Networks and cities' news

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

EmPowerIngUs final conference sessions

Getafe City Council, through its Municipal Housing Company EMSV, held the Final Event of the URBACT Innovation Transfer Network, EmPowerIngUs, on 1st of July. During the event, cities representatives, experts and a diversified audience had the opportunity to discuss Europe from a local perspective, discussing how European projects translate into real improvements for citizens, and how a just energy transition can be built from within cities, homes and by individuals. 

Energy independence, renovation, and healthy homes were at the center of the debate, exemplified throughout the experiences of the four European cities that have accompanied Getafe on this journey and which have successfully interpreted and adapted the ‘Getafe model’ to their own circumstances.

Organized around two session the EmPowerIngUs final conference engaged a large number of participants both in its on site and in its online sessions. Mixing multiple perspectives, the conference was an important opportunity to explore energy relted issues at different scales and level of governement.