From Vision to Action: How Metacity Cities Co-Created Their Integrated Action Plans for a Human-Centred Digital Future
The Integrated Action Planning (IAP) Report of the URBACT Metacity network was formally presented by the Lead Expert Eurico Neves, marking a decisive milestone at the end of a demanding and highly collaborative three-year journey.
Developed between 2023 and 2025, the IAP Report brings together the collective intelligence, experimentation and strategic ambition of ten small and medium-sized European cities that share a common challenge: how to harness emerging digital and immersive technologies—particularly those associated with the metaverse—to improve public services, urban governance and citizens’ quality of life. The report, finalised in December 2025, documents not only what each city plans to do, but also how those plans were co-created, tested and refined through the URBACT method.
