How does urban development look through a territorial lens?
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A 2020 URBACT ‘City Lab’ explored future urban development from three territorial perspectives.
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Making Spend Matter
"Instead of looking to attract wealth through inward investment, we started to think about the wealth we already had at our disposal and building and...
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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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Food, Foo Fighters and a Forward Thinking Attitude, a success story from Cesena
Cesena is a small Italian town not far from Bologna. Foo Fighters is one of the greatest rock bands on earth, filling stadiums in big cities. Still,...
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Making a difference with tradition
An Award to Historical shops to preserve Lisbon’s uniqueness. ' Shops with a history ' is a municipal programme awarding and supporting shops whose...
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How to keep retail vital in cities? Find out at the International City Retail Experience!
On 5 April 2018, the URBACT network RetaiLink will hold its final event: the International City Retail Experience 2018 (ICRE2018). The conference...
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Want to become an expert in EU funds from your desk? Register for the Committee of the Regions MOOC!
The new free massive open online course (MOOC) of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) will go online on 15 January 2018. The CoR is launching...
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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...