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No matter if you are involved in an URBACT Network or not, you can always connect with peers across Europe at our events. All year round, throughout the duration of URBACT IV (2021 - 2027) you can take part in open events like the URBACT City Festivals, webinars, seminars, conferences and thematic policy labs.
Mark your calendars for the next events:
EU City Lab on Housing - discover how to scale affordable housing solutions in your city on 15-16 October 2026 in Brussels, Belgium. Join the waiting list here!
Do you want to work on a specific urban challenge with peer cities across Europe? Apply to join an URBACT Network alongside other cities that want to make real change in their communities!
As part of a Network, you will embark on a two year journey with a dedicated URBACT Expert, Ad-hoc Experts, the URBACT Secretariat’s guidance and EU financial support to cover exchange activities – depending on your geographic location. The 27 Member States, the five EU pre-accession countries (IPA) – Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia – and the two Neighbourhood Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) – Ukraine and Moldova – are eligible to receive funding from URBACT. Cities and partners from Norway and Switzerland can participate in URBACT Networks with Norwegian or Swiss national funds covering up to 50% of the costs.
Municipalities, regional and national authorities, metropolitan areas, specialised municipal agencies, districts and boroughs – and other levels of governance that are mentioned in the terms of reference for specific URBACT calls – are eligible to apply to take part in URBACT Networks.
Citizens, civil society, NGOs, academia and private sector who are based in an URBACT beneficiary city can also get involved with an existing Network through the URBACT Local Group. Every beneficiary city has to set up an URBACT Local Group to gather relevant people who have a stake or interest in co-designing integrated local policies. Local stakeholders join these groups as members on a voluntary basis and without financial compensation, nonetheless, they can benefit from transnational visits, trainings and closed capacity-building events.
As soon as URBACT Networks are approved – following the competitive call, the external assessment and the approval from the URBACT Monitoring Committee – the involved partner cities become programme beneficiaries. So far, 40 networks have been formed under URBACT IV, with 340 partner cities from 29 countries involved. Discover current Action Planning Networks and Innovation Transfer Networks!
Based in Paris (France), the URBACT Joint Secretariat is a group of 18 very an enthusiastic and committed team, organised into three units – organised in four working areas: Networks and Capacity-Building, Knowledge and Communication, Programme Management and Administration; and Strategic Programme Development.
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