An old fortress brings new cohesion
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Cartagena (SP) has been a major naval port on Spain’s south-eastern coast for hundreds of years. After declining port activity sparked social and...
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Are you working on fringe?
Maarten van Tuijl takes a look at the “ sub>urban, re-inventing the fringe " network, across 9 cities, re-thinking city fringes over the past 2,5...
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'Cities in Action-Stories of Change’ publication just released!
Discover how 40 URBACT cities across Europe have brought positive impact in their population in terms of urban mobility, jobs and skills, reuse of...
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Vital Cities under microscope!
As more and more people have adopted sedentary lifestyles, and as the associated health and social problems have worsened, governments have become...
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Gender Equal Cities: Inspiration from Vienna
Vienna (AU) is famous for many things: classical music, exquisite architecture and good cakes too. Less well known is its reputation as an exemplar...
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URBACT City Festival 2018 Breakout session: Exploring the role of culture & creativity
Fabio Sgaragli, URBACT Lead Expert at Fondazione G. Brodolini says communities can and should play a key role in cities’ creativity and takes a look...
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23 Transfer networks embarking on the second phase of their journey!
URBACT's Monitoring Committee approved 23 Transfer networks for Phase 2 on 4 December 2018.
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Let the music play!
Sandra Rainero shares her passion for the ONSTAGE Transfer Network where communities let arts and culture bring them together. Music to our ears.....
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The dilemma of fighting urban poverty: invest into poor people or into poor places?
This article provides an insight into URBACT’s work on urban poverty and its contribution to the Urban Poverty Partnership of the Urban Agenda for...
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Housing at the URBACT festival 2018: from the EU Urban Agenda to Lisbon (PT)
Affordable and adequate housing is one of the theme Lab sessions at URBACT City Festival taking place in Lisbon, 13-14 September 2018. This text...
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'Volunteering Cities' a Powerful Model for European Cities
To develop the innovative policies necessary to face the currently emerging multidimensional social needs in cities such as elderly and children care...