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

  • Municipiul Edineț participă în rețeaua europeană CITYLAKE URBACT – primii pași pentru protejarea și revitalizarea lacurilor urbane

     

    Municipiul Edineț s-a alăturat oficial rețelei europene CityLake, implementată în cadrul programului URBACT IV, o rețea de transfer care promovează modele participative de guvernanță pentru protecția

    Natalia Pulbere

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  • Sport Based Solutions Guidance: A New Article In The Library Section

    Among our final products, ourLead Expert provided us and the interested parties with a Sport Based Solutions Guidance to orient us in the world of sport in urban spaces. Over the past two decades

    Désirée Zucchi

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  • Articles
    Um grupo de pessoas reunidas em torno de uma bicicleta dentro de casa, concentradas e apontando para um pequeno dispositivo montado no guiador, num ambiente colaborativo.

    Com o impulso das pessoas: oito Boas Práticas URBACT que transformam a cooperação em inovação social

    As cidades estão a experimentar diferentes formas e espaços de colaboração entre pessoas e instituições.

    Maria José Efigénio

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    From URBACT to H2020: how 2 cities are scaling up citizen-powered projects for greener communities

    Manchester (UK) and Poznań (PL) are just 2 of many European cities building on their URBACT experiences in integrated, sustainable urban development to boost local participation and improve results in

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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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