Our IEU MONITORING headlines this week:

EU REGIONAL POLICY

• Regional leaders call to avoid competition between cohesion policy and over-centralised EU Recovery Plan
• EP Text adopted - Reversing demographic trends in EU regions using cohesion policy instruments - P9_TA(2021)0248 - Thursday, 20 May 2021 - Brussels
• DRAFT REPORT Towards a stronger partnership with the EU outermost regions - PE689.837v01-00

URBACT

• What have we learned about digital engagement?

SMART ENERGY

• Cities and regions must be full partners of the EU Strategy for Energy System Integration
• mySMARTLife promotes Helsinki’s energy actions

SMART MOBILITY

• New Urban Mobility Initiative: Five consultation workshops for stakeholders in June
• Registrations open for EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2021
• Online training session: How to implement a MaaS system in your city
• New CIVITAS publication reveals tested and effective sustainable mobility solutions
• Eltis to hold two training sessions in June
• Smart Regions: Gardanne is home to a new multimodal transport hub

SMART ENVIRONMENT

• R&I for the digital transformation of the water sector

SMART HEALTH

• Portugal eHealth Summit

ASIA

• Accelerating Renewables in Asian Cities: Opportunities for Cleaner Air - REN21

SPECIAL SECTION: DESIGN THINKING

• What is the “third culture” in design? - Design Thinking on Medium
• Language - A Design Thinking Tool that will make you perform better! - Design Thinking on Medium
• Solving a real-time problem using Design Thinking process - Design Thinking on Medium
• Challenge 1: Design Thinking: UrbanGo - Design Thinking on Medium
• Importance of Design Thinking in Banking - Design Thinking on Medium
• What is a Design Audit? - Design Thinking on Medium
• Aligning ourselves: human-centered design thinking - Design Thinking on Medium
• 7 interesting TED Talks for UX Designers - Design Thinking on Medium
• How UX designers can tear down organizational silos - Design Thinking on Medium
• Applying Design and Agile Thinking to your Data Science project — Part 1 - Design Thinking on Medium
• Applying Design and Agile Thinking to your Data Science project — Part 2 - Design Thinking on Medium
• Emotional Design, Process And Success - Design Thinking on Medium
• A Community Approach to Design Thinking - Design Thinking on Medium

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