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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    Visions from the City Representatives - Marek Charzewski, Mayor of Malbork by lead expert Miguel Rivas

    Heritage-led urban regeneration involves major urban projects, requiring significant investment and stakeholder mobilisation. In this endeavour, political backing and direction are key. The KAIRÓS interview series, conducted by the network lead expert Miguel Rivas, targets Mayors and Elected Representatives from the KAIRÓS partner cities.

    Dorothee Fischer

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  • Võru - boosting urban development by defining the attractiveness of the city

    Võru is one of the 8 European cities that participates in the "Find Your Greatness" project. The project aims at boosting urban development by defining the attractiveness of Võru, and how to grow and showcase it to the world. The aim of the project is to enhance local life and to encourage focusing the market strategy on existing strengths.

    Liviu Stanciu

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  • Facing unpredictable – challenges connected with co-creation process within the RiConnect project

    The main idea and desired outcome of the co-creation process within RiConnect project includes developing assumptions of integrated actions suitable for the Integrated Action Plan Area in cooperation between different groups of stakeholders. The pandemic situation caused a lot of problems determining the way of working on co-creating specific solutions of the IAP. Here is KMA’s experience in the co-creation process.

    Mikel Berra-Sandín

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  • The metropolitan dimension of mobility planning

    In today's world, the ability to move freely is one of the basic needs of residents. We move every day for various purposes, to work, to school, to use the services or the unique advantages of a given area. Many journeys have a metropolitan dimension, which means that cities have to look for tools which will facilitate the development of transport and mobility on a metropolitan scale. Here is the approach of the Gdansk metropolis to the issue.

    Mikel Berra-Sandín

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  • The EU partners of the "Find Your Greatness" project "tasted" the virtues of Candelaria

    'Find Your Greatness' project: fifteen representatives of EU cities participated in the Transnational Meeting held by Candelaria, 3-5 May 2022.

    Liviu Stanciu

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  • ROOF Tops: Key Messages to the European Union from the ROOF Network

    This document was co-created by all nine ROOF-cities to articulate through four key messages to the European Union (EU) and other key actors what cities need in the decade to come to end homelessness together with all stakeholders: a strategic Housing-approach grounded in the systematic collection and interpretation of data. Each key message consists of four more detailed submessages.

    Hannelore Bonami

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