URBACT facilitates good practice transfer to cities of the same country
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URBACT has just launched 5 National Practice Transfer initiatives to test the transfer of good practices in cities of the same country.
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‘Migrant crisis’: what can cities learn about new service design?
A message from Sicily There’s been a lot of recent talk about the additional pressure new migrant arrivals place on public services. There has been...
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Urban Development Network peer review: Economic challenges and the case of Reggio Emilia
One of the key aims of the EU Urban Agenda is to foster better knowledge exchange. URBACT and the newly created Urban Development Network ( UDN )...
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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...
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Sign of the times: new URBACT projects reflect people power patterns
Each generation of URBACT projects tells it’s own story about shifting urban priorities in Europe. Previously, we’ve seen clusters of projects around...
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Arrival Cities network or how can cities deal with old and new migration flows
The Arrival Cities Action Planning Network is tackling one of Europe’s most urgent issues by looking at how cities can manage the challenges of old...
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In Italy, a struggling town looks to refugees for revival
"In Italy, the job of settling and integrating asylum seekers belongs to local governments. Mayors across the impoverished southern region of...
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Video "Udine, a city for the elderly"
An overview of local projects and activities for elderly people carried out by the Municipality of Udine (YouTube video)
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“Working on performance measurement, ask yourself what your objectives are”
Peter Scholten is an international expert on social performance measurement. Consultant and developer for organisations and enterprises with a...
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...
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“4D Cities exploration has been an important starting point around governance structures relating to health and care”
Eddy Adams is a public policy adviser, consultant and writer. He has a background in economic development, urban regeneration, social innovation,...