CSI Europe

Edited on 28/07/2025

01/05/2012 30/04/2015

Closed
  • 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

  • Articles
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    Call for Action Networks now Closed!

    The new URBACT Action Network (AN) call closed on 17 June after three months of information sessions, partner matchmaking, and consortium-building between towns and cities across Europe.

    Judy Cassar

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    Europa, online la nuova newsletter dei Programmi Urbact ed EUI

    Nella newsletter di agosto a cura del Punto di contatto nazionale Urbact ed EUI è disponibile un aggiornamento sui principali risultati dei recenti bandi oltre al calendario dei prossimi eventi

    Nicole Verzaro

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  • Articles

    How four URBACT networks are transforming social data into action

    Can data drive positive social impact? Discover how European cities are putting it to use.

    Liat Rogel

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    From URBACT to H2020: how 2 cities are scaling up citizen-powered projects for greener communities

    Manchester (UK) and Poznań (PL) are just 2 of many European cities building on their URBACT experiences in integrated, sustainable urban development to boost local participation and improve results in

    Amy Labarrière

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    Two cities united by a love of good food

    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.

    Amy Labarrière

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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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