URBACT Good Practices

How a city can smartly use its abandoned spaces to respond to citizens' needs

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

Encouraging climate friendly decisions in housing, renovating and construction.

Digitalisation for more efficient municipal policies

Driving economic diversity and environmental sustainability 

Revitalising the creative sector with a production-based cultural model 

Enhancing crafts with digital manufacturing technologies 

Integrating vulnerable individuals, especially Roma, through education and empowerment 

Shifting from industrial use to nature conservation in urban areas