URBACT Good Practices

A new way of co-creating smarter cities that puts communities and their needs at the heart of innovation.

Appointing community representatives amongst the residents of the target area Edgbaston Reservoir, to become permanent ambassadors, communicating with the City Council, and understanding their challenges – enabling Birmingham in this way to rebuild trust

Place-based collaboration framework for supported housing units 

Resolving unfinished housing developments in a collaborative manner creating sustainable communities delivered by a targeted team

A citizen-centric initiative creating a robust social innovation ecosystem 

Involving communities in procurement preparation and selection of successful bidders 

Driving collaboration to build human-centred tech solutions for city challenges 

Creating economic creativity by using empty buildings and undeveloped sites 

Promoting the ecological rehabilitation of the river area