Networks and cities' news

Com’ON! How a Romanian city empowered young people that their ideas could change their community. And now it’s going European!

In Cluj-Napoca, a deliberate format in youth democracy has funded more than 1,000 initiatives since 2015. Now five cities across Europe are learning its secrets.

It started with a simple, almost naïve premise: what if you gave a group of youngsters €1,000, no strings attached, and trusted them to improve their neighbourhood?

The Moment Ideas Become Places

There is always a point in every project when conversations give way to construction sites, freshly planted trees, newly painted walls and people asking, "When can we use it?" For the 27 cities participating in the URBACT Pioneers Accelerator, that moment has arrived.

URBACT Pioneers Interim Results - Turning Urban Ambition into Local Action

Over the past 9 months, 27 cities from the Western Balkans have been quietly reshaping what collaboration looks like. Through the URBACT Pioneers Accelerator (UPA), they’ve moved from curiosity to confidence - exploring, defining, and now preparing to act. 

We Create Space Brings Communities Together Through URBACT Local Groups

A new chapter has begun in the We Create Space network. Across all partner cities, local stakeholders are coming together in URBACT Local Groups (ULGs) – spaces where ideas, experiences and local knowledge meet to shape the future of public places.

Chalandri: A taste of operational change

Testing URBACT’s integrated and participatory approach in urban policy making. 

The EmPowerIngUs Transfer Journey: From Innovation to Local Ownership

How five cities translated the EPIU Good Practice into locally adapted pathways for tackling energy poverty