USE-IT

Unlocking social and economic innovation together

Edited on 24/07/2025

09/03/2021 09/09/2022

Closed
  • Innovation Transfer Network
  • Local economy
  • Social cohesion
  • Disadvantaged neighbourhoods
  • Jobs and skills
  • Participation

Larger capital projects in poor neighbourhoods often do not lead to an improvement in the socio-economic situation of the local population. The USE-IT UIA - URBACT Transfer Mechanism pilot network shares a tested approach that directly links the realisation of larger capital projects - here construction of a new hospital - with the improvement of the socio-economic situation of the population based on the existing local community skills, talents and ideas.

Summary

Partners

Lead Partner Birmingham
  • Poznań - Poland
  • Rotterdam - Netherlands
  • Trapani - Italy

Timeline

Launch of pilot network

Network Outputs

Articles

  • What’s Past Is Prologue

    By SANDRA RAINERO. The Hydro-Heritage Cities' expert last article on:  How six cities reinvent their water heritage. 

  • Transfer Diary TNM#2 Pentágono Urbano , 11 & 12 June 2026

     

    We arrived in the Pentágono Urbano; a pioneering inter-municipal urban area connecting five cities: Braga, Guimarães, Famalicão, Viana do Castelo and Barcelos, with a shared professional agenda
  • Articles
    -

    Call for Action Networks now Closed!

    The new URBACT Action Network (AN) call closed on 17 June after three months of information sessions, partner matchmaking, and consortium-building between towns and cities across Europe.