All URBACT articles

Hear from the URBACT community on today’s most pressing challenges and inspiring examples from all around Europe. Find the inspiration you have been looking for to put knowledge into action!

Interested in more thematic content? Check out the URBACT Knowledge Hub.

 

 

 

  • Articles

    Experimenting with governance

    Innovative governance work is notable is several of the 97 URBACT Good Practices. Common themes emerge around how cities are beginning to innovate. Firstly, how they relate and connect to their

    Peter Ramsden

    See more
  • Articles

    From participative to personal budgets: the power of responsibility sharing

    We can improve public services for local communities and individuals by giving them more control rather than imposing top down governmental programmes on them. This belief has led to a boom in

    Ferenc Szigeti-Böröcz

    See more
  • Articles

    From nature lovers to nature activists

    How cities are reclaiming nature for citizens (and vice versa)

    Last Saturday I fell asleep in the park, basking in the unexpected rays of sunshine. I was grateful for this small patch of green, right

    Ania Rok

    See more
  • Articles

    Housing for all - Experiences of URBACT cities on affordable housing

    What can be done to avoid evictions? How can a city provide housing to the most vulnerable groups and to the young talented people? Can low-carbon housing be affordable?
    Barcelona (ES), Dupnitsa (BG)

    Ivan Tosics

    See more
  • Articles

    Building an effective entrepreneurship eco-system

    How can cities create effective programmes for promoting enterprise and entrepreneurship? How should cities respond to some of the structural changes currently taking place in the business start-up

    Jim Sims

    See more
  • Articles

    Integration processes at city level: Hamburg, Ghent, Amadora URBACT cities Good Practices

    The refugee reception crisis of 2015-2016 brought to fore the need for common European patterns of reception and inclusion. For long decades Europe has integrated immigrants and refugees, more or less

    Laura Colini

    See more

  • How do URBACT Good Practices strive towards more sustainability together with citizens and other stakeholders?

    Striving towards sustainability together

    The occurrences and types of events and catastrophes related to climate change (environmental , biodiversity, human, social or societal concerns) have been

    Marcelline Bonneau

    See more
  • Articles

    Procurement is a Cycle – monitoring is a core and continuous spoke

    The sixth transnational meeting of the Procure network took place in Koszalin, Poland on Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th September 2017. The focus of the meeting was upon how cities can monitor the

    sbamber

    See more
  • Articles

    From co-visualising the 'in between' to more integrated policies and actions? Mapping common ground in European social innovation projects

    Spin-Off' project that responds to the specific needs of the partners and will be suitable for further development and will be in compliance with the requirements of the respective Transnational

    Aldo de Moor

    See more