• ACTive NGOs

    Lead Partner : Riga - Latvia
    • Brighton & Hove
    • Dubrovnik - Croatia
    • Espoo - Finland
    • Santa Pola - Spain
    • Syracuse - Italy

    Riga NGO House

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    Final product

    Timeline

    Kick-off meeting in Riga (LV)

    Transnational seminars in Santa Pola (ES), Dubrovnik (HR), Syracuse (IT)

    Transnational seminar in Espoo (FI)

    Final event in Brighton (UK)

    This Transfer network learned from the good practice of the Riga NGO House, which was opened in 2013, in line with the wishes of residents and civil society actors, to support NGOs and to increase citizen awareness of local affairs and participation in municipality-related activities. Set in a refurbished school building, the NGO House offers resources for NGO capacity building, exchange of information, experience and best practices, networking and leadership training. It promotes society integration, active social inclusion and citizen's participation.

     

    Wings to empower citizens
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    12096
  • ALT/BAU

    Lead Partner : Chemnitz - Germany
    • Constanta - Romania
    • Riga - Latvia
    • Rybnik - Poland
    • Seraing - Belgium
    • Turin - Italy
    • Vilafranca del Penedes - Spain

    Summary

    Timeline

    Phase 1 Kick-off meeting, Rybnik (PL). Phase 1 Final Meeting, Chemnitz (DE).
    Phase 2: Kick-off meeting, Seraing (BE), 1st Transnational Thematic Meeting, Vilafranca del Penedès (ES), 2nd Transnational Thematic Meeting, Riga (LV), 3rd Transsnational Thematic Meeting, Constanta (RO)
    Phase 2 Mid-Term Review Meeting, Chemnitz (DE)
    Phase 2 Network Final Meeting, Turin (IT)
    Capacity Building Webinar "How to Reactivate vacant residential Buildings"

    The ALT/BAU Transfer Network focuses on alternative strategies in central and historic districts of European cities to activate unused and decaying housing stock resulting from demographic, economic and social change. Based on the experiences from Chemnitz’ URBACT Good Practice “Housing Agency for Shrinking Cities” (Agentur StadtWohnen Chemnitz), the network transfers experiences that proved successful to proactively connect administrations, owners, investors and users to initiate sustainable and resource saving development.

    ALT/BAU TN logo
    Alternative Building Activation Units
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    12118
  • Civic eState

    Lead Partner : Naples - Italy
    • Amsterdam - Netherlands
    • Barcelona - Spain
    • Gdańsk - Poland
    • Ghent - Belgium
    • Iași - Romania
    • Presov - Slovakia

    Timeline

    Kick-off meeting, Naples (IT)

    Mid-term meeting, Iași (RO)

    26-28 May 2021, Final Network Event (online)

    Transnational meeting, Prešov (SK) / Transnational meeting, Amsterdam (NL)

    The Civic eState network worked on new models of urban co-governance based on the commons. Two years of EU cooperation for promoting urban co-governance and experimenting public-community partnerships to enable inhabitants and local communities constitutional rights to self-organize and collectively act for the urban commons. The network outputs aim at guaranteeing the collective enjoyment as well as collective management of urban essential facilities, to secure fair and open access, participatory decision-making, sustainability and preservation for the benefit of future generations.

    Pooling Urban Commons
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    12125
  • RU:RBAN

    LEAD PARTNER : Rome - Italy
    • Caen - France
    • Coruna - Spain
    • Krakow - Poland
    • Loures - Portugal
    • Thessaloniki - Greece
    • Vilnius - Lithuania

    Summary

    Timeline

    • Kick-off meeting

     

    • Transnational Meetings in Rome, Caen, Vilnius and Loures
    • Thessaloniki Transnational Meeting and Mid Term Reflection
       
    • Krakow Online Transnational Meeting
    • Bi-lateral online meetings between Rome and all Project Partners

     

     

     


     

     

    This Transfer network builds upon the "Management model of Urban gardens in Rome" Good Practice, in order to transfer to EU cities geographically distant from each other to ensure sharing of experiences to enhance the capacities of local governance. Transfer efforts will be given to 3 distinct, interlinked, thematic components/elements that the Good Practice is divided into: Capacity building in organizing urban gardens, Inspiring and training people to manage urban gardens (Gardeners) and urban gardens governance & regulations.

    RU:RBAN Transfer Network logo
    Urban agriculture for resilient cities
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    12133
  • RUMOURLESS CITIES

    LEAD PARTNER : Amadora - Portugal
    • Messina - Italy
    • Alba Iulia - Romania
    • Warsaw - Poland
    • Cardiff
    • Hamburg-Altona - Germany

    Timeline

    Kick-off meeting and first transnational meeting

    Fourth transnational meeting and two online seminars

    Session during the European Week of Regions and Cities and Coffee with Partners

    Third online seminar and Final Event

    Summary

    Stories

      

    • “Rumourless Cities”, a communication project for diversity and integration – the challenge in the city

      Amadora has assumed a strategy of building channels of knowledge and communication within it’s special multicultural context that includes citizens represented by 104 nationalities. Amadora today, draws its identity from the value its ethnic, cultural and social diversity. It is a city that rewrites itself through the resilience of different stories of migration. 

      Using action-research methodology, problems were diagnosed and discriminatory content about migrants in the city of Amadora were identified: “did you know that...” outlined a new communication alignment to integration, proximity to its residents, access to opportunities, restoring the truth and valuing the role of the migrant at the economic, social, educational and judicial level for the construction and development of the city.

      The implementation of the campaign “Do not Feed the Rumour” integrated in the joint EU/Council of Europe project “Communication for Integration: Social Networks for Diversity (C4I)”, involved a wide local social network.  

      The campaign was selected by the URBACT Programme as “good practice” and was subsequently selected as one of 23 networks for the transfer of good practice. Thus, the Rumourless Cities Network (RC) was created, led by the municipality of Amadora and involving five other European cities: Alba Iulia (Romania), Cardiff (United Kingdom), Hamburg - Altona (Germany), Messina (Italy) and Warsaw (Poland).

      Angela Maria Loporchio

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    • Cardiff Council – COVID-19 Response

      URBinclusion is a project funded by the EU URBACT programme and it is focused on the cocreation of new implementation solutions to reduce poverty in deprived urban areas. Integrated strategies addressing social inclusion will be implemented by the nine partners cities composing the network. This is the network's first newsletter that contains a description of the URBinclusion project, the partner cities as well as past and future steps.

      Angela Maria Loporchio

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    • Tackling Gender stereotypes amongst young people

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      Following a seminar hosted by Rumourless Cities, Ad Hoc Expert Haroon Saad  shares some thoughts on gender stereotypes amongst young people

      Angela Maria Loporchio

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    • Campaign tools to tackle discrimination and promote critical thinking in our cities

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      Following a seminar hosted by Rumourless Cities, Lead Expert Ruth Essex shares some thoughts on anti-discrimnation campaigning and the importance of critical literacy in our contemporary world

      Angela Maria Loporchio

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    • Positive narratives on integration

      General Presentation of Good Practice Call

      Angela Maria Loporchio

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    • Positive narratives on integration- building inclusive cities

      Following the workshop hosted by Rumourless Cities  at the 18th European Week of Regions and Cities, Lead Expert Ruth Essex reflects on how developing and reinforcing  inclusive city narratives is more important that ever…

      Angela Maria Loporchio

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    • COVID RESPONSE

      The impact of COVID-19 had created a serious problem for all partners in implementing much of what they had identified through the MTR and subsequently was agreed at the SGM in Warsaw. All partners are now working in a context of severe restrictions (lockdown is the phrase used in the press). Poland, Romania, Portugal, Italy, UK and Germany all have similar restrictions in place and this impacts on all our partner cities.

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      Angela Maria Loporchio

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    • Rumours or reality?

      Programme Lead Expert, Ruth Essex, shares her insights into promoting social cohesion and challenging the nature of rumour- ideas from her experience with Amadora, Portugal (PT)

      Ruth Essex

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    The Rumourless Cities transfer network is focused on the transfer of good practice established by the municipality of Amadora which addresses a need across all partners, namely how to counter growing negative attitudes towards a cross section of groups in society, which includes long established migrants (Third country nationals), Roma, recently arrived refugees, LGBTI people, and general homophobic stereotyping. This is an issue that is recognized at an EU level. The EU Fundamental Rights Agency in its 2018 report highlights how discrimination is still widespread within the EU . The report highlights that discrimination on the grounds of ethnic origin continues to be regarded as the most widespread form of discrimination in the EU (64%), followed by discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (58%), gender identity (56%), religion or belief (50%), disability (50%), age (being over 55 years old, 42%) and gender (37%).

     

    Rumourless Cities TN logo
    Prevent discrimination, strengthen cohesion
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    12135
  • Playful Paradigm

    Timeline

    Kick-off meeting

    1st TN Meeting in Esplugues de Llobregat | 2nd TNM in Udine | 1st Customized Activity in Udine: Ludobus and Social Transformation | 2nd Customized Activity, Paris, Toy Libraries Study Visit | 3rd TNM in Klaipeda

    4th TNM Viana do Castelo | TNM Online (Parts 1+2+3) | Webinar "Network Management for Tackling the COVID Crisis" | Webinar "Public Procurement" | Webinar "Manifesto of Playful Cities" | Playful Paradigm to re-think cities (virtual session @ EURegionsWeek)

    Sharing Period | Final Event 20-21 April

    Municipality of Athienou
    2, Archbishop Makarios III Ave.
    7600 Athienou Cyprus

    CONTACT US

    Municipality of Santiago de Compostela

    CONTACT US

    Municipality of Udine (Italy)

    CONTACT US

    Cities offer unique opportunities for addressing the challenges of urbanization, ageing, climate change, social exclusion, only if enabling, enjoyable places are co-created. This Transfer network aims to replicate the “playful paradigm” based on gamification as an innovative concept for promoting social inclusion, healthy lifestyles & energy awareness, intergenerational & cultural mediation, place-making & economic prosperity. Games offer new strategies for engaging city stakeholders in urban development.

    Games for inclusive, healthy and sustainable cities
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    12137
  • Volunteering Cities

    LEAD PARTNER : Athienou - Cyprus
    • Altea - Spain
    • Altena - Germany
    • Arcos de Valdevez - Portugal
    • Athy - Ireland
    • Capizzi - Italy
    • Pregrada - Croatia
    • Radlin - Poland

    Summary

     

    Municipality of Athienou - 2, Archbishop Makarios III Ave - 7600 Athienou Cyprus

    CONTACT US

    Watch all the Volunteering Cities videos here.

    Timeline

    Kick-off meeting (May), Transnational Meeting (August), End of Phase 1, Beginning of Phase 2

    Transnational Meetings (February, March, June, October, December)

    Capacity Building, Workshops

    Transnational Meetings (February, March), Final Conference, URBACT City Festival

    Learning Logs

    This Transfer network makes use of Volunteerism to approach social exclusion and poverty at the community level. Focus is given to an inter-generational collaboration where different age groups of both volunteers and individuals facing social problems work towards a sustainable evolution of the quality of life within local society. The network aims at structuring the volunteering activity giving validity to a bottom up approach, where volunteers can decide and implement actions.

    Volunteers connect cities, from compassion to action
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    12140
  • Thriving Streets

    Summary

    Lead Partner : Parma - Italy
    • Antwerp - Belgium
    • Igoumenitsa - Greece
    • EDC Debrecen - Hungary
    • Klaipèda - Lithuania
    • Nova Gorica - Slovenia
    • Oradea - Romania
    • Radom - Poland
    • Santo Tirso - Portugal
    • London Borough of Southwark

    Timeline

     

     

    • October 1: Kick-Off Meeting Phase I, Parma









       

     

    • June 9-10: Kick-off meeting Phase II
    • June 25: Online coordination meeting
    • September 11: Online coordination meeting
    • October 26, 28: Online coordination meeting
    • November 25: Thematic learning event “Active mobility vs car dependency”
    • November 26: Transnational meeting, Antwerp
    • December 15: Thematic learning event “Co-creating Thriving Streets”
    • February 26: Thematic learning event “Thriving local economy”
    • April 14-15: Transnational meeting, Nova Gorica
    • May 7: Thematic learning event “Places for people”
    • June 21-22: Transnational meeting, Santo Tirso
    • July 20: Masterclass “Placemaking for recovery”
    • July 22: Thematic learning event “Streets for all”
    • September 30-October 1: Transnational meeting, Southwark
    • December 10: IAP Peer review meeting
       

     

    • March 30: Thriving Communities, digital learning event
    • April 26-28:Transnational meeting in Santo Tirso (Portugal) and study visit in Pontevedra (Spain)
    • May 24, 25: Transnational meeting in Nova Gorica and study visit in Ljubljana (Slovenia)
    • June 14-16: URBACT City Festival, Pantin / Greater Paris (France)
    • July 5-8: Walk and Roll Cities Final Event, Barcelona (Spain)
    • July 14: Masterclasses on Urban Freight and Parking Management

    Outputs

    Integrated Action Plan

    Integrated Action Plan for sustainable mobility in Oltretorrente

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    Parma - Italy
    Igoumenitsa Integrated Action Plan

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    Igoumenitsa - Greece
    Klaipèda Integrated Action Plan

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    Klaipèda - Lithuania
    Oradea Integrated Action Plan

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    Oradea - Romania
    Southwark Integrated Action Plan

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    London Borough of Southwark - United Kingdom
    Toward live and attractive Solkan’s historical core

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    Nova Gorica - Slovenia
    Towards a dynamic center for Deurne

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    Antwerp - Belgium
    Debrecen Integrated Action Plan

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    Debrecen - Hungary
    Increase attractivity and decrease car-dependency in Santo Tirso

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    Santo Tirso - Portugal

    Transforming streets to create people-friendly places. The ambition of Thriving Streets is to improve sustainable mobility in urban areas from an economic and social perspective. The premise of the Thriving Streets network is that break-troughs in sustainable urban mobility can be established when mobility is no longer framed as just going from A to B but rather as a means for social-economic development of the city. The key question Thriving Streets network intends to answer is the following: “How can mobility become a motor for urban health, inclusivity, economy and social cohesion?”

    Thriving Streets
    Designing mobility for attractive cities
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    13423
  • Genderedlandscape

    Summary

    LEAD PARTNER : Umea - Sweden
    • Trikala - Greece
    • Barcelona - Spain
    • Panevėžys - Lithuania
    • La Rochelle - France
    • Celje - Slovenia

     

    Contact information for Lead partner: www.umea.se/jamstalldhet

    Timeline

    Start of phase 1

    Closure of phase 1

    Start of phase 2

    Final Conference: The Gendered Landscape of European Cities
    Closure of network

    Integrated Action Plans

    Integrated Action Plan JZ SOCIO Celje

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    Celje - Slovenia
    Integrated Action Plan Umeå

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    Umeå - Sweden
    Integrated Action Plan Trikala

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    Trikala - Greece
    Integrated Action Plan Panevėžys City

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    Panevėžys - Lithuania
    Integrated Action Plan La Rochelle

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    La Rochelle - France
    Integrated Action Plan Barcelona

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    Barcelona - Spain

     

    Gender equality is a fundamental goal of EU policy. Unfortunately, many urban policies, services, and physical developments still do not take gender into account, despite the fact that men and women use the city and its structures differently. Genderedlandscape is the Action Planning network that sought to create an understanding of the city as a place where gendered power structures are always present and develop locally contextualised tools and approaches to work towards gender equality in urban policies, planning, and services.

    Genderedlandscape APN logo
    Gender + Equal + Cities
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    13427
  • KAIRÓS

    Summary

    LEAD PARTNER : Mula - Spain
    • Belene - Bulgaria
    • Heraklion - Greece
    • Sibenik - Croatia
    • Cesena - Italy
    • Ukmergė - Lithuania
    • Malbork - Poland

    Ayuntamiento de Mula - Plaza del Ayuntamiento, 8 - 30170 Mula Tel.: 968 637 510
    CONTACT US

    Timeline

    • KAIRÓS Baseline Study
    • Thematic Warm-ups
    • Integrated Action Plan Roadmaps

     

     

    • Thematic workshop on Economy: Cultural Heritage as a Driver for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Job Creation
    • Thematic Workshop on Space: Valorisation and Adaptive Reuse in the Heritage City
    • Thematic Workshop on Attractiveness: Re-imagining the heritage city: from local identity to destination marketing
    • Thematic Workshop on Social Cohesion: Accessibility and inclusiveness in historic quarters
    • Peer-Review and study visit to Bologna
    • Re-thinking Malbork as a heritage city. On-site peer review. Malbork [PL] May 25-26 2022
    • The KAIRÓS journey on heritage-driven urban regeneration. KAIRÓS final conference. Mula [ES], 27-28 April 2022

     

     

    Outputs

    Integrated Action Plans

    Heraklion IAP From research ... TO ACTION

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    Heraklion - Greece
    Taking Mula to new heights

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    Mula - Spain
    Revitalizing Ukmergė old town by giving voice to the local community

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    Ukmergė - Lithuania
    Converting Belene into a desirable place to live

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    Belene - Bulgaria
    Reinforcing a city perspective to heritage

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    Malbork - Poland
    IAP Šibenik Green, smart and inclusive Old Town

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    Šibenik - Croatia
    The City Gate

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    Cesena - Italy

    KAIRÓS is an URBACT Action Planning Network focused on cultural heritage as a driver for sustainable urban development and regeneration. In ancient Greek KAIRÓS means the propitious moment, and this is the moment to test an innovative policy framework, combining a sound integrated approach with a real transformation purpose. To meet this challenge, the KAIRÓS model pursues the proper assemblage of five key dimensions, namely: space, economy, social accessibility, attractiveness and governance.

    HERITAGE AS URBAN REGENERATION
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    13444