Inspiring ideas for housing!
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Check out some of the innovative solutions from the European Responsible Housing Awards 2022.
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Turin: A European success story with URBACT and Urban Innovative Actions
Three of the cities selected in the first call of Urban Innovative Actions (UIA) are working or have worked within URBACT on topics similar to their...
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European Capital of Innovation award
At the end of March 2017, the European Commission is launching the third edition of the European Capital of Innovation award, to celebrate the most...
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URBACT City Festival Tallinn 3-5 October 2017
Save the date and join URBACT Cities at URBACT City Festival in Tallinn on October 3-5 2017!
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Scaling the commons: the experience of the European Commons Assembly
Few these days are not obsessed by reading the news. Profound and epic changes bearing political, economic and humanitarian crisis are unfolding in...
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Health in Public Spaces: The challenge of inactive citizens for cities
One of the main challenges for cities in the coming decade is how to make their citizens become physically active again. Physical inactivity and...
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Densification beyond the city centre: urban transformation against sprawl
Densification of urban areas beyond the core of the cities is not an easy task but it is a challenge worth taking to fight against urban sprawl....
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There’s more to Digital Democracy than just a tweet
The US presidential election results came as a surprise to many of us especially because we hadn’t encountered any testament of sweeping support...
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It is time for cities to share their good practices now, more than ever
A call for Good Practice In early December URBACT launched a call for Good Practices , inviting Europe’s cities to put forward their most effective...
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City Centre Doctor stopped in Herleen: an inspiring meeting for all the participants
After having hosted the First meeting of the second phase of the City Centre Doctor project, Richard van Beek (Herleen Project Manager) and Yvette...
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The importance of procurement to city economies
This article explores why procurement is increasingly being seen as a way of addressing some of the economic, social and environmental issues facing...