Cities@Heart

Towards a balanced city centre
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Edited on 14/07/2026

01/06/2023 31/12/2025

Ongoing
  • Action Planning Network
  • Participative governance
  • Local economy
  • Urban renewal
  • Social Data

Cities@Heart brings together ten European urban areas with diverse profiles but with one common goal: achieving a balanced and inclusive city centre for all users. By gathering relevant indicators and using a common methodology, this network aims to create a holistic policy framework for lasting and meaningful change in the heart of the city. Working hand in hand with local stakeholders and users, Cities@Heart is here to develop tools that foster happy, healthy and harmonious places.

https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/cities-heart/

 

Summary

PARTNERS

Lead Partner : Métropole du Grand Paris - France
  • Kraków Metropolis Association - Poland
  • Granada - Spain
  • Osijek - Croatia
  • Associação de Municípios de Fins Específicos Quadrilátero Urbano - Portugal
  • JZ Socio Celje - Slovenia
  • Sligo - Ireland
  • Cesena - Italy
  • Fleurus - Belgium
  • Lamia - Greece

Network Contact

Timeline

  • First Transnational Meeting 6 and 7 December 2023 in Sligo, Ireland. 
  • 6-7 March: Second Transnational Meeting hosted by Granada, Spain
  • 25 April: Publication of Baseline Study
  • 13 May: Webinar Cities@Heart After Dark
  • 17-19 June: Third Transnational meeting hosted by Quadrilátero Urbano, Portugal
  • 18 September: Webinar on Last-Mile Logistics
  • 9-10 October: Fourth Transnational meeting hosted by Cesena, Italy
  • 18 December: Webinar on Inclusion
  • 26-27 March: Fifth Transnational meeting hosted by Celje, Slovenia
  • 2-3 July: Sixth Transnational meeting hosted by the Krakow Metropolitan Area
  • 5-7 November: Seventh Transnational meeting hosted by the Greater Paris Metropolis
  • 6-7 November: 3rd European Forum on City Centers 

Stories

  • Cities@Heart: What Happens When Ten Cities Decide to Fall Back in Love with Their Downtowns

    The network started with a simple yet radical idea: city centres are worth fighting for. Two and a half years later, ten European cities have shown

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    Santamaria-Varas Mar

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  • News
    The City Center of Montreuil, France

    The European Forum on City Centres November 6th - 7th : this year’s flagship event for city centers in Europe

    Following two successful editions, including the most recent held at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, the Greater Paris Metropolis and the

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    Suzanne Pergal

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  • Finalising our City Centre Playbook and finding inspiration in Celje: takeaways from our Fifth Quarterly Network Report

    Throughout this first quarter of the year, the URBACT Local Groups (ULGs) in each city have been deeply involved in a series of collaborative meetings

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    Santamaria-Varas Mar

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Network outputs

Lead Expert

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