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  • Articles
    People painting a city square in Milan, Italy

    Reimagining spaces: placemaking lessons from URBACT cities

    From playful streets in Cork (IE) to sensory trails in Tavernes de la Valldigna (ES), five URBACT Good Practices show how cities can turn ordinary spaces into places people recognise, use and care for

    URBACT

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  • Articles
    Cities 4 Co-housing team

    From Inspiration to Implementation: What European Cities Learned from Transferring the CALICO Collaborative Housing Model

    What does it take to transfer a complex housing innovation? Between May 2025 and May 2026, five European cities tested, adapted and translated the CALICO model into investment-ready local solutions

    Dr Orna Rosenfeld

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  • Breaking Isolation

    RECUP MASTERCLASS on Loneliness: Exploring Cultural and Urban Solutions

    On 23 January 2026, the URBACT RECUP Network hosted its second masterclass, focusing on the pressing issue of loneliness and how it can be addressed through culture, creativity, and integrated urban

    Fanni Kosztolányi

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    RECUP Partners Meet in Dubrovnik for the 5th Core Network Meeting

    On 13–14 May 2026, RECUP partners gathered in Dubrovnik for the project’s 5th Core Network Meeting, hosted by the Dubrovnik Development Agency (DURA). The meeting marked an important moment as the

    Fanni Kosztolányi

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  • Eat4Climate – The First Steps of the Journey

    Launched in November 2025 and led by City of Mouans-Sartoux as Lead Partner, and François Jegou as Lead Expert, the Eat4Climate Transfer network brings together six cities committed to changin eating

    Mélanie Duron

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  • Kultur Lab

    RECUP MASTERCLASS - Grants and Beyond: Rethinking how we fund culture and creativity in cities

    The RECUP Masterclass“Grants and Beyond: Rethinking How We Fund Culture and Creativity in Cities” explored how cities can move beyond traditional grant-based systems and develop more sustainable

    Fanni Kosztolányi

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  • 1st Transnational meeting the first transnational meeting of the URBACT Human Power Hub Europe network in GNRation (Braga city)

    Building cities that work for people: From Braga to Europe, a new social innovation model is travelling across Europe

    In Braga, Portugal, social innovation experimentation has been underway since 2015. What began as

    a strategic vision developed during the URBACT BoostINNO network - a plan to harness the city's

    human

    MarionC.

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  • Urban planning

    WATER, HERITAGE & CITIES: Exploring New Urban Futures Through Hydro-Heritage

    ‘Omnes viae ad Romam ducunt’ Hydro-Heritage Cities public event, 18 June 2026, Rome - Urban Center Metropolitano, 14:30 – 18:40. Happy to see you there.  

    Christos Giovanopoulos

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  • Join the URBACT Accelerator for Ukraine & Moldova

    Mene mentoriksi Ukrainaan tai Moldovaan

    URBACT käynnistää uuden oppimisohjelman (URBACT Accelerator for Ukraine and Moldova), joka tukee Ukrainan ja Moldovan kaupunkeja jälleenrakennuksessa, elinvoiman vahvistamisessa ja kriisinhallintaan

    petri.kahila@uef.fi

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