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URBACT Monitoring Committee: Decisions for New Thematic Networks entering Phase 2

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09 October 2017
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The URBACT Monitoring Committee meeting took place under the chairmanship of Mercedes Caballero Fernandez, in Paris on June 24th 2010. Main point on the agenda : decisions for URBACT II New Thematic Networks entering phase 2, the implementation phase of the project.

Taking into consideration the recommendations of the EAP (External assessment panel), the Monitoring Committee decides to approve the following Thematic Networks for funding in Implementation phase:

  • Active Travel Network - Tackling transport problems by promoting walking and cycling in small and medium sized cities
  • ESIMEC - Combating the effects of the crisis in medium sized cities by defining innovative strategies to attract investment, promote entrepreneurship and develop the knowledge economy
  • EVUE - Integrated and sustainable strategies for promoting the use of Electric Vehicles in cities
  • OP-ACT - Addressing challenges faced by "shrinking cities" coping with demographic change, advanced deindustrialisation and the crisis
  • Roma-Net - Improving the integration of the Roma population by developing access to key services, active inclusion in the labour market, education and self-help programmes
  • SURE - Diversification of local economies in deprived areas of medium sized cities, by developing an integrated socio-economic urban rehabilitation model

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