CSI Europe

Edited on 28/07/2025

01/05/2012 30/04/2015

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  • Action Planning Network
  • Participative governance
  • Urban planning
  • Finance and resources
  • Urban renewal

The aim of the JESSICA initiative is to support “sustainable investment in cities”. Through the implementation of the initiative, Urban Development Funds are emerging as potentially powerful tools to pursue sustainable urban transformation. CSI Europe will build upon the achievements to date to improve the effectiveness of current delivery and future potential.

Summary

Introduction

The Network will focus on the involvement of cities in Urban Development Fund (UDF) structures and the way these instruments can be more effectively embedded in future city planning and governance. It will also strive to demonstrate the role that financial instruments can play in efficiently planning, progressing and administering urban development priorities, particularly in the context of the current economic and financial crisis.

 

Partners

Lead Partner : Manchester - United Kingdom
  • Ancona - Italy
  • Leipzig - Germany
  • Lille - France
  • Malmö - Sweden
  • Porto - Portugal
  • Poznań - Poland
  • Riga - Latvia
  • Seville - Spain
  • The Hague - Netherlands

Timeline

Project launch

Project completed

Stories

Articles

  • Calls, Vernetzung, Wissenstransfer: EU-Fördermöglichkeiten für Kommunen im Bereich der nachhaltigen Stadtentwicklung

    Am 23. März 2026 organisierten wir als gemeinsame Kontaktstelle der  Europäischen Stadtinitiative („European Urban Initiative“, kurz EUI) und des europäischen URBACT-Programms eine Infoveranstaltung

    Heike Mages

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  • The international URBACT network We Create Space officially launched in Ostrava

    Ostrava, 26 February 2026 – Representatives of seven European cities and metropolitan areas gathered in Ostrava on 25–26 February 2026 for the official launch of the international project We Create

    Jana Kastanova

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  • URBACT festival mest 2027 v Bilbau

    URBACT festival mest je vodilni dogodek Direktorata Evropske komisije za regionalno in urbano politiko (DG REGIO), ki ga soorganizira Evropska pobuda za mesta (EUI). Festival mest je ključna platforma

    Petra Ockerl

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    Two cities united by a love of good food

    As URBACT opens its first call for Transfer Networks here’s a story of how a Good Practice from one city was adapted and transferred to a completely different local context.

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    Preserve, Contain, Improve: Towards Integrative Policies For Urban Growth Management

    The consequences of the unleashed urbanization process before the real estate crisis are today very explicit on the building stock as well as on the spatial configuration of cities. As for the

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