RU:RBAN Second Wave

Urban agriculture for resilient cities

Edited on 24/07/2025

14/06/2021 31/12/2022

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  • Transfer Network
  • Climate action
  • Social cohesion
  • Circular economy
  • Food
  • Jobs and skills
  • Participation

RU:RBAN's Good Practice is the Management model of Urban gardens in Rome to be transferred to newcomer cities that are geographically, historically and socio-culturally distant from each other, to ensure sharing of experiences to enhance the capacities of local governance. Transfer efforts will be ensured on the 3 well known and successful components the GP is divided into: 1. Capacity building, 2. Inspiring and training people to manage urban gardens (Gardenisers), 3. Governance & Regulations

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Summary

LEAD PARTNER : Rome - Italy
  • Alexandroupolis - Greece
  • Algeciras - Spain
  • Carlow - Ireland
  • Split - Croatia

Timeline

  • Kick off meeting 17/09
  • Algeciras Transnational Meeting 15/12
  • Transnational Meetings in Alexandroupolis 30/06, Carlow 24/05 and Split 28/09
  • RU:RBAN 2nd Wave Final Event in Rome 11/09

Network Outputs

Quarterly reports

Useful Links

Check previous achievements from RU:RBAN!

Stories

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Network Contact

Articles

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  • News

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    Between 3 June and 16 July 2026, the Call for the URBACT Accelerator for Ukraine and Moldova received 151 applications from cities in Ukraine, Moldova and the European Union. Check the infographic

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  • Articles

    How to accelerate cities’ transition to the circular economy

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Additionnal activities

  • RU:RBAN

    This Transfer network builds upon the "Management model of Urban gardens in Rome" Good Practice, in order to transfer to EU cities geographically distant from each other to ensure sharing of experiences to enhance the capacities of local governance. Transfer efforts will be given to 3 distinct

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  • Resilient urban and peri-urban agriculture

    A tool for social inclusion and urban regeneration

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  • Food and sustainable local systems

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