OECD #urbafrica
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📢Do you have a good knowledge of communication & capitalisation tools? A knowledge of sustainable #UrbanDevelopment?
We are looking for someone to support us in designing our #KnowledgeCapturing & sharing strategy
👇
bit.ly/35b3ibZ
#smartcities
@AFD_France
@URBACT
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« Les villes doivent se positionner comme plateformes pour l’innovation. Les solutions qu’elles cherchent sont souvent déjà là » @simlazar de @ASToN_network aux Journées de la ville francophone numérique de @AIMFrancophones
#AIMF2020 – at Tunisia
[WEBINAR] We’re going live tomorrow w/ #Lagos #Bamako #Matola discussing digital transition, #SmartCities & #Covid_19. Join us on 11.09 at 7.45 GMT, register here zoom.us/meeting/register/tJw…
📆🌍🤖 #Covid_19 which impact on African cities & their digital transition process? The cities of Lagos, Bamako & Matola will answer this question & many more in the 1st ASToN webinar starting tomorrow 11.09 7.45 GMT. Register here 👉 zoom.us/meeting/register/tJw… @AFD_France @URBACT
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ASToN cities across Africa are at different stages of C-19 response
To frame our conversations as a network, we have started using the 3 horizons that ASToN cities are facing
These are the 3 realities they are having to consider at the same time:
1. React
2. Stabilise
3. Recover
Looking forward to Tt(time travel) wild card
The US Army Research Lab has designed this "Table of Future Technologies"
madsciblog.tradoc.army.mil/2…
RT from @HeikoBorchert
#WUF10 @CcilMaisonneuve @FabriquelaCite said:
"A city allows you to write your story in a way you couldn't foresee, for all the opportunities it gives you”
The question I'm asking now: what is a city without the chance encounters, the oportunities, the unexpected interactions?
Thanks for sharing this @leasimpson These days, we cannot have enough of clean easy tips to take care of ourselves #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
At the start of the pandemic my therapist gave me five tips for self care from 'a man in a submarine'.
1. Establish routine
2. Keep a clean clear space
3. Enjoy one pleasure daily
4. Spot conflict early and name it
5. Talk to people on the outside
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
Pretty excited about this one. @GlobalGreenNewDeal webinar today MAY 19 5PM GMT +2 w/ Arundhati Roy and @NaomiAKlein “Into the Portal, Leave No One Behind” globalgnd.org/into-the-porta…
D. Eggers& all its beauty via @nytopinion
"It’s just like how we all pulled together in WWII,every element of society, w/ common purpose&shared sacrifice. This is just like that, except instead of coordination,we have competition, instead of common cause,we have acrimony&chaos"
"The People (P): What is happening?
Answer (A): A virus has come."
Read this satirical Q&A by Dave Eggers, the founder of McSweeney’s. nyti.ms/2yoEdx5
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"In these moments it doesn't matter if we are Romanians or Italians."
This Romanian team of doctors and nurses have been in Italy for the past week, helping their Italian colleagues respond to the #Coronavirus.
This was coordinated and co-funded by the EU. #StrongerTogether
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🌍#Maps & Facts: #Handwashing is one of the top preventive measures recommended to reduce the spread of #coronavirus. Yet, more than one-third of West Africans have no handwashing facility at home oe.cd/2Wh
#COVID19WestAf #COVID19 #stopthespread
The end of the lockdown - a test for the #smartcity?
"Whatever strategy is chosen, the Asian experiences (Korea, Singapore, China) suggest that even partial deconfinement will be structured around an inseparable “test/data/distance” triptych" via @FabriquelaCite @CcilMaisonneuve
📰 Deconfinement: a life-size test for the #smartcity?
Check out our best reads for this week (including: #coronavirus vs. climate, a ten-step plan to help cities prepare for the post-crisis recovery.…)➡️ bit.ly/39IimgK
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Join us this Friday, 3 April 2020, for the City Resilience Stories Webinar Series. For the first edition "COVID-19: Coping, Learning & Building Urban Resilience", the CROs from Quito and Milan will be sharing their experiences in coping with the pandemic bit.ly/2UOtGT7
"Now more than ever, we must abandon the performative and embrace the authentic. Our essential mental shifts require humility and patience."
The most useful& humble article I've read so far since the lockdown. Thanks @ProfAishaAhmad via @chronicle
bit.ly/2WYM8ez