Cities are finding innovative ways to help poor neighbourhoods
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Using good practice from their URBACT partners, cities are getting residents involved in regenerating their own neighbourhoods.
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Fighting homelessness: the role of cities
Laura Colini, URBACT programme expert gives an overview of the Policy LAB and URBACT Knowledge Hub initiative’s collaboration with FEANTSA and the...
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The housing paradox: more financing - less affordability?
Programme expert Ivan Tosics , vice chair of the European Network of Housing Research (ENHR) and executive committee member of the European Urban...
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Com.Unity.Lab: empowering local communities in priority neighbourhoods
Daniela Patti showcases examples of sustainable urban development in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Lisbon (PT) and explain how Lisbon’s experience...
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Rethinking welfare from a neighbourhood level
For years the municipality of Gdańsk (PL) has been struggling to develop a network of citizen-led community centres. Thanks to the city’s...
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An old fortress brings new cohesion
Cartagena (SP) has been a major naval port on Spain’s south-eastern coast for hundreds of years. After declining port activity sparked social and...
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Let the music play!
Sandra Rainero shares her passion for the ONSTAGE Transfer Network where communities let arts and culture bring them together. Music to our ears.....
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Are Urban Gardens the place for modern community hubs?
From Rome (IT) to Vilnius (LT) and A coruna (ES), Urban Gardening plays a key role in creating social links and is at the forefront of social...
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Why is Lisbon’s community economic development approach so important in Europe today?
Bairros (Neighbourhoods) and areas of priority interventions BIP/ZIP Lisbon has developed a participative model for working in deprived...
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The dilemma of fighting urban poverty: invest into poor people or into poor places?
This article provides an insight into URBACT’s work on urban poverty and its contribution to the Urban Poverty Partnership of the Urban Agenda for...
