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.

I modelli partecipativi per lo sviluppo urbano sostenibile grazie al metodo URBACT: le esperienze delle città italiane nel secondo webinar NPTI

Le esperienze nel coinvolgimento e nell’attivazione degli stakeholders locali nella co-progettazione di azioni pilota locali da parte delle città italiane impegnate nei Network URBACT sono state al centro del secondo webinar di NPTI, l’iniziativa coordinata da ANCI, in qualità di National URBACT Point per la creazione di una rete nazionale di trasferimento della buona pratica URBACT sviluppata dalla città di Mantova nell’ambito del Network C-Change.

Pirmo reizi tiešsaistē norisinājās Vasaras skola – nometne pašvaldību speciālistiem

Šogad no 22. līdz 24. septembrim Vides aizsardzības un reģionālās attīstības ministrija (VARAM) sadarbībā ar URBACT programmu organizēja tiešsaistes pasākumu Latvijas plānošanas reģionu un pašvaldību attīstības plānošanas un projektu speciālistiem par teritoriju attīstības plānošanu un Eiropas Savienības fondu piesaisti jaunajā administratīvi teritoriālajā ietvarā. Pasākumam reģistrējās ap 200 dalībnieku no dažādām pašvaldībām.