Cities by Heart - A unique journey in the heart of cities

22/12/2023

10/11/2021

You would like to yourself to become an as in Cities by Heart - A unique journey in the heart of citiesby Heart - A unique journey in the heart of cities project!
Follow this link: https://citiesbyheart.aeva.eu/index.php/resource-centre/

Our gives you access without any registration to all the outcomes of our project resulting from the development of the intellectual outputs done by all partners.

19/09/2021

Check out the videos from Cities by Heart - A unique journey in the heart of cities pilots in all partners countries!

New ways for discovering the towns of & the regions of and ... at



https://citiesbyheart.aeva.eu/index.php/portfolios/io5/

Training and simulation of senior audiences and development of the acquired skills in the training “intercultural guide” framework.

17/09/2021

On 31st of August 2021, Quarter Mediation organised in Assen, The Netherlands, the 3rd Multiplier event for the Cities by Heart project. The 14 participants got in contact with the project, its activities and results and were given the opportunity to watch the Documentary film Cities by heart produced by Quarter Mediation during the project. Moreover, they were given a taste of the activity the video was based on, by being invited to an outdoor treasure hunting in Assen. The participants found the project results very useful and consider that the project activities enforce the learning process, as well as the development of team work, entrepreneurial and social skills through experiential learning. Moreover, they highlighted the fact that, by organising activities outdoor, people get to know their town better, but they also get to know each other better.

02/09/2021

On 31th of August 2021, Coopérative Sud Concept organised in , France, the multiplier event of Cities by Heart - A unique journey in the heart of cities. It was an opportunity for the 10 participants to get acquainted with the project objectives, activities and results all available on the resources center (https://citiesbyheart.aeva.eu/), as well as with the expected impact of the project-related activities to the project target group.

The testimony from our operational partners Migrantour-Marseille and Maamar, trainer at (Innovation Centre for Employment and Social Reclassification), allowed us to go further than the documentary presentation of the project into the details of impact on and of the project.

30/08/2021

On 27th of August 2021, Quarter Mediation organised in Assen, The Netherlands, the second Multiplier event for the “Cities by Heart” project. The “Cities by Heart” Multiplier event was an opportunity for the 18 participants to get acquainted with the project objectives, activities and results, as well as with the expected impact of the project-related activities to the project target group.
The Multiplier event with the title “Screening of the documentary film CITIES BY HEART” was also an opportunity for the participants to watch the documentary film produced by Quarter Mediation as part of the 5th Intellectual Output of the project “CITIES BY HEART – A unique journey in the heart of cities” with the title “Creation of pilot courses on several levels of action”.
The participants in the “Cities by Heart” Multiplier event were also informed on the current stage of development of the project activities and were encouraged to check the project website where all the project outcomes are available, free of charge, in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

24/08/2021

film on the implementation of Cities by Heart project in , in partnership with Migrantour-Marseille

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzQV8BWsgcc

Vidéo de présentation de la réalisation du projet Cities By Heart à Marseille, en France en partenariat avec Migrantour MarseilleVideo of presentation of the...

09/08/2021

Documentary film "Cities by Heart - Virtual tour of Assen, the Netherlands"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxyOMc1QjwE

"CITIES BY HEART, a unique journey in the heart of cities" is an Erasmus +. KA2 Strategic partnership project for Adult Education aimed to promote a type of ...

02/08/2021

On 30th of July 2021, Quarter Mediation organised in Assen, The Netherlands, the first from a series of Multiplier events for the “Cities by Heart” project. The “Cities by Heart” Multiplier event was an opportunity for the participants to get acquainted with the project objectives, activities and results, as well as with the expected impact of the project-related activities to the project target group.
The Multiplier event with the title “Screening of the documentary film CITIES BY HEART” was an opportunity for the participants to watch the documentary film produced by Quarter Mediation as part of the 5th Intellectual Output of the project “CITIES BY HEART – A unique journey in the heart of cities” with the title “Creation of pilot courses on several levels of action”.
The participants in the “Cities by Heart” Multiplier event were also informed on the current stage of development of the project activities and were encouraged to check the project website where all the project outcomes are available, free of charge, in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.

19/07/2021

CITIES BY HEART is approaching its final phase: Training and employability opportunities for migrants in the tourism sector

June 25, 2021

The Partnership took part in the Closing Meeting of CITIES BY HEART, a unique journey in the heart of cities, an Erasmus+ Project of the European Commission which brings together six Partners from six countries, i.e. Austria, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain.
The objective of the project is twofold: to create a link between the residents of these urban areas to avoid communal conflicts and to trigger an economic dynamic to respond to the precariousness of the inhabitants of disadvantaged neighbourhoods.

CITIES BY HEART embraces ambitious goals of social inclusion through the very concept and design of its training offer.
It includes a first phase of training "peers": socio-educational facilitators, actors of multicultural and disadvantaged territories, heads of social centers or associations. Then, in a second phase, it includes a transfer of skills to young underprivileged European citizens who also have a personal background in relation to immigration and encounter problems of integration into the labour market.

Throughout the previous months, Partners selected and trained a small cohort of adult migrants (i.e. seniors) willing to experience a new training opportunity as tourist guide.

Seniors accompanied a selected group of “Visitors” around urban areas of touristic relevance as if they were experiencing the city with their own eyes and memories. Visitors were selected based on specific profiles as identified by Partners during proposal.

Each Visitor’s profile was unique in its own way so as to enlarge as much as possible the range of cultural and social backgrounds tackled by the project:

• Slow traveller: a curious traveller who wants to get off the beaten path
• Green traveller: a local who wishes to learn more about his/her own city
• Neighbour: a person who shares the same migratory background of project’s targets
• Academic: a person with an academic background in urban diversity and intercultural communication
• Innovator: a tourism professional curious to see how the project plays out

With the help of Partners, Seniors proceeded to transfer their knowledge to another selected group of young migrants (i.e. Juniors) in charge of replicating the experience after developing a tourist itinerary on their own.

During the meeting, Partners exchanged considerations on what achieved so far, impacts and tangible results, further ways to sustain the uptake and validation of the project.
Before the conclusion of the project, Partners will engage Juniors even further as targets of individual and face-to-face coaching sessions to better train them on job-hunting and skills for employability.

Visit our website: https://citiesbyheart.aeva.eu/

01/07/2021

Interesting article...

Travel industry accelerates action on sustainability – will consumers follow?

Travel brands are taking action to prioritize sustainability, but it is yet to be seen how consumer interest in the issue will impact travel decision-making as the world reopens.

25/06/2021

It was a great experience to have the visits to 's main touristic points 🏨, guided by the project participants - the new tourists !! 😃 👣

For more information, please visit our website https://citiesbyheart.aeva.eu

24/06/2021

The 1st Cities by Heart - A unique journey in the heart of cities Aveiro Tour was in Bairro da Beira Mar a very typical neighbourhood in Aveiro, Portugal.

Find more about those tours on our website: https://citiesbyheart.aeva.eu/pt/portfolios/io3/

02/06/2021

Would you like to visit Spain through a different perspective? We invite you to visit Valladolid through routes specially prepared by people living in the city!
👉 https://www.routey.net/Valladolid/route/lovely-corners-along-the-pisuerga-river
👉 https://www.routey.net/Valladolid/route/valladolid-through-my-rumanian-heart-2

Routey

29/04/2021

𝗪𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗼 (Portugal) 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?
At Cities by Heart - A unique journey in the heart of cities Project tourist tours were produced by migrants.

Find more about those tours on our website: https://citiesbyheart.aeva.eu/pt/portfolios/io3/

Moliceiros de Aveiro em espera... 🙄
Panorâmica360

27/04/2021

The 3rd visit of Cities by Heart - A unique journey in the heart of cities with Migrantour Marseille was made in the district of "Le Panier", discovery of this nice district for the young people under the beautiful sun of Marseille ☀️

12/04/2021

CITIES BY HEART is close to its next implementation phase!

In the previous months, partners mapped and finalised urban routes and excursions programmes that are now ready to be delivered to targets, with the aim to empower their knowledge of transversal skills (highly relevant for tourism occupations).

The last virtual meeting represented an opportunity to discuss about the many ways in which partners will be able to deliver the training and manage participants’ expectations.

Updates will follow soon...

To know more about CITIES BY HEART, please visit the official website: 👉 https://citiesbyheart.aeva.eu/

31/03/2021

Les oiseaux de passage with Hôtel du Nord and 9 others and receptive agencies are making a of and stays which can be reach by in , and 💃
A nice and interesting program, see more 👇

Ce matin, avec 10 de voyage et agences réceptives, on a avancé sur un de destinations et séjours "à portée de rails" en France, Italie et Roumanie 💃

Chemins Solidaires + Ekitour Poitiers + Sardaigne en Liberté + Coopérative Terre d'Est + Escalemed + FL'eau + Les oiseaux de passage + Appaat Millevaches + Hôtel du Nord + Terra Autentica + L'altra Venezia - Venise autrement - Venice off the beaten track = 🚂🌿

24/03/2021

Would you like to discover another visit from Coopérative Sud Concept in ?

You can check it on our website at https://citiesbyheart.aeva.eu/index.php/portfolios/io3/or on Routey's website, the tool we use to make our tours: https://www.routey.net/Marseille/route/a-train-station-a-port

19/03/2021

You would like to know more on last visit from Coopérative Sud Concept on the of in ?

You can check it on our website at https://citiesbyheart.aeva.eu/index.php/portfolios/io3/or on .net's website, the tool we use to make our tours: https://www.routey.net/marseille/route/marseille-memory-of-migrations

17/03/2021

𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺!

The European Commission is proposing to create a Digital Green Certificate to facilitate safe free movement inside the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Soon our European Cities will be field with Digital Green Certificate Tourists.

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_1181

Highlights, press releases and speeches

16/03/2021

The first of Coopérative Sud Concept for Cities by Heart - A unique journey in the heart of cities was made in ! 🤩

3 from Migrantour Marseille took us through the of Marseille to discover its of for another way of tourism at

Migrantour-Marseille

You want to know more about our project 👉https://citiesbyheart.aeva.eu/

09/03/2021

As a result of the involvement in the Erasmus +. KA2 Strategic partnership project "Cities by heart", Quarter Mediation created two online tourist routes in two different cities in the Netherlands.
The route “History steps in Groningen” is a virtual history quest in the city centre of Groningen. The online route highlights the most important architectural sites that told the story of the city for local population, as well as for international tourists. Groningen is the capital of the province with the same name, located in the north of The Netherlands. The city of Groningen is nationally known as the "Metropolis of the North”, being regarded as the main urban centre of the northern part of the country, particularly in the fields of education, business, music and other arts. Groningen is also known as the "World Cycling City", around 57% of its residents using a bicycle for regular commute within the city.
Try out the route on Routey https://www.routey.net/groningen/route/history-steps-in-groningen to learn more about Groningen in a funny and engaging way.

Routey

02/03/2021

As a result of the involvement in the Erasmus +. KA2 Strategic partnership project "Cities by heart", Quarter Mediation created two online tourist routes in two different cities in the Netherlands.
The route "Discover Assen" is a virtual walking quest that highlights in a virtual way the most important places to be visited by locals and tourists from all over the world, to learn in a fun and relaxing way about the history and stories of the city of Assen, the capital of the province of Drenthe, one of the 12th provinces of The Netherlands. The city of Assen is a very important part of the history of The Netherlands, due to the fact that it is connected with the first king of The Netherlands, Louis Napoleon (NL: Lodewijk Napoleon) who awarded Assen its city rights in March 1809. Exhibitions, festivals, sport and culture events organised in Assen all over the year are highly appreciated both by locals and by international tourists. Try out the route on Routey https://www.routey.net/assen/route/discover-assen.

Routey

01/03/2021

Things are moving forward!
On 24 February 2021, CITIES BY HEART partners met online to take stock of the state of implementation of project activities and results. While most of the attention is now devoted to O5, partners also discussed adjustments to the schedule and to the objectives to account for the exceptional circumstances brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as ways to boost the project’s dissemination activities.

CITIES BY HEART is a Project co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission that involves a Consortium of 6 Partners from 6 countries (Austria, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Portugal).

The goal of CITIES BY HEART Project is to promote a type of responsible tourism “at zero kilometre” in which protagonists are citizens with a family or individual migratory path (whether new entrants or settled in the neighbourhood for several generations) original they want to share. The objective is twofold: to create a link between the residents of these urban areas to avoid communal conflicts and to trigger an economic dynamic to respond to the precariousness of the inhabitants of disadvantaged neighbourhoods.

28/01/2021

Discover our itineraries on for a 👉 https://citiesbyheart.aeva.eu/index.php/portfolios/io3/

21/12/2020

In line with the fifth article of The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism adopted in 1999 by the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization - “Tourism, a beneficial activity for host countries and communities” - it is worth mentioning the city of Rotterdam, the largest port in Europe and the second largest in the world. Rotterdam is the second largest city and municipality in The Netherlands and is home to over 180 nationalities. The fact that the city centre was rebuilt after the World War II has as a consequence a varied architectural landscape that includes skyscrapers, but also village-like quartiers (e.g. the Cube Houses part of the Blaakse Bos, designed as a village within the city where one can imagine the houses as trees and the whole area as a wood.).
The city has more to offer including the city’s ‘Axis of Art, the ultimate arts and culture street de Witte de Withstraat known for its artistic, multicultural and lively character and lined with galleries, avantgarde fashion boutiques, restaurants and art cafes.

18/12/2020

Today is International Migrants Day 2020!
According to the UN, migrants are disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 does not discriminate, why would you?

COVID-19 does not discriminate, why would you?

07/12/2020

In line with the fourth article of The Global Code of Ethics for Tourism adopted in 1999 by the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization - “Tourism, a user of the cultural heritage of mankind and contributor to its enhancement” – a visit to Assen, the capital of the province of Drenthe (one of the 12th provinces of The Netherlands) is a must. The city of Assen is a very important part of the history of The Netherlands, due to the fact that it is connected with the first king of The Netherlands, Louis Napoleon (NL: Lodewijk Napoleon) who awarded Assen its city rights in March 1809. Exhibitions, festivals, sport and culture events organised in Assen all over the year are highly appreciated both by locals and by international tourists.
While in Assen, people can visit the Drents Museum, an art and history museum opened since 1854. It has a collection of prehistorical artifacts, applied art and visual art. The museum also has temporary exhibitions hosted in the new underground wing. The permanent exhibition is famous for some unique artifacts such as bog bodies, finds from the Funnelbeaker culture and the oldest recovered canoe in the world that dates between 8200 and 7600 BC. Moreover, the Drents Museum hosts The Biggest Dollhouse in The Netherlands (NL: Het Grootste Poppenhuis van Nederland).

26/11/2020

Slow tourism is a real trend and there is a real market. Find out more with the study of Med Pearls Project 👇

In order to gather strategic information to internationally position the Mediterranean as a unique and integral destination to experience the SlowTourism, the Med Pearls project included the development of a Market research on Slow Tourism demand in the recently published Research study on Slow Tour...