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

A local initiative connecting pensioners and the young, now extended throughout the town

Sustainable Accessible Livable Usable Social space for intercultural Wellbeing, Welfare and Welcoming

A testing ground for metropolitan public policies 

NGO House and the power of the civic ecosystem

Collaborative creation of sustainable urban development strategy  

Improving public spaces through solutions co-designed with local actors and communities 

Managing sustainable projects in cross border governance with participatory urban planning model