2019 URBACT Highlights
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Gender Equal Cities, New Action Planning Networks, Contribution for a refreshed Leipzig Charter: a year at full speed!
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URBACT contributes to European Parliament reflections on urban affairs and the new Cohesion Policy
Cities from Spain and Poland testified to the Urban Intergroup of the European Parliament on the programme’s impact while the managing authority...
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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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Two cities united by a love of good food
As URBACT opens its first call for Transfer Networks here’s a story of how a Good Practice from one city was adapted and transferred to a completely...
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Cities and digitalisation: “Adapt or die”
How can cities benefit from digitalisation? With dramatic headlines about jobs being destroyed by digitalisation, and many policy makers resisting...
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Can nature make your city climate-resilient?
Among the headlines of summer 2017: disastrous floods in the South of England, Istanbul and Berlin, extreme water scarcity in Rome, wild fires...
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How the food sector can help reduce youth unemployment in European medium-sized cities
The world needs to wake up to “the ticking time bomb” of youth unemployment in European medium-sized cities and treat the issue as seriously as...
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Why cities and their governance are vital keys to boosting social innovation
Cover picture: Eurodiaconia A meaningful change of context for cities Two important international acts have taken place in 2016, that significantly...
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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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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...