URBACT Good Practices

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  • L'Hospitalet de Llobregat / Spain

    On Stage! Music and arts for social change

    The sound of education: how music and performing art can bolster social inclusion

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  • Munich / Germany

    Halle 2: The municipal second-hand shop

    Supporting local circular economy by selling goods from recycling centres 

  • Braga / Portugal

    Human Power Hub

    A citizen-centric initiative creating a robust social innovation ecosystem 

  • Avilés / Spain

    Social clauses in public procurement procedures

    Including social criteria in public recruitment procedures to help disadvantaged people access the labour market in Avilés

  • Mataro / Spain

    Sparking new blue business in a coastal city

    The up and rise of the Blue Growth Entrepreneurship Competition

  • Idrija / Slovenia

    Creation of a new NGO platform

    The new ‘Towns’ Living Room’, established by the municipality in a vacant building, involves the heads of the city administration, active citizens, social services, development agency, public library and nursing home, local clubs and various associations

  • Vilnius / Lithuania

    New urban gardens bringing communities together

    Gardening has wider impacts on the city that one would expect

  • Valongo / Portugal

    Participatory youth budget

    Involving young people in investing public funds 

  • Gothenburg / Sweden

    FED

    Fossil Free Energy Districts - a piece of the puzzle for energy transition