URBACT Good Practices

Educational equity and equal opportunities for young people at risk  

Inclusive social, green and public spaces in the canal area 

Involving young people in investing public funds 

An experiment challenging traditional welfare system and empowering long-term unemployed in their efforts to find or create a job

Transforming older buildings into eco-friendly learning hubs 

A tool for social inclusion and urban regeneration

Innovative local public-private-citizen partnership for energy governance

Integration of retired citizens in historical and cultural places of public interest

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