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URBACT cities are driving Europe’s acceleration towards a circular economy

Article 26 July 2022

Urban circular economy solutions could keep global temperature rise below 2°C, writes Dr. Eleni Feleki, Lead Expert from the URGE Network.

by Eleni FELEKI

News 02 January 2018

European Youth Capital 2021: Applications are open!

The ‘European Youth Capital’ (EYC) is a title awarded to a European city for the period of one year, during which it is given the chance to showcase...

Article 07 December 2017

From participative to personal budgets: the power of responsibility sharing

We can improve public services for local communities and individuals by giving them more control rather than imposing top down governmental...

Article 17 November 2017

Building an effective entrepreneurship eco-system

How can cities create effective programmes for promoting enterprise and entrepreneurship? How should cities respond to some of the structural changes...

News 16 October 2017

Conclusions and presentations of URBACT workshops during the European Week for Regions and Cities

This year the Committee of the Regions and the DG Regional and Urban Policy organised the 15th European Week for Regions and Cities in Brussels from...

Article 31 August 2017

Cities and digitalisation: “Adapt or die”

How can cities benefit from digitalisation? With dramatic headlines about jobs being destroyed by digitalisation, and many policy makers resisting...

Article 09 May 2017

The co-working revolution

What can cities do to create open workspaces where entrepreneurs can connect and grow jobs? An explosion of new workspace

Article 27 April 2017

The urban dimension of smart specialisation: building a two-way bridge

Smart specialisation and its related methodology known as Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) have been assessed as “the...

Article 18 April 2017

How community-based social activism can develop, retain and attract young creative-tech talent in Europe’s cities

GEN-Y City is an URBACT III Network exploring how European cities can develop, retain and attract the young creative-tech talent they need to thrive...