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Anti-rumour agents and cultural activities to increase acceptance of newcomers in Amadora (PT)
Amadora is - within the universe of the Portuguese municipalities - the one that has delved the deepest into issues linked to the acceptance of...
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Making a difference with tradition
An Award to Historical shops to preserve Lisbon’s uniqueness. ' Shops with a history ' is a municipal programme awarding and supporting shops whose...
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Solidarity with the refugees. Ghent: an inspiring city for Europe
The city of Ghent (BE) has been awarded an URBACT Good Practice for its policy towards refugees that fled wars and conflicts to find a new home in...
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From participative to personal budgets: the power of responsibility sharing
We can improve public services for local communities and individuals by giving them more control rather than imposing top down governmental...
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From nature lovers to nature activists
How cities are reclaiming nature for citizens (and vice versa) Last Saturday I fell asleep in the park, basking in the unexpected rays of sunshine. I...
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Integration processes at city level: Hamburg, Ghent, Amadora URBACT cities Good Practices
The refugee reception crisis of 2015-2016 brought to fore the need for common European patterns of reception and inclusion. For long decades Europe...
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The 2017 URBACT City Festival... How was it?
Between 3-5 October, around 450 Festival participants discovered the 97 URBACT labelled Good Practices for urban sustainable development from across...
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How do URBACT Good Practices strive towards more sustainability together with citizens and other stakeholders?
Striving towards sustainability together The occurrences and types of events and catastrophes related to climate change (environmental , biodiversity...
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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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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,...