Re-growCity

Tackling long term decline in smaller cities

Edited on 22/07/2025

04/04/2018 06/04/2021

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  • Transfer Network
  • Participative governance

Re-growCity Transfer network focuses on the development of interventions that built on local capabilities to arrest and reverse long term social, economic and environmental decline. Altena has a track record of recognised good practices that facilitate the development of sustainable initiatives with a minimum of external resource input. This network will support partners to revitalise public services and the economy, regenerate the urban fabric and develop civil society in a context of long term decline.

 

Summary

Partners

Lead Partner : Altena - Germany
  • Aluksne - Latvia
  • Idrija - Slovenia
  • Igoumenitsa - Greece
  • Isernia - Italy
  • Manresa - Spain
  • Melgaço - Portugal
  • Nyírbátor - Hungary

Timeline

Kick-off meeting

Articles

  • Articles

    Hackathons and Gender-Based Violence: How Innovation Drives Urban Change

  • Articles

    Medzinárodná spolupráca v praxi: Konferencia v Čunove spojila expertov na klímu, mestá a energiu

    Máme za sebou druhý ročník slovenského podujatia "Spolupráca naprieč hranicami 2026". Priestory ekocentra Čunovo tematicky umocnili vybranú nosnú tému:  "Medzinárodná spolupráca v kontexte zmeny klímy

  • Beyond Physical Accessibility: Lived Experience and Inclusive Urban Governance

    Can a city be physically accessible without being genuinely inclusive? 

     

    This question challenges approaches to urban accessibility centred primarily on infrastructure provision and technical