URBACT's highlights at the 2018 European Week of Regions and Cities
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Earlier this month, URBACT was in Brussels for the European Week of Regions and Cities (8-11 October). The programme was featured at the Urban Corner...
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France’s ÉcoQuartier label, an initiative to support communities for sustainable city planning
The concept of “écoquartier” - the term is a contraction of the two French words “quartier” and “écologique” (ecological neighbourhood) - was...
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European Youth Capital 2021: Applications are open!
The ‘European Youth Capital’ (EYC) is a title awarded to a European city for the period of one year, during which it is given the chance to showcase...
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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...
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How walking and cycling reduce congestion - FLOW 15 Quick Facts for cities
What happens when you remove a car lane to put in a new bicycle lane? Or you give pedestrians more time to cross a busy road? FLOW published a new...
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Implementation Networks’ pages now online!
You can find more information about their project, the state of play and challenges ahead thanks to articles written by each Lead Expert.
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CREATIVE SPIRITS’ partners meet in Waterford
The Second Transnational Meeting took place in the partner city of Waterford on the 23 rd and 24 th of February 2017.
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Specific approaches needed to implement policies for the creative sector
CREATIVE SPIRITS is a network of nine European cities, funded by the European Union in the frame of the URBACT III Programme. The nine CREATIVE...
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It is time for cities to share their good practices now, more than ever
A call for Good Practice In early December URBACT launched a call for Good Practices , inviting Europe’s cities to put forward their most effective...
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How Eindhoven unlocks the collaborative capacity of the city through social service delivery
It is clear why Dutch cities have a good reputation recently among urbanists. In the beginning of the year we heard that four Dutch cities, Tilburg,...