CSI Europe

Edited on 28/07/2025

01/05/2012 30/04/2015

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  • Action Planning Network
  • Participative governance
  • Urban planning
  • Finance and resources
  • Urban renewal

The aim of the JESSICA initiative is to support “sustainable investment in cities”. Through the implementation of the initiative, Urban Development Funds are emerging as potentially powerful tools to pursue sustainable urban transformation. CSI Europe will build upon the achievements to date to improve the effectiveness of current delivery and future potential.

Summary

Introduction

The Network will focus on the involvement of cities in Urban Development Fund (UDF) structures and the way these instruments can be more effectively embedded in future city planning and governance. It will also strive to demonstrate the role that financial instruments can play in efficiently planning, progressing and administering urban development priorities, particularly in the context of the current economic and financial crisis.

 

Partners

Lead Partner : Manchester - United Kingdom
  • Ancona - Italy
  • Leipzig - Germany
  • Lille - France
  • Malmö - Sweden
  • Porto - Portugal
  • Poznań - Poland
  • Riga - Latvia
  • Seville - Spain
  • The Hague - Netherlands

Timeline

Project launch

Project completed

Stories

Articles

  • Pirmie jaunumi par Rīcības tīkliem

    No 2026. gada 17. marta līdz 17. jūnijam Rīcības tīklu konkursā tika saņemti 90 tīklu projektu pieteikumi, kas apvieno 632 partnerus no 33 valstīm. Tas ir līdz šim lielākais rādītājs URBACT IV

    Anastasija Bizjajeva

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  • Articles

    SPARK Partners Prepare for the ADAPT Phase During Online Network Meeting

    On 23 June 2026, the partners of the SPARK Transfer Network met online to review the progress achieved so far and coordinate the next steps of the project as the network moves from the UNDERSTAND phas

    Chrysoula Papadopoulou

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  • News

    Aplică acum la apelul pentru Acceleratorul URBACT pentru Ucraina și Moldova!

    Programul de învățare personalizat, conceput pentru orașe din Ucraina și Moldova

     

     

    Din noiembrie 2026 până în mai 2028, acest nou program de învățare personalizat pentru orașele din Ucraina și

    Natalia Pulbere

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    As URBACT opens its first call for Transfer Networks here’s a story of how a Good Practice from one city was adapted and transferred to a completely different local context.

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    Preserve, Contain, Improve: Towards Integrative Policies For Urban Growth Management

    The consequences of the unleashed urbanization process before the real estate crisis are today very explicit on the building stock as well as on the spatial configuration of cities. As for the

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