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  • RECUP Reaches a New Milestone: From Project Closure to the URBACT City Festival

    After two inspiring years of learning, testing and building connections across Europe, the URBACT RECUP (REinventing Culture in Urban Places) Innovation Transfer Network has officially come to an end

    Fanni Kosztolányi

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  • Lessons Learned from RECUP: How Culture Can Help Cities Rebuild Connection, Belonging and Participation

    Over the last two years, the URBACT Innovation Transfer Network REinventing Culture in Urban Places (RECUP) explored how culture and creativity can help cities respond to challenges such as loneliness

    Fanni Kosztolányi

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  • RECUP Final Conference in Amersfoort: Culture, Connection and Lasting Urban Impact

    Amersfoort, the Netherlands | 8–9 July 2026

    The URBACT network REinventing Culture in Urban Places (RECUP) reached an important milestone with its Final Conference, hosted by the City of Amersfoort on

    Fanni Kosztolányi

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  • Network Article III: When cities start singing together: how culture helped RECUP cities reconnect communities

    The article below was authored by Elisa Filippi, Lead Expert of the URBACT RECUP network. We are pleased to share her reflections on the RECUP journey and the role of culture in strengthening

    Fanni Kosztolányi

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    FINAL REPORT - REinventing Culture in Urban Places

    This Final Report was edited and compiled by Elisa Filippi, Lead Expert of the URBACT RECUP Network, and reflects the collective work, experiences, and contributions of all RECUP project partners and

    Fanni Kosztolányi

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    IV Quarterly Network Journal - RECUP ITN Network

    The article below is based on the original work of Elisa Filippi, Lead Expert of the RECUP URBACT Network. The full article was created with the contribution of the network partners. For readers

    Fanni Kosztolányi

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    RECUP ending soon: Final Dissemination Event in ÚJBUDA

    On 8 July 2026, the RECUP (REinventing Culture in Urban Places) project reached an important milestone with the successful organisation of its Final Dissemination Event in Újbuda. The event brought

    Fanni Kosztolányi

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    RECUP MASTERCLASS on Monitoring & Impact Evaluation: Measuring the Value of Culture

    In April 2026, partners of the URBACT RECUP Network gathered online for a dedicated Masterclass on monitoring, evaluation and the communication of cultural impact. The session focused on helping

    Fanni Kosztolányi

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    Implementation, challenges and good practices for culture regeneration projects at the Urban Level

    The following article was written by Dina Ntziora, Lead Expert of the ImperfectCity project at the Municipality of Aarhus and an Ad-hoc Expert within the URBACT programme. Drawing on her extensive

    Fanni Kosztolányi

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