URBACT helps cities to develop an integrated set of actions for sustainable change

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URBACT Action Planning Networks at the 2023 URBACT University in Malmö, Sweden

The best urban plans are co-created: lessons from 30 URBACT Action Planning Networks

The 2026 URBACT City Festival celebrates 273 local urban actions. What’s the URBACT planning process behind these actions?

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Ed Thorpe

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Comon in Ghent (BE)

Powered by the people: eight URBACT Good Practices turning cooperation into social innovation

Cities are experimenting with how people and institutions collaborate in different ways and spaces.

laurasobral

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Nicosia URBACT City Festival

Discover urban Nicosia, host of the 2026 URBACT City Festival

Get a refresher on Nicosia’s history and find out what’s in store for the 2026 edition of this landmark URBACT event.

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knowledge hub

Knowledge Hub

The URBACT Knowledge Hub brings together a series of thematic insights. It’s the place where initiatives sparked by URBACT cities have room to grow and evolve. The content shared is accessible to urban enthusiasts across Europe and beyond.

URBACT Toolbox

Your set of tools and resources to shape better cities!

 

Sometimes it can be difficult to know where to start. URBACT makes sure cities have the right tools to spark change, one step at a time.

Maybe you have an idea for an innovative and sustainable policy? Or perhaps you’ve identified a pressing challenge in your city that has to be solved?

The URBACT Toolbox has everything you need to design and implement integrated and participatory actions in your city.

In the framework of the URBACT Knowledge Hub Strategic Procurement online course, new modules on gender-responsive public procurement have been released. Check them out now !