REFILL@LILLE: Policy Design Labs and URBACT exchange networks
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How civil servants from Lille Metropole benefited from the experience of URBACT REFILL network to shape a roadmap to set their temporary use policy.
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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...
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Re-grow City: turning disadvantage into opportunity
Regeneration practitioner and academic, Dr Hans Schlappa is the lead expert on Re-growCity . This network focuses on small and medium sized towns...
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ACTive NGOs: platforms for public-civic cooperation
Levente Polyak looks at the pros and cons of Riga’s NGO House in Teika (LV), sharing its story from its inception to its five year anniversary.
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'Cities in Action-Stories of Change’ publication just released!
Discover how 40 URBACT cities across Europe have brought positive impact in their population in terms of urban mobility, jobs and skills, reuse of...
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Vital Cities under microscope!
As more and more people have adopted sedentary lifestyles, and as the associated health and social problems have worsened, governments have become...
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23 Transfer networks embarking on the second phase of their journey!
URBACT's Monitoring Committee approved 23 Transfer networks for Phase 2 on 4 December 2018.
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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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Give unused residential buildings a second chance!
Haven't you ever experienced this: You are in a city with beautiful old buildings and many of them are empty and dilapidated? And you ask why? Many...
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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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How to plan for healthy and active communities: learning through ’Deep Dive’
Healthy and active communities are integral parts of a smart city – and they must be planned for. Urban planning has a crucial role in facilitating...