Networks

Discover the URBACT Networks, their cities, their plans,  and recommendations. An URBACT network brings together EU cities willing to exchange ideas and produce integrated local policies with the help of their peers, local stakeholders and URBACT experts. Cities can join three types of URBACT Networks, Action Planning, Transfer and the Innovation Transfer Mechanism, following calls for proposals.

Interested in taking part in an URBACT Network? Find out more about the upcoming calls for Networks, how to join a Network as an expert or how to become a Local URBACT Group member, get involved!   

 

  • Human Power Hub

    The HPH Europe Network is a European network dedicated to the transfer, adaptation and consolidation of social innovation ecosystems, promoting integrated approaches that strengthen cooperation between public authorities, civil society organisations, knowledge institutions and economic actors. Its focus is on creating environments conducive to social innovation, the testing of solutions and the empowerment of local areas to respond to complex urban challenges.

     

    In the current URBACT cycle, the HPH Europe Network takes the form of a Transfer Network, whose main objective is to support European cities in adapting a consolidated model of a social innovation ecosystem, promoting mutual learning processes, knowledge transfer and institutional capacity building.

     

    Follow our LinkedIn page to keep up with the work and progress of the URBACT Human Power Hub Europe network across European cities - www.linkedin.com/in/human-power-hub-europe

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  • SHIFT-R

    SHIFT-R is a Transfer Network inspired by Fundão’s (PT) award-winning model of building a place-based innovation ecosystem to revitalise small cities.The network focuses on creating dynamic ecosystems that combine technology, talent and territory, transforming these cities into hubs of attraction for startups, companies and digital nomads. The initiative fosters innovation as an engine for economic and social development.

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  • CALL

    The CALL Transfer Network supports cities to deliver more accessible and inclusive urban environments. It brings partner cities together to connect people and ideas, transfer proven practices, and transform public spaces, services, and mobility. Through peer learning and local adaptation, CALL helps cities remove barriers and ensure that everyone can participate fully and equally in their city, every day. 

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  • Smart Mobility on Demand

    Smart Mobility on Demand is more than a mobility service. It connects rural and urban areas through a flexible and inclusive demand-responsive transport solution. By listening to citizens and analysing local conditions, the project adapts to each territory’s specific mobility challenges. Our ambition is simple: to turn mobility into one less thing to worry about. Working together with local communities and partners, we aim to build a more connected and inclusive future, where no one is left behind.

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  • SPARK

    SPARK helps cities streamline procurement while advancing sustainability, equity and local growth. The network of 7 European cities strives to strengthen urban resilience and responsible resource use for smarter, greener and more inclusive cities.

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  • COM'ON CITY

    Com'ON City is an EU URBACT Transfer Network built around a proven model of youth civic engagement. At its core is Com'ON, a participatory budgeting programme developed in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, that enables young people to identify and implement solutions to community challenges while developing skills, agency and civic engagement. Recognised as an URBACT Good Practice, it has supported 1,000+ initiatives and engaged 50,000+ citizens since 2015. Through the network, four partner cities, Veszprém (Hungary), Leeuwarden (Netherlands), Piacenza (Italy) and Valongo (Portugal), will adapt and transfer Cluj-Napoca's model to their own contexts between 2025 and 2028, strengthening participatory democracy, youth ecosystems and social trust across Europe.

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  • PARKS

    PARKS Transfer Network develops a comprehensive strategy for managing urban green assets through collaborative planning with citizens, youth, businesses, and urban professionals. It aims to enhance ecosystem resilience, strengthen climate adaptation and mitigation, and protect biodiversity. By promoting inclusive, sustainable use of diverse green and natural spaces, it improves public safety, health, wellbeing, and environmental awareness.

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  • Eat4Climate

    While food systems account for 25% of greenhouse gas emissions, the Eat4Climate URBACT Transfer Network, led by Mouans-Sartoux (FR) with six European partner cities, proves that food can cut down urban footprints, starting with what’s on our plates. Through the Food City Lab, local stakeholders transition toward sustainable diets, while cities transform school meals, expand local organic farming, and ensure access for all to healthy, fair, local organic food. It's not just feeding people, it's feeding the future.​

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  • SpongeMeasures

    SpongeMeasures transfers Püspökszilágy’s (HU) efforts to tackle floods and droughts together to six partner municipalities: Vilamarxant (ES), Nuovo Circondario Imolese (IT), Razkrižje (SI), Plav (ME), Târgu Secuiesc (RO), Velykyi Bereznyi (UA). Working with local communities, the network will implement and share small-scale nature-based solutions that act like a sponge - slowing down and retaining rainwater, strengthening local resilience, and supporting biodiversity during dry periods.

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