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How mobility becomes an integrated part of our city development
Right before the start of this year’s URBACT City Festival in Lisbon I found myself sitting at the waterfront at Praça do Comércio, enjoying the...
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URBACT City Festival 2018 Breakout session: Exploring the role of culture & creativity
Fabio Sgaragli, URBACT Lead Expert at Fondazione G. Brodolini says communities can and should play a key role in cities’ creativity and takes a look...
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How to design and co-create greener cities?
Chantal van Ham, European Programme Manager Nature Based Solutions and Katharina Dropmann of International Union for Conservation of Nature Brussels...
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A closer look at URBACT City Festival 2018
URBACT City Festival 2018 took place in Lisbon on 13 and 14 September 2018. It was attended by 573 participants, coming from 224 cities and 32...
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Why is Lisbon’s community economic development approach so important in Europe today?
Bairros (Neighbourhoods) and areas of priority interventions BIP/ZIP Lisbon has developed a participative model for working in deprived...
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The dilemma of fighting urban poverty: invest into poor people or into poor places?
This article provides an insight into URBACT’s work on urban poverty and its contribution to the Urban Poverty Partnership of the Urban Agenda for...
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Housing at the URBACT festival 2018: from the EU Urban Agenda to Lisbon (PT)
Affordable and adequate housing is one of the theme Lab sessions at URBACT City Festival taking place in Lisbon, 13-14 September 2018. This text...
13 - 14 September 2018
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URBACT's 2018 annual event: the URBACT City Festival
URBACT's flagship event, the URBACT City Festival, will take place on 13-14 September 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal.
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URBACT City Festival 2018 programme is online
The URBACT City Festival 2018 Programme is now online on the event's website: 2018cityfestival.urbact.eu