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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  • Alba Iulia - Integrated Action Plan

    A better life for the locals in Alba Iulia and a friendly town for the tourists who are visiting us this is how we can resume the scope of all our IAP. Through this integrated strategy Alba Iulia Municipality wants to create the right environment to accelerate the digital transformation of businesses, organisations and public administrations, and improve the life of our citizens by becoming a „launch pad" for developing and implementing smart solutions meant to attract tourists and to become a more livable town. We support all the smart initiatives and local policy makers to understand the application of advanced technologies and the opportunities they provide, so that they can design flexible, future proof policies, because a digital city is a place in which the life quality of inhabitants comes first.

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  • WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN GENOA?

    Here we are, just few hours and all the Interactive Cities will meet in Genoa for the closing moment of our project.

    Genoa is preparing a rich program for our friends cities: we will dedicate time to discuss our achievements and learnings, meeting again some of the cities which accompained us along our road to an Interactive Digital Communication like Madrid and Amsterdam; and finding some new cities, like Eindhoven or Turin, to share ideas and strategies. And we will have time to learn and to discover new projects and actions with important guests like DG Connect, JRC and PA Social.

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  • Murcia - Integrated Action Plan

    How can cities develop long-term strategies that integrate the goals of more sustainable resource use, reduced carbon emissions and more equitable social development? Learn more through this video! This video is part of the URBACT II Capitalisation Workstreams.

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  • Genoa Final Conference – Study Visits

    The Interactive Cities Final Conference that we had the honor to host in our city almost two weeks ago, was also the occasion to organize thematic site visits to show to our guests some of the unique reality we have in town.

    In Genoa there is a large number of activities, shops and urban fabric that are growing, promoting a series of initiatives aiming at develop a concrete strategy through which improve the use of social media and digital devices. In order to realize concrete strategy of action in different fields, our Municipality is working together with some of the most important stakeholder in the city, also members of our ULG, for instance the Chamber of Commerce and the University of Genoa.

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  • Debrecen - Integrated Action Plan

    Two main driving forces helped the creation of the Integrated Action Plan of Debrecen within the Interactive Cities URBACT III project. On one hand, the Strategy for Developing Digital Literacy in Debrecen was set up in 2017 and identified 3 fields of digitalization that should be developed. Two of them is aiming to improve the digital presence of both businesses and public authorities and to give a boost to digital communication for all stakeholders. On the other hand, the Municipality delegated the tasks of developing SME sector to EDC Debrecen, which is a non-profit organization for urban and business development owned by the Municipality and the University of Debrecen. One field of this development is the communication in both offline and online forms.

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  • Palermo - Integrated Action Plan

    After decades of stillness, Palermo is a city undergoing massive changes thanks to new urban policies aimed at providing more efficient public services, especially in the field of urban mobility. This transition phase implies a big challenge both for citizens and public administration in order to adapt to new habits, new procedures and to the use of new web devices. The Integrated Action Plan (IAP) intervenes in this context by proposing solutions able to improve the city’s social media governance meant as a key factor in driving both citizens and public administration towards a more sustainable city.

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