RU:RBAN

Urban agriculture for resilient cities

Edited on 23/07/2025

04/04/2018 06/04/2021

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  • Transfer Network
  • Climate action
  • Social cohesion
  • Circular economy
  • Food
  • Minorities
  • Participation
  • Education

This Transfer network builds upon the "Management model of Urban gardens in Rome" Good Practice, in order to transfer to EU cities geographically distant from each other to ensure sharing of experiences to enhance the capacities of local governance. Transfer efforts will be given to 3 distinct, interlinked, thematic components/elements that the Good Practice is divided into: Capacity building in organizing urban gardens, Inspiring and training people to manage urban gardens (Gardeners) and urban gardens governance & regulations.

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Summary

Partners

Lead Partner : Rome - Italy
  • Caen - France
  • Coruna - Spain
  • Krakow - Poland
  • Loures - Portugal
  • Thessaloniki - Greece
  • Vilnius - Lithuania

Timeline

  • Kick-off meeting

 

  • Transnational Meetings in Rome 19/02, Caen 02/04, Vilnius 09/07 and Loures 12/09
  • Thessaloniki Transnational Meeting and Mid Term Reflection 04/12
     
  • Krakow Online Transnational Meeting - Part 1 - 23/11
  • Bi-lateral online meetings between Rome and all Project Partners: Coruña 20/04, Krakow 12/05, Vilnius 26/05, Loures 03/06, Caen 16/06, Thessaloniki 30/06

 

 

 


 

 

Contact the City of Rome

Network Outputs

Stories

  • BluAct - Starting Up the Blue Economy

    BluAct network initiated its works during Spring of 2018, and has been awarded with the EEPA 2018 “Promoting the Entrepreneurial Spirit” award. Phase

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    Angelos Ploumis

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  • Find the courage to start implementing innovative solutions for our own city! A story from Salerno, Italy.

    The suggestion I can give to the other European cities from this experience is: being in contact with cities that have already made successful

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    Angelos Ploumis

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  • Transfer Story: Galati Romania

    The Municipality built a strong URBACT Local Group, comprising members from Universities, the River Authority, NGO’s, public bodies and port-based

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    Angelos Ploumis

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Articles

  • Articles
    stakeholders

    Insights and advancements from from quartely network journal #2

    Local groups and local stakeholders, what a role! One of the defining features of the URBACT Innovative Transfer Network is the central role played by the URBACT Local Groups (ULGs). EmPowerIngUs

    Chiara.Lucchini

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  • From knowledge transfer to local action: key lessons from the EmPowerIngUs Transnational Meeting in Etterbeek

    Written by Marta Acosta and Fernando Gonzalez

     

    The second Transnational Meeting (TNM) of the URBACT Innovation Transfer Network EmPowerIngUs took place in Etterbeek, Belgium at the beginning of June

    Chiara.Lucchini

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  • Articles

    Insights and advancements from quartely network journal #1

    Joining forces on #energypoverty

     

    Across Europe, local authorities are increasingly facing the challenge of helping vulnerable households cope with rising energy costs while supporting a fair and

    Chiara.Lucchini

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    How can improving local food kick-start the systemic transition of a city and its surrounding territory?

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    Five great ideas for greener cities

    These local green solutions are inspiring cities across the EU. Could they work in your city too?

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    Urban Sustainable Food systems – join URBACT’s movement towards COP26!

    Food will be a key thematic topic for URBACT in 2021 – Programme Expert Marcelline Bonneau tells us what to expect.

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Additionnal activities

  • RU:RBAN Second Wave

    RU:RBAN's Good Practice is the Management model of Urban gardens in Rome to be transferred to newcomer cities that are geographically, historically and socio-culturally distant from each other, to ensure sharing of experiences to enhance the capacities of local governance. Transfer efforts will be

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  • Resilient urban and peri-urban agriculture

    A tool for social inclusion and urban regeneration

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  • Food and sustainable local systems

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