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 power of civic ecosystems: Learning from the ACTive NGOs network

    After three years of joint work, the ACTive NGOs URBACT Transfer Network has arrived to its final months. In these three years, the cities of Riga, Brighton and Hove, Dubrovnik, Espoo, Santa Pola and Syracuse have been working together on creating spaces for civic initiatives and stronger civic ecosystems around them. This article explores the broader context of this work and some of the key achievements of the partner cities.

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  • Viladecans ULG as a driver group

    Viladecans’ Good Practice, the Educational Innovation Network (EIN) was created in 2013, and since then it has been working to develop projects to promote educational innovation and educational success by fostering the collaboration of different city stakeholders mainly, school and teachers, families and companies.

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  • Tropa Verde in Opole Agglomeration (Transfer Story)

    In 2018-19, in Poland they were facing many problems related to waste management, such as landfill fires often organised by the so- called "garbage mafia", illegal landfills, abandoned waste, etc. Also, the knowledge of sorting waste wasn’t good enough.

    Christian Beade

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  • Enriching the urban jungle with bees

    How Ljubljana inspired Cesena to address the fundamental role that pollinators play in ecosystems and in urban environments.

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  • Small green space interventions aiming at health benefits can trigger massive change

    Spending only two hours a week in nature can do a lot for our health, according to a research from the University of Exeter. It was found that positive health benefits peak around 4 hours of exposure to nature. But spending more than 5 hours had no further benefits. The positive impacts were evident for both young and old, men and women, and for people with different health status. Furthermore, it is not necessary to do physical exercise for health benefits, it is sufficient to simply sit on a bench.

    Tamas Kallay

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  • Planning for urban security with games: the case of the UrbSecurity project in Leiria

    Civic participation is essential for sustainable urban development, but few tools and solutions are available to foster in practice. One of the new approaches that's being tested is the use of serious goal-oriented dynamic games. UrbSecurity has   implemented one of these approaches with surprising results.

    Patricia Moital

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