URBACT Good Practices

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

Providing space for students, artists, social leaders and NGOs 

By using empty buildings and culture as an intermediary, solutions to complex challenges are co-created between the citizens and the municipality.

Bringing together citizens and businesses for a more environmentally friendly society

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

25 years of housing rehabilitation for social purposes

Empathy-driven approach promoting collaboration for sustainable decision-making 

Examining urban development needs through a participatory process 

An orchestra for social inclusion, using music to bring diversities together and break down prejudice