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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    Start placemaking in your own courtyard!

    The managing team invited Wessel Badenhorst, an expert on placemaking to participate the Come in! Masterclass event in Budapest and help partners understanding how placemaking techniques can contribute to the success of theirgood practice transfer. He gave to the participants a lecture and had a workshop with locals at the target area of Újbuda. Report from Ferenc Szigeti-Böröcz, network expert.

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  • TimeWalking - New community festival in Újbuda

    A good example is sticky, holds the saying. Following the ninth weekend of this year's Budapest 100 Open House Weekend, several European cities and districts are organizing their own festival, including Őrmező, Budapest. The purpose of the TimeWalking Festival is not only to entertain but also to build community, which has good basis in Újbuda.

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  • Talking Armenian houses in Gyergyószentmiklós / Gheorgheni

    On a sunny Saturday afternoon, in a small city in Hargita/Harghita County, houses began to talk. This isn’t the beginning of a Transylvanian fairy tale but the story of a cultural event organized in Gyergyószentmiklós/Gheorgheni by a handful of enthusiastic civilians seeking to share the untold stories of the architectural part of the Armenian heritage shaping the look of the city center.

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  • TimeWalking - Discovering the history of Őrmező

    A festival called TimeWalking ( called „IdőJárás” in hungarian) was held in Őrmező, modeled on the Budapest 100 Open House Weekend. The program was implemented by the Municipality of Újbuda and the Contemporary Architecture Centre (KÉK) as a part of  the URBACT Come in! Talking Houses / Shared Stories Transfer Network on September 15th.

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  • ON BOARD Policy Declaration

    The ON BOARD Policy Declaration has been signed by all the Project Partners. 

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  • Music for all in Katowice: having fun and cooperating to inspire social change

    A public brass music festival for young and old alike and a lot of learnings from the last Poland’s URBACT Campus: here is Katowice’s latest update on how the URBACT ONSTAGE project is progressing in the town!

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