URBACT Good Practices

Working with civil society to reverse decline in small and medium sized towns

How a city has decided to spot existing public spaces and improve them in the scope of housing, recreation, leisure and social cohesion.

You can act for climate in a different way than you thought of

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

Upgrading municipal government in the areas of business and the environment

A new ecosystem of spaces for public-civic cooperation

A testing ground for metropolitan public policies 

Participatory tool for preservation of natural resources 

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