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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

Article 30 March 2020

Memories can't wait, heritage as urban regeneration by Lead Expert Miguel Rivas

Can heritage be an engine for urban development? by Miguel Rivas, KAIRÓS Lead Expert

Article 19 December 2019

Finding the silver lining in empty heritage: tales of temporary use

In Ostrava (CZ) and Caen (FR), URBACT’s temporary use legacy lives on, creating new opportunities.

Article 05 December 2019

Urban Heritage within URBACT projects

Culture and Heritage are key topics for URBACT cities: from renovations of historic buildings to new management methods.

Article 14 August 2019

REFILL@LILLE: Policy Design Labs and URBACT exchange networks

How civil servants from Lille Metropole benefited from the experience of URBACT REFILL network to shape a roadmap to set their temporary use policy.

Article 19 June 2019

REFILL@Lille: Temporary spaces, policy design labs and URBACT networks

URBACT lead expert, François Jégou, explains how TRANSFO LILLE , a process of co-construction of a public policy design lab led in the European...

Article 06 June 2019

4 ways cities are breathing life back into empty spaces

URBACT’s new online resource Remaking the city presents a selection of space-related city solutions: remakingthecity.urbact.eu Cities across Europe...

Article 06 June 2019

How residents and businesses are re-energising their city centre

Many in Heerlen (NL) wanted change, but didn’t know how to effect it. Following a wealth of inspiration, participation and activation through URBACT...

Article 25 April 2019

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...