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  • News
    Family photo, Transnational Meeting Beyond the Urban, Vic / November 2023

    Beyond the Urban starts walking at Vic's TNM

    Today marks the official launch of URBACT: Beyond the Urban, an ambitious three-year program aimed at fostering a more competitive, sustainable, and inclusive Europe by addressing key challenges in

    Monica Carrera

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    Promoting the 30-minutes Territories - Challenges and Ambitions for Small and Mid-size Communities

    roland.krebs

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    Breaking Isolation - european Urbact program

    Social isolation: a silent and nearly invisible epidemic that needs to be broken

    Humans are, by nature, social creatures. We, humans, need social interactions. We need to talk, to laugh, to cry, to play, to share. Of course, we also enjoy, sometimes, to withdraw and take a break

    Christophe Gouache

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    Is citizen engagement a waste of time in policymaking? Never!

    The URBACT Action Planning Network Action Planning Networks | urbact.eu  is all about unlocking the green potentials of citizen action. Being a network of city administrators, we know we need help. We

    StineSkot

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    NextGen YouthWork - group of youth outdoor

    Youth work starts where young people are - but how can youth workers get there?

    Young people spend more and more time online. But do youth workers know where? And more importantly, how can they get there to provide them with the help they need? 

    Zsolt Séra

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    Can Urban Sports Hubs transform youths communities and regenerate urban public spaces? Follow the Re-Gen URBACT cities pioneering sport-based solutions engaging teens for a Better Future.

    Contemporary cities face challenges in providing adequate spaces for youth socialization and recreational healthy activities. The Re-Gen Project tackles these issues by leveraging abandoned public

    rlioce

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    Civic participation is a process, not a project

    Local democracy is undergoing a change, a transition. And just like any other transition process, it has its ups and downs. Representative democracy as we have known it for many years doesn't seem to

    AnjaH26

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