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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  • Discussion and Meeting with Jean-François Serres for the Urbact Program

    Discussion and Meeting with Jean-François Serres for the Urbact Program 

    On June 25, the Urbact Local Group of the city of Agen gathered at the Montesquieu House in the presence of Jean-François Serres. 

    Barbara Gautherie

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  • Réunion 3 ULG Agen URBACT Breaking Isolation

    Agen, Ideation Phase Continues to Go Further 

    Agen, leader of the Urbact program “Breaking Isolation,” is currently in the phase of identifying and selecting pilot projects to implement in the fight against social isolation. 

    Barbara Gautherie

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  • How to involve your ULG members using a card game?

    Boulogne-sur-Mer, a historic coastal city in northern France, is blending community engagement with urban revitalization through a unique card game designed for collaborative planning. Facing challenges like economic shifts, population decline, and coastal erosion, the city is rallying local stakeholders to reimagine and activate underutilized spaces. This approach has inspired new ideas for future projects, fostering deeper community involvement and turning citizen input into actionable plans for a thriving local future.

    Joanna Gańcza-Pawełczyk

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  • Turning the Tide: How Small Cities are Competing for Talent

    C4TALENT’s Lead Expert, Béla Kézy, takes you to ten small- and medium-sized cities as they fight to reverse the 'brain drain' and retain talent.

    Zoltán Szenes

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  • Urban permaculture: helping residents reconnect to nature - Case study

    The BiodiverCity partnership visited the Dole Self-Reliance Training Ground, a permaculture garden with educational facilities in Poljčane, Slovenia, to learn about permaculture, the importance of soil diversity, and discussed the implications for urban areas. The case study explains why it is so important to deal with permaculture in urban areas too.

     

     

    You can read the whole case study HERE.

     

    Ferenc Szigeti-Böröcz

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  • BiodiverCity: beehive therapy

    Have you ever tried beehive therapy?


    Hundreds of European cities are experimenting with biodiverse grassland management
    and pollinator-friendly initiatives. Engaging residents is an - evergreen – challenge in these
    sensitive, often culturally-driven questions. For them, operating a beehive therapy house in
    a controlled way can be an interesting and rather attractive engagement tool, getting
    people closer to nature.

    Ferenc Szigeti-Böröcz

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