Finding the silver lining in empty heritage: tales of temporary use
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In Ostrava (CZ) and Caen (FR), URBACT’s temporary use legacy lives on, creating new opportunities.
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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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Your city in your pocket!
Card4all project is based on the Gijon Citizen Card, an URBACT Good Practice, which is celebrating its 16th birthday in 2018. During this time,...
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Social media to strengthen local commerce: The case of the Semaest in Paris
With the growth of e-commerce and out-of-town shopping malls, smaller retailers have been suffering greatly. Causing the closure of many shops, this...
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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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France’s ÉcoQuartier label, an initiative to support communities for sustainable city planning
The concept of “écoquartier” - the term is a contraction of the two French words “quartier” and “écologique” (ecological neighbourhood) - was...
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Cities in migration - A conversation with Anne Bathily on integration
I have first met Anne Bathily, expert on integration policies former policy officer at European Council on Refugees and Exiles ( ECRE ) and now at...
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50 years after the Right to the City of Henri Lefebvre
Right to the City is one of the hot topics this year, due to the renewed interest in the concept by the Occupy and the Commons movements and the 50...
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Creating temporary space for experimentation about future activities
Nantes has an extraordinary story of systematic urban development over three decates, explored within the REFILL Network . Here I give a short...
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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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Cluster development and smart specialisation at city level
The cluster approach is acknowledged as the most influential one in modern industrial policy worldwide, and the arrival of smart specialisation has...