ON BOARD

Connecting cities through education

Edited on 18/07/2025

04/04/2018 06/04/2021

Closed
  • Transfer Network
  • Social cohesion
  • Digital transition
  • Education

Local Governments are leverages of educational innovation. We are aware of the opportunities & the needs in the city, we have a privileged knowledge of the stakeholders and, above all, we grow the future citizens. Thus, we should play an active role as educational policy-makers. ON BOARD Transfer network aims to help local governments to build new partnerships to co-create policies to empower younger people with the necessary skills to become active & engaged citizens able to face the challenges of new societies.

Summary

Partners

LEAD PARTNER : Viladecans - Spain
  • Halmstad - Sweden
  • Albergaria-a-Velha - Portugal
  • Nantes - France
  • Poznań - Poland
  • Tallinn - Estonia

Timeline

April - Beginning Phase 1. October - End Phase 1. December - Beginning Phase 2.

February - Kick off meeting Phase 2 in Viladecans

May - Final event - End of the project

Articles

  • News

    URBACTilta uusia verkkokursseja kaupunkikehittäjille

    URBACT on julkaissut uusia verkkokursseja, joiden tavoitteena on vahvistaa kaupunkien asiantuntijoiden ja johtajien valmiuksia integroidussa kaupunkipolitiikassa sekä kestävän kaupunkikehityksen

  • Svenska stadslösningar presenterades på URBACT City Festival 2026

    Under veckan samlades över 500 stadsutvecklare, kommunrepresentanter och urbana innovatörer från hela Europa i Nicosia på Cypern för URBACT City Festival 2026. Festivalen är URBACTs största

  • CivicHeritage Implementation Pathways

    How eight European cities are bringing heritage back into civic life: The CivicHeritage Journey

    The first months of the URBACT CivicHeritage Network have unfolded through city visits, local encounters and countless kilometres across Europe. From Romania to North Macedonia, from the Czech