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

Articles

  • Articles

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  • Articles

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