Quality of Life

Guide to community cultural development and wellbeing activity

Research has shown that direct involvement by communities in arts activity can contribute significantly to individual and community wellbeing and can enhance the efforts of government agencies in realising their policies for community wellbeing and ecologically sustainable communities. This guide, published by the Australia Council for the Arts, presents several case studies demonstrating that community-based creative processes can be very powerful in strengthening the knowledge, engagement, social capital and leadership required to achieve policy objectives.

Rotterdam: Benefits for Kids brings out the best in children

The proposition that society needs all the available talent is the basis for this project. For some (immigrant) children, their talents are being insufficiently developed, often due to an unfavourable home situation. For these children, the ‘Benefits for Kids’ project allows them to discover their talents and develop their opportunities.

Neighbourhood Renewal Routemap

Neighbourhood Renewal routemap designed to help the reader think through what decisions need to be taken, what options are available, and what the reader needs to consider to make sure they come up with something that meets particular local objectives and circumstances.

MicroMarchéMidi: the rickety state of Brussels' economy

Brussels is the third richest region in Europe, but one in four of its inhabitants lives in a household without a paid job. Two-thirds of the money earned in Brussels is spent outside the city. The MicroMarchéMidi project addresses this situation as ‘the rickety state of the Brussels economy’ and attempts to challenge it by using the urban fringes of the city. Every Sunday a special market is held in the border area between the center of Brussels and the neighborhood of Saint-Gilles. Here people can present their own creations and products in a creative and free environment.

Papageorgiou Regional General Hospital – Thessaloniki, GR

To address the lack of hospital facilities in the western part of the city of Thessaloniki, the Papageorgiou Hospital was opened.

Improving the Quality of Life of the Elderly and Disabled People in Human Settlements

Improving the Quality of Life of the Elderly and Disabled People in Human Settlements identifies effective solutions that can be undertaken by local governments for improving the quality of life for elderly and disabled people in human settlements.

Cyprus Strategic Development Plan 2004-2005

The plan constitutes the basis for the preparation of the programming documents for Cyprus and includes actions and schemes that will be proposed for co-funding by the Structural Funds, the Cohesion Fund and other Community initiatives of the European Union, as well as all other actions that will be promoted by the Government of Cyprus.

City monitor for sustainable Flemish cities with a good quality of life

Measurement instrument for the quality of life and sustainable development in Flemish cities.

Soft stratification: lifestyle

The research analyze social stratification in Hungarian society by spare-time activities.

Daily street life in the inner city of Prague under transformation: the visual experience of socio-spatial differentiation and temporal rhythms

Policy aimed at a better work-life balance is likely to have a more positive effect on demographic outcomes

The issue of “work-life balance and reform of the welfare state” was discussed at a regional seminar, organised by the European Commission and the Lombardy region in the framework of the activities of the European Alliance for Families. Hosted by the European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels, the event brought together representatives of EU regions, ministries of EU Member States, NGOs and social partners.
The seminar provided information on reconciliation measures aiming at improving work-life balance. A strong theme running through the workshop concerned relevance and applicability of reconciliation policies in times of crisis. Building on a recent White Paper issued by the Lombardy Regional Government, the seminar allowed for comparison of different innovative approaches and practices at regional level in Italy, Lindköping (Sweden) and Catalonia (Spain).