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    Urban Mobility Paradigms: navigating inclusivity and sustainability in the S.M.ALL project

    In the city of Ferrara, which leads the S.M.ALL project, the first transnational “ready for action” meeting took place on December 6th, 2023. This meeting concluded the city visits and marked the

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    Viladecans EU City Lab on Energy Transition

    How did the first EU City Lab go?

    Together with the European Urban Initiative (EUI), URBACT has launched a series of green policy events for city practitioners to increase their knowledge. Read on to learn about the very first

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    Jetzt Bewerbung für Innovation-Transfer-Netzwerk-Call vorbereiten!

    Vom 10. Januar bis zum 20. März 2024 ist der URBACT-Call für die erste Generation von sogenannten Innovation-Transfer-Netzwerken (ITN) geöffnet; Kommunen aus ganz Europa können sich darauf bewerben

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    Falling in love with downtown: the URBACT Cities@Heart network is here!

    As a part of the URBACT IV European Programme, ten European urban areas come together to form Cities@Heart, a network dedicated to sharing best practices and innovations for improving city centre

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    Cities@Heart: an URBACT Network proposing solutions for city centres, the testing ground for addressing future urban challenges

    In spite of urban sprawl and a franchise economy, city centres are on the rise! Cities@Heart is here to defend proximity and mixed use, making downtown more accessible and appealing for new

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    Nine cities to link issues of public procurement and gender equality

    The GenProcure Action Planning Network (APN) is focused on the thematic topic of Gender Responsive Public Procurement. Over the next two years and until December 2025, it will seek to support nine

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    URBACT IV. Info nap Budapest - Beszámoló 2023

    Az Építési és Közlekedési Minisztérium(ÉKM) és az URBACT Nemzeti Kontakt Pont 2023. november 28-án információs és disszeminációs napot tartott, melynek témája az URBACT aktualitásai és az előző lezárt

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    SAVE-THE-DATE: Digitaler Infoday zum Innovation-Transfer-Call

    Am 23. Januar 2024 von 10:00 bis 12:00 Uhr organisiert die Nationale Kontaktstelle für Deutschland einen digitalen Infoday zum neuen Innovation-Transfer-Call.

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    “Vitamin N” for everyone – Transforming cities’ relationship with nature and the rise of nature-based solutions to tackle the ecological crisis

    Bestseller author Richard Louv defined nature-deficit disorder in his book (Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature, 2016 – where “N” is for “nature”) and launched an international movement to get