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URBACT City Festival 2018 - Save the date!
We are excited to announce that URBACT’s flagship event – the URBACT City Festival – is taking place in Lisbon, on 13-14 September 2018.
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Make your voice heard in shaping the next generation of Cohesion Policy!
Fill in the online public consultation on the future of Cohesion Policy by 8 March. This survey is an opportunity for cities to have a say on the...
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URBACT: a valuable tool for cities to exchange, says EU Commissioner for Regional Policy
URBACT interviewed EU Commissioner for Regional Policy, Corina Cretu, at the Ninth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF9) which is taking place in...
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First key points from the Call for Transfer Networks
Following the deadline last week for the submission of applications from cities labelled earlier this year Good Practices wishing to lead URBACT...
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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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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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Lifting the lid on URBACT’s Good Practices
What links Barcelona, Tampere and Dupnitsa? Not much, you might think. Barcelona is a global city with an international reputation for innovation,...
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A city fighting climate change: How Nantes got its citizens to talk energy transition
Tackling climate change was never going to be easy. But in the afterglow of the Paris COP21 Agreement, at least it seemed that we were moving in the...
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The Urban Agenda for the EU: Inside the Jobs and Skills Partnership
For a minute, imagine that you will start elementary school in September 2017. By the time you leave full time education, most likely it will be...