What on earth do the arts and culture have to do with climate change?

Claire Buckley, URBACT Lead Expert and Director of Environmental Sustainability at Julie’s Bicycle says time is of the essence.

An invitation to Madrid

Eddy Adams, SIX Adviser and URBACT Programme Expert says Europe’s cities are widening civic participation to innovate, drive change and nourish democracy.

BIOCANTEENS: How one city went 100% organic without spending any more

Une contribution URBACT à l’Agenda Urbain Européen

Local drive for a cycle-friendly city

Facing severe pollution from over-reliance on cars, Thessaloniki (GR) committed to promoting cycling proactively, and, through the URBACT RESILIENT EUROPE network, drew up its first-ever strategy framework to increase cycling in the city.

BeePathNet: enriching the urban jungle with bees

Klemen Strmšnik shares his enthusiasm for Ljubljana’s (SI) green endeavours and the on going success of the BeePathNet project linking 6 European cities seeking to promote urban beekeeping. He asks: if the awareness and enthusiasm are already there, can urban beekeeping become integral to an urban lifestyle?

 

Welcoming international professionals and students

MEDINT project MEDINT is an URBACt I Project which studied the integrated approach concept, which has become a characteristic feature of European urban development strategies. The work carried out in European cities shows that this concept has been interpreted and implemented in a variety of different ways (integration of local actors, of different economic sectors, of different initiatives, of different development tools and policies). The conclusions of the MEDINT network are summarized in the form of several pdf files.

An old fortress brings new cohesion

MEDINT project MEDINT is an URBACt I Project which studied the integrated approach concept, which has become a characteristic feature of European urban development strategies. The work carried out in European cities shows that this concept has been interpreted and implemented in a variety of different ways (integration of local actors, of different economic sectors, of different initiatives, of different development tools and policies). The conclusions of the MEDINT network are summarized in the form of several pdf files.

The penultimate Case Study Meeting

URBANITAS project This report contains a summary of the various conferences held as part of the Urbanitas URBACT I project, which ran from May 2005 to March 2007. This report ends with the conclusions and recommendations produced by the practical experience from over two years of European cooperation.

Naples’ URBinclusion thematic seminar: how to make co-creation and co-responsibility real?

By Nicola Masella and Roberta Nicchia

The URBinclusion “ULG Thematic Seminar” took place in Naples on the 13^th and 14^th of December 2018, bringing together representatives from the URBinclusion Local Group and Network's partners. The main aim of this meeting was, in fact, to exchange and learn on the topic: how to make co-creation and co-responsibility real?