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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    Focus on Toulouse Métropole (FR): Who are the homeless in our city? How many are they?

    Friday night, 21st January 2022. The coldest night of the week. Well equipped with several warm layers of clothes, socks, gloves, scarf and cap, I am ready to meet my new team and to discover my new urban itinerary for the homeless street count.

    Hannelore Bonami

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  • How virtual hackathon draw Pärnu closer together

    Pärnu is well known as summer tourism attraction: city center with its lovely parks and the resort area with its famous sandy beach and promenade invite tourists for long walks. You can spot remnants of distant Middle Ages, the elegant early years of the resort, the unforgettable Soviet era and the fast-paced modern development.

    Sonia Files

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  • SDG Story: Glasgow

    Glasgow’s Vision for 2030

    Karin Luhaäär

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  • Caceres kicks of the first Biomarket in Extremadura

    Last Sunday, March 20th, Cáceres kicked off its Small Scale Action as a project partner in URBACT Tourism-Friendly Cities considering that Cáceres performance in both networks Tourism-Friendly Cities and Resourceful Cities focuses on the renovation of Ribera del Marco in order to enhance its visibility and attractiveness as the real origin of the city.

    Sabrina Bruzzone

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  • SamenMakenWeHeerlen – TogetherWeMake-Heerlen- SSA

    Municipality of Heerlen drew up the Bid Book 'Urban Heerlen' in 2016. This bid book describes how Heerlen wants to develop its centre around 5 themes with 25 different ambitions. The bid book received great appreciation at the time. Many ambitions have since been realised.

    Sonia Files

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  • Updates from the Small Scale Actions of the Tourism-friendly Cities URBACT network

    This last period has shown the importance of our network even more than before, as the tourism sector has been one of the most damaged sector by the pandemic.

    Now cities have the possibility to contribute to a real change becoming more able to attract tourists and to manage the effects of the tourist flows preserving at the same time the local identity and fostering a balance between the need of the visitors and the ones of the residents and the administrations. A real sustainable tourism can be part of the solution and a response to the needs of recovery that all the cities in the world, from the biggest to the smallest, are seeking to restart.

    Sabrina Bruzzone

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