55 projects grouped in several areas of expertise
The projects are the core of the URBACT Programme. They enable cities to work together, and to develop effective and sustainable solutions to key urban challenges. They are grouped in 9 areas of expertise.
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INNOVATION & CREATIVITY
- 4D CITIES Promoting innovation and the knowledge economy in health field for the local social and economic development
- Creative Clusters Creative clusters in low density urban areas
- CreativeSpin Creative Spillovers for Innovation
- ESIMEC Economic Strategies and Innovation in MEdium size Cities
- EUnivercities Co-operation between city and university for the development of knowledge economy
- INNOVA Sustainable Business Growth based on Innovation and Knowledge
- REDIS Restructuring districts into science quarters
- RunUp The Role of Universities for Economic Development in Urban Poles
- SMART CITIES Citizen Innovation in Smart Cities
- UNIC Urban network for innovation in ceramics.
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ACTIVE INCLUSION
- Active A.G.E. Managing change: impact of demographic ageing for cities active ageing, gender and employment policies
- JOBTOWN subtitle
- MILE Managing migration and integration at the local level cities and regions
- My Generation Effective strategies in promoting the positive potential of the young generation
- My Generation at Work Employability of young people in a changing labour market
- OP-ACT Options of actions for the strategic positioning of small and medium sized cities
- PREVENT Involving parents in the prevention of early school leaving
- Roma-Net Integration of Roma population
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URBAN RENEWAL
- HERO Heritage as opportunity—sustainable management strategies for vital historic urban landscapes
- LINKS Low tech INherited from the old european city as a Key for performance and Sustainability
- REPAIR Realising the potential of abandoned military sites as an integral part of sustainable urban community regeneration
- URBACT Markets Driving urban regeneration, sustainable living, employment and entrepreneurship
- USE ACT Urban Sustainable Environmental Actions
- USER Changes and Conflicts in Using Public Spaces
- WOOD FOOTPRINT Big buildings challenges and urban impacts of the wood industry in European cities
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LOW CARBON URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
- Active Travel Network Tackling transport problems by promoting walking and cycling in small and medium sized cities
- CASH Cities' Action for Sustainable Housing
- EVUE Electric Vehicles in Urban Europe
- Sustainable food in urban communities Developing low-carbon and resource-efficient urban food systems
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DISADVANTAGED NEIGHBOURHOODS
- CoNet Exploring current approaches to strengthen social cohesion in neighbourhoods
- JESSICA 4 Cities How cities can make the most from urban development funds
- LCFacil A Working Group to facilitate the implementation of integrated sustainable urban development according to the Leipzig Charter
- RE-Block REviving high-rise Blocks for cohesive and green neighborhoods
- Reg Gov Regional governance and sustainable integrated development of deprived urban areas
- SURE Fostering diversification of local economies by using innovative Socio-economic methods of Urban REhabilitation in deprived urban areas
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HUMAN CAPITAL & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
- E4C E-skills for Innovative Cities
- FIN-URB-ACT Integrated urban actions for fostering and financing innovative economics and SMEs
- Open Cities Openness and the competitive advantage of diversity
- URBAMECO Fostering sustainable integrated regeneration of deprived urban areas with a special focus on local economic development
- Urban N.O.S.E. Network of social enterprises
- WEED Women, enterprise and employment in local development
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METROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE
- CityLogo Innovative City Brand Management
- CityRegion.Net The role of cities in integrated regional development
- CSI Europe Making financial instruments work for cities
- Egtc Expertising Governance for Transfrontier Conurbations
- ENTER.HUB Hubs as engines of cities development, cities as engines of regions development
- Joining Forces Metropolitan governance and competitiveness of European cities
- LUMASEC Land use management for sustainable European cities
- M-SPICE Monitoring - sustainable and participatory initiatives for cities in Europe
- Net-TOPIC New tools and approaches for managing urban transformation processes in intermediate cities
- NODUS Linking urban renewal and regional spatial planning
