URBACT news
01 September 2010
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Read HerO Project Newsletter!
What's new in HerO project? What is happening on the ground? HerO 'Heritage as Opportunity' is one of the URBACT projects which are currently in their implementation phase and that will end in 2011. Its nine partners have been working for two years on integrated and innovative management strategies for historic urban landscapes. The URBACT HerO project has published its first Project Newsletter providing up-to-date information on the latest project meetings, recent events and publications. Read the HerO Newsletter!
25 August 2010
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Jyväskylä: URBACT Case study of cities response to the crisis
Cities are clearly on the front line when it comes to the impact of the crisis and they will play a major role in both exploring and implementing many of the solutions which directly effect people's lives. Based on the results of the URBACT survey on the impact of the economic crisis and the responses of URBACT cities, 10 URBACT cities have been preselected for in depth case studies of cities response to the crisis. Second city in the spotlight after Newcastle: Jyväskylä located in central Finland.
04 August 2010
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NeT-TOPIC Publication - Building New Urban Identities
How to build urban identity in the context of city regions and globalisation? NeT-TOPIC, the URBACT project looking for new tools and approaches for managing urban transformation processes in intermediate cities, dealt with this key issue during its second thematic seminar which took place in Salford on 21st-22nd October 2009. Following this event, NeT-TOPIC has produced its second Thematic Publication entitled "Building News Urban Identities – From mono-functional to multi-functional cities". This document gathers good practice examples as well as the interventions and conclusions from the Seminar.
02 August 2010
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Vision for a 21st Century Market Town - Interview with the Mayor of Barnsley
Leadership and powerful new visions are key starting points to face new paths in local development for small and middle-sized towns across Europe. Barnsley, city-partner of the URBACT Project Creative Clusters in low density urban areas is rich of these qualities. Stephen Houghton is the CBE Mayor of Barnsley. Here he shares his analysis, point of views and projects.
22 July 2010
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URBACT Monitoring Committee: Decisions for New Thematic Networks entering Phase 2
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.