METACITY

Virtual Solutions for Real People

Edited on 26/02/2026

01/07/2023 31/12/2025

Ongoing
  • Action Planning Network
  • Local economy
  • Digital transition
  • Urban renewal
  • Attractiveness

Metacity aims to increase competitiveness of small and medium tech-aware cities, benefiting from the opportunity to enhance service efficiency and citizen satisfaction provided by the metaverse. By integrating metaverse technologies, cities can create immersive digital environments for education, healthcare, tourism and public services, enabling streamlined communication, remote access to services, and personalized experiences, leveling the playing field with larger cities. Metaverse-driven urban planning fosters innovation, economic growth, and ensures that citizens have access to cutting-edge solutions, ultimately improving their overall quality of life.

People with virtual reality glasses looking at the hologram of the city

Summary

Partners

Lead Partner : Fundão - Portugal
  • Campobasso - Italy
  • Industrial Systems Institute, Athena Research Center - Greece
  • Písek - Czech Republic
  • Nevers - France
  • Razlog - Bulgaria
  • ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY - Finland
  • Újbuda - Hungary
  • Härnösand - Sweden
  • Mostar - Bosnia-Herzegovina

Network Contact

Timeline

METACITY | FINAL TRANSNATIONAL MEETING
26th-28th November, Fundão, Portugal

5th Core Network Meeting
13 –15 October 2025
Brussels, EU Region Week 2025

METACITY Online Workshop
29 September 2025 – 11.00-13.00 CET (Brussels time zone)
Integrated approach and stakeholders engagement for IAP implementation

SIIViM 2025
Dunkirk from June 2 to 4, 2025.
The 2025 edition of SIIViM will host around a hundred innovative technologies according to 8 themes:
• Mobility
• Circular economy, waste recovery
• Energies
• Health, social and inclusion
• Biodiversity and living environment
• Attractiveness (tourism, commerce and culture)
• The Water Cycle
• Data management

2nd NETWORK MASTERCLASS ON “Beyond Reality: Shaping Tomorrow’s Industry through the Metaverse” organised by Industrial Systems Institute, Athena RC, Greece

4th Cor eMeeting in Harnosand: 18-20 march 2025

1st NETWORK MASTERCLASS ON “Digital Transformation of Education in the Municipality of Razlog, Bulgaria / Use of AI and IT tools for education”

Third transnational meeting on 12-13 september 2024 in Campobasso, Italy.

City visit on June 11-12, 2024 at Imagine the Metaverse Event in Tampere, Finland.

Second transnational meeting on 4-5 April 2024 in Újbuda, Hungary.

MetaCityKick-off On-line : 10-11 July 2023

First transnational meeting on 30-31 October 2023 in Písek, Czechia.

Stories

  • From Vision to Action: How Metacity Cities Co-Created Their Integrated Action Plans for a Human-Centred Digital Future

    The Integrated Action Planning (IAP) Report of the URBACT Metacity network was formally presented by the Lead Expert Eurico Neves, marking a decisive

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  • ISI ULG meeting

    Stakeholder engagement for humanizing metaverse: some useful lessons from METACITY

    Technologic development rarely makes headlines, as it usually advances outside the everyday current affairs of our societies. Nevertheless, the

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  • Young test VR headsets branded “URBACT METACITY”; one smiles while holding a controller, the other adjusts the visor.

    Razlog brings education into Virtual Reality through the MetaCity Project under URBACT IV

    The Municipality of Razlog is bridging the gap between education, cultural heritage, and digital innovation as a proud partner in the “MetaCity”

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Network outputs

Lead Expert

METACITY Final Transnational Meeting in Fundão – A Strong Closing with a Forward-Looking Vision

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