Networks and cities' news

Catch up on the latest updates from cities working together in URBACT Networks. The articles and news that are showcased below are published directly by URBACT’s beneficiaries and do not necessarily reflect the programme’s position.

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  • Title: WELDI Integrated Action Plans

    Lessons from the Integrated Actions Plans of Weldi cities

    In this article, Ad Hoc Expert Ed Thorpe shares some key tips and reminders on how to deliver impactful local action plans, building on his review of the Integrated Action Plans (IAPs) of Weldi partner cities.

    The article’s key messages focus on: clarifying the logic running through the plan; putting planned actions at the heart of the IAP; effectively balancing ‘internal’ planning detail and ‘external’ engagement goals; and the critical importance of thinking about ongoing governance and stakeholder engagement for future implementation.

    Ed Thorpe

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  • People sitting and talking, kids playing outside

    Seeding a new approach to local social cohesion across Europe’s cities

    “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” So said the American philosopher and futurist Buckminster Fuller. He could have been talking about the city of Utrecht and their innovative social transformation project that has turned traditional models of migrant reception on their head.

    Utrecht (NL) has shown an approach that can meet the needs of new arrivals from their first day in the local area at the same time as the needs of the local community already in place. In doing so, they have created positive relationships, overcome distrust and fear and provided an example of local social cohesion that can, and should, inspire other cities across Europe.

    This is the starting point of Plan Einstein Academy, a two-year Innovation Transfer Network supported by URBACT that is exploring how to transfer Utrecht’s innovative ‘Plan Einstein’ model to five partner cities in different European countries: Coimbra (PT); Suceava (RO); Thessaloniki (EL); Warsaw (PL); and Zagreb (HR).

    Ed Thorpe

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  • Poster of the multitude festival

    Culture as lever for participation and interaction WELDI’s 9th transnational meeting in Seine-Saint-Denis

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  • Red de Ciudades Interculturales

    The Anti-Rumour Strategies as a tool to foster coexistence and reduce discrimination

    Sarah Simonin

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  • Workshop presentation during ULG meeting in Seine-Saint-Denis

    Seine-Saint-Denis Hosts URBACT Local Group Meeting on Early Childhood and Migrants' Rights

    On March 27, WELDI partner Seine-Saint-Denis held its 8th URBACT Local Group (ULG) meeting on services for early childhood. A good opportunity to get to know a particular systematic approach to working with the ULG.

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