Governing commons, is it even possible?
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What mechanisms help city authorities work better with communities? Four URBACT cities share experiences in commons governance.
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Pooling urban commons: the Civic eState
Naples’ Urban Civic Uses policy is characterised by the way artists, creatives, innovators and city inhabitants are entitled to organise themselves...
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Breathing new life into abandoned spaces
Casoria is a heavily urbanised city that has suffered from years of political mismanagement. Thanks to participation in the URBACT sub>urban...
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'Cities in Action-Stories of Change’ publication just released!
Discover how 40 URBACT cities across Europe have brought positive impact in their population in terms of urban mobility, jobs and skills, reuse of...
Useful Tips for the Reactivation of the 'sleeping giants' > Read more on the 2nd Chance Final Outputs!
The opportunities and benefits for the reactivation of vacant buildings - so called 'sleeping giants' - can be achieved in particular through the...
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200 European Cities publicly present the results of 2 years of common work
In March, April and May 2018, 20 URBACT Action Planning Networks , 200 European cities are wrapping up 2 years of common work and introducing their...
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25 Transfer Networks approved!
25 Transfer Networks gathering 75 European cities were approved by the Monitoring Committee of the programme on 4 April 2018.
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Experimenting with governance
Innovative governance work is notable is several of the 97 URBACT Good Practices . Common themes emerge around how cities are beginning to innovate...
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The growing role of food in fixing our cities
For starters: Cherry heaven Imagine cherries as far as the eye can see. Imagine cherries with and in everything you eat. Imagine an economy that...
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Waking up the sleeping giants? The mission of URBACT 2nd Chance network
Walking in the extremely densely built Montesanto Area in Naples visitors are shocked by the narrow streets in which people can hardly move between...
USEAct Key messages and results
Reducing Land take cannot be reduced to an emotionless science, nor to rigid, unified “policies”! It is a social practice, subjected to real...