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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    Meet the partners: interview with Sebastian Knoll

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    City of Utrecht

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  • A hackathon for gender equality on career choices

    La Rochelle aims solve the mismatch between offer and demand in the local labour market through a gender perspective, and in the beginning of March they arranged a hackathon for gender equality on carreer choices.

    annika.dalen@umea.se

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  • SDG Story: Dzierżoniów

    Vision and mission for Dzierżoniów, Poland.

    Karin Luhaäär

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  • Panevėžys promoting tourism for everyone

    In order to increase the competitiveness of the tourism sector and promote the full participation of different groups in society, it is important to ensure that tourist attractions and services are adapted and offered to all tourists, taking into account their different conditions. This is one of the things that Panevėžys has worked on in the development of their Small Scale Action.

    annika.dalen@umea.se

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  • Ars Pori Megastore: from 0 visitors to 15.000

    The focus for Pori in iPlace is the rejuventation of our City Center. We have the usual story: the building of a new shopping mall, Puuvilla in 2016, located to the north of the older part of the City Center, has moved many shops away to a new location. Some shopping centers on the south side are struggling to keep up with the competition, since Pori does not have enough population to support two commercial centers with the same profile.

    Sonia Files

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  • KAIRÓS partners visiting Cesena by Elena Giovannini, Cesena Municipality

    After about two years of online meetings, the KAIRÓS partners met in Cesena on 18 and 19 November 2021 to exchange innovative good practices of urban regeneration related to areas that present phenomena of urban decay, but that could become an attractive pole of particular importance for those who live in the area.

    Dorothee Fischer

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