Planning for urban security with games: the case of the UrbSecurity project in Leiria

Civic participation is essential for sustainable urban development, but few tools and solutions are available to foster in practice. One of the new approaches that's being tested is the use of serious goal-oriented dynamic games. UrbSecurity has   implemented one of these approaches with surprising results.

Naravna igrišča v poljskem mestu Poznanj

Richard Louv v svoji knjigi Zadnji otrok gozda definira sindrom pomanjkanja stika z naravo pri otrocih. Opaža, da imajo otroci, ki živijo v mestu, omejen dostop do proste igre v srcu narave, kar negativno vpliva na njihovo psiho, sposobnost koncentracije, motorične sposobnosti in fizično kondicijo. Naravna igrišča so protistrup za te težave.

Thinking and Acting ‘Green’: How the concern for our climate and the environment helps to galvanise urban CSR-Action

Our current URBACT Action Planning Networks are now moving into full gear. After two years of development, and despite the serious difficulties all municipalities and stakeholders have been facing during the disruptive Covid-19 pandemic, transnational and local action intensifies markedly. This is certainly true for our CITIES4CSR network; the first URBACT-network aiming to create a rich toolbox for civic leaders and administrators in order to engage with local businesses, non-profits and citizens under the ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’-umbrella. On top of the ‘to-do’-lists for our ten partner cities you will find the lesson-drawing from our Small Scale Actions (SSA) and translating these findings directly into local action planning for the Integrated Action Plans (IAP). Yet, which topics have been chosen by the Urban Local Groups that have had the power to not just stimulate interest but truly galvanise SSA-action and cooperation?

What's going on with Playful Paradigm II ?

If you want to get the knowledge of the starting steps of Playful Paradigm II Transfer Network, have a look at the first quarterly report presented here

Visual 1st Quarterly report of Playful Paradigm II

Wat is de bijdrage van België aan het URBACT III-programma?

In september 2021 heeft URBACT een verslag gepubliceerd met gedetailleerde statistische informatie over alle stedelijke netwerken die tussen 2014 en 2020 in het kader van het URBACT III-programma zijn opgezet. België komt naar voor met een overtuigende beoordeling.

Quelle contribution pour la Belgique au sein du programme URBACT III ?

URBACT a publié, en ce mois de septembre 2021, un rapport fournissant une information statistique riche et détaillée sur l’ensemble des réseaux de villes constitués dans le cadre du programme URBACT III au cours des années 2014 à 2020. La Belgique y présente un bilan convaincant.

Ventspils works in the field of digital transformation

Ventspils works in the field of digital transformation

La città delle donne: le azioni condotte da URBACT per un’urbanistica inclusiva

Una lettura dei temi riguardanti la progettazione urbana inclusiva e il coinvolgimento delle donne nel design innovativo delle città, tematiche al centro di una rafforzata sensibilità dimostrata dal programma URBACT con una serie di iniziative realizzate su scala europea. Il tema è stato al centro di un'audizione della Commissione consiliare Parità e Pari Opportunità del Comune di Bologna, a cui il Punto nazionale URBACT per l’Italia ha partecipato nel mese di settembre. Questo approfondimento riprende i punti principali emersi dal confronto in audizione su un tema centrale per il dibattito europeo sulla città del futuro.

Funding actions and monitoring implementation - key focus points of our action oriented 5th transnational meeting

By Eileen Crowley, Lead Expert of Resourceful Cities

It was great to catch up with all our wonderful partners during the 5^th transnational meeting of our Resourceful Cities network which took place online,  on 28^th & 29^th June. This meeting focussed on the topics of funding & resourcing our Integrated Action Plans (IAP) and on developing a monitoring and risk assessment framework.

Ο δρόμος προς την COP26: η κλιματική αλλαγή στο επίκεντρο των πόλεων URBACT όλων των μεγεθών

Πόλεις όλων των μεγεθών πρέπει να ενισχύσουν τις τοπικές δράσεις για τη μείωση των εκπομπών διοξειδίου του άνθρακα και την καταπολέμηση της κλιματικής αλλαγής. Τρεις πόλεις του URBACT δείχνουν τον τρόπο.