Networks and cities' news

Catch up on the latest updates from cities working together in URBACT Networks. The articles and news that are showcased below are published directly by URBACT’s beneficiaries and do not necessarily reflect the programme’s position.

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    “Of course I knew. I just had no idea!”

    Takeaways from the National URBACT Campus in Hungary.

    Zoltán Szenes

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  • What type of challenges are women facing in the urban context?

    By Aleksandra Niżyńska, Public Policy Analyst, Gender Equality Expert

     

    As part of the FEMACT Cities network, the City of Kraków (Poland) conducted research on various aspects of how women and girls perceive and use public spaces. The feminist collective Architektoniczki, with the support of Gender Solution, analysed different functionalities of the city from a gender perspective, focusing on teenagers, people with disabilities, and caregivers.

    Rosalie Lakatos

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  • Local Climate Officer

    Copenhagen’s Climate Taskforce Awarded URBACT Good Practice Label for Citizen-Driven Climate Action

    Copenhagen’s Climate Taskforce empowers residents through practical tools and local engagement, creating a replicable model for effective urban climate action. 

    Rannvá Pállson Joensen

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  • TechDiversity project: Network Exchanges, Learning Activities and more…

    Intro 

     

    TechDiversity is an URBACT network of eight partners representing small and medium-sized European cities, that aim to boost and facilitate diverse local communities that are not active in Tech & Digital sector, facing specific challenges in terms of diversity, gender equality and inclusion. Furthermore, the partner cities will mainly focus on an identified pressing aspect and will support at least one diverse local group in each of the participating cities, through the action plans. 

    Kostas Karamarkos

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  • TOGETHER FOR GREEN TRANSITION: STAKEHOLDERS UNITE!

    Vila Nova de Famalicao hosts 19 stakeholders from 7 European countries to collaborate on the green industrial transition

     

    josecostero

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  • Liat Rogel - Housing challenges

    Housing Challenges in Shrinking Cities

    For the first time in European history, a dedicated Housing Commissioner has been appointed to the European Commission, reflecting a growing recognition of housing as a critical issue across the continent. While much attention is focused on the housing crisis in rapidly growing cities, the challenges faced by shrinking cities often remain underexplored.

     

    Written by Liat Rogel - URBACT Expert
    Edited & published by Krešimir Grubić

    Liat Rogel

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