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

Stories

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    BluAct network initiated its works during Spring of 2018, and has been awarded with the EEPA 2018 “Promoting the Entrepreneurial Spirit” award. Phase

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  • Find the courage to start implementing innovative solutions for our own city! A story from Salerno, Italy.

    The suggestion I can give to the other European cities from this experience is: being in contact with cities that have already made successful

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    Angelos Ploumis

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  • Transfer Story: Galati Romania

    The Municipality built a strong URBACT Local Group, comprising members from Universities, the River Authority, NGO’s, public bodies and port-based

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    Angelos Ploumis

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Articles

  • Articles
    stakeholders

    Insights and advancements from from quartely network journal #2

    Local groups and local stakeholders, what a role! One of the defining features of the URBACT Innovative Transfer Network is the central role played by the URBACT Local Groups (ULGs). EmPowerIngUs

    Chiara.Lucchini

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  • From knowledge transfer to local action: key lessons from the EmPowerIngUs Transnational Meeting in Etterbeek

    Written by Marta Acosta and Fernando Gonzalez

     

    The second Transnational Meeting (TNM) of the URBACT Innovation Transfer Network EmPowerIngUs took place in Etterbeek, Belgium at the beginning of June

    Chiara.Lucchini

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  • Articles

    Insights and advancements from quartely network journal #1

    Joining forces on #energypoverty

     

    Across Europe, local authorities are increasingly facing the challenge of helping vulnerable households cope with rising energy costs while supporting a fair and

    Chiara.Lucchini

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Additionnal activities

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    Working with civil society to reverse decline in small and medium sized towns

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