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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  • The view from a bird's flight perspective on buildings and streets forming a city

    Celebrating Limerick as a walled City!

    Limerick, with its 210,000 inhabitants, is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland. The city dates back to the first Viking settlements in 922, utilising its location on the River Shannon. As a medieval city, Limerick was fortified with a wall and is one of Ireland’s fifty –six confirmed walled cities. Limericks walled town consisted of what is now known as Englishtown and Irishtown.

    Joanna Gańcza-Pawełczyk

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  • Sātiņi Workshop – future small business community center

    Saldus, Latvia: An Idea Seeks a Place and a Place Seeks an Idea!

    Can an old and abandoned building become a catalyst for reversing negative trends? Can it retain young people in Saldus and attract some new ones?

    By: Marita Melvere

    Krešimir Grubić

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  • Podcast series: Talks with change agents

    The “Talks with Change Agents”-podcast gives you an insight in the developments of the Agents of Co-Existence Network, which aims to improve citizen participation. 

    AnjaH26

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  • 2nd TNM in Tartu: successful experiences to share in sustainable mobility

    On the 14th and 15th of May, in the context of the 2nd Transnational Meeting Citizens' Journey of the Beyond the Urban network, the delegations of the 10 territories that make up the network met in Tartu Vald, Estonia. The last time we did meet in person was from 27th to 29th November 2023 in Vic, Osona. In that 1st Meeting, “Ready for Action”, we worked on some basic concepts around mobility, delved into our Baseline Study and validated the network's Roadmap.

    Monica Carrera

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  • WELDI - Building welcoming communities for migrants

    dirk_gebhardt

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  • The Digi-Inclusion Network Journal is now live!

    Watch our Lead Expert Ian Graham introducing this first instalment of the new Video Journal, which you can keep watching as we update it with insights and ideas and examples from the network and project partners over the next 18 months.

     

    AlbertMollet

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