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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    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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  • ROOF Advocacy Trajectory: securing the foundations before building the ROOF that ends homelessness

    By Philip Brown, URBACT Ad-hoc Expert for the ROOF network

    Hannelore Bonami

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  • EXPERIMENTATION ON THE GROUND: SMALL-SCALE ACTIONS IN SANTA MARIA DA FEIRA

    Since the first moment of the adhesion of the Municipality of Santa Maria da Feira to the European program URBACT, the local group of the Active Citizens project privileges experimentation in the field, with the preparation and implementation of small-scale actions, which allow testing and measuring results to improve or reject ideas or concepts. It is true that, by their nature, these actions have the legitimacy to fail, but they can also prove to be powerful and effective tools for citizen participation.

    Barbara Gautherie

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  • ROOF Baseline Study

    ROOF aims to end homelessness through innovative housing solutions at city level. It is about making the shift from managing homelessness to actually ending it through Housing First/Led and about gathering accurate data.

    By Liat Rogel, Lead Expert for ROOF l This Baseline Study was created during the first 6 months of the project to allow a good understanding of the general issue, of each city specific context and the added value of the partnership.

    Hannelore Bonami

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