Cities4CSR

Unlocking opportunities, improving cities

Edited on 19/06/2025

01/09/2019 15/03/2022

Closed
  • Action Planning Network
  • Participative governance
  • Entrepreneurship and SMEs
  • Finance and resources

The project’s main aim is to unlock opportunities in order to improve our cities. The Action Planning Network of CITIES4CSR has identified in Corporate Social Responsibility actions the opportunities to unlock and improve municipal strategies and local plans, discovering and exploiting the value of partnerships with the private sector and relevant stakeholders at local level. Co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund, CITIES4CSR network involves ten European cities throughout Europe, each of them focusing its activity on specific local challenge and theme of CSR, according to local needs and municipal priorities. At the same time, at network level, the project provides a valuable opportunity of good practices sharing on CSR actions and experiences carried out locally by cities, reaching a common understanding of the importance of Corporate Social Responsibility for municipal development and the improvement of local policies.

 

 

Summary

PARTNERS

Lead Partners : Milan - Italy
  • Bratislava - Slovakia
  • Sofia - Bulgaria
  • Vratsa - Bulgaria
  • Molina de Segura - Spain
  • Nantes Metropole - France
  • Rijeka - Croatia
  • Budaörs - Hungary
  • Kekava County - Latvia
  • Guimarães - Portugal

Timeline

  • October 2019 | Kick-Off Meeting
  • September 2019 - March 2020 | Phase I: Action Planning Network Development
  • May 2020 | Start of Phase II
  • June 2020 | Kick-Off Meeting Phase II
  • January 2021 - December 2021 | Development of a methodolgy and Small Scale Actions Implementation
  • January 2022 - June 2022 | Transfer of Knowledge Period: IAP Local Dissemination events
  • June 2022 | Final Project Event in Bruxelles
  • Project end date

Network Outputs

Network Outputs

Articles

  • Articles
    group photo

    Highlights from the 4th RECUP Core Network Meeting in Bielsko Biała

    Earlier this March, representatives from the RECUP network gathered in the vibrant Polish city of Bielsko‑Biała for the 4th Core Network Meeting. Over two days (4–5 March 2026), partners immersed

  • Articles
    photo

    Mancomunitat l’Horta Nord: Connecting a Territory Through a Shared Cultural Platform

    Within the URBACT RECUP (Reinventing Culture in Urban Places) project, the Testing Action of the Mancomunitat l’Horta Nord was born from a shared diagnosis across its ten municipalities: the territory

  • Articles
    m

    Action Networks Call

    The URBACT IV Programme aims to support sustainable urban development by facilitating knowledge sharing and the transfer of innovative practices among European cities and governments during 2021-2027