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Circular economy: another buzzword or your city’s future?
In times of decreasing resources and growing responsibilities, many cities and regions are understandably skeptical towards what seems to be yet...
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Cities talking Digital
Have a listen to URBACT’s first ever podcast which explores what we mean when we talk about digital jobs in Europe’s cities and what cities from all...
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What do European consumers want on their plate today?
A growing global movement recognizes that the current complexity of food systems based on economies of scale is causing economical, societal and...
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Welcome to Rotterdam – from Mayor Aboutaleb
Rotterdam will host the 3rd edition of the URBACT Summer University , between the 24 and 26 of August 2016. We’ll be bringing around 300 urban...
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Does your city want to become green?
Application have opened for the European Commission’s European Green Capital Award 2019 and European Green Leaf 2018. The European Green Capital...
CHANGE!
CHANGE!
In times when personal sacrifices are much needed to tackle burning societal issues, fostering and enabling collaboration at local level of public administration is of the utmost importance. The partners of this Action Planning network had the opportunity to reflect upon social design, a process to...
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Capitalisation Lessons for Governance
URBACT’s recently published series of workstream reports outlined some of the most pressing challenges facing cities, related to New Economies , Job...
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Cities and good practice: lessons from the URBACT transfer pilots
Rumours of the death of good practice have been exaggerated There is a growing consensus that the planet’s future stands or falls on the ability of...
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Join us as Communication Intern!
URBACT is looking for an intern to support the work of its Capitalisation and Communication team. The Capitalisation and Communication unit has the...
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Are participatory processes a fantasy? Not for URBACT!
Municipalities are daring to give more voice and space to citizens in policymaking. Stories from URBACT…