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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    Be a resilient city through participation and volunteerism! - Transfer Guide

    Interested in:
    - Creating more needs-based social solutions with the help of volunteers?
    - Managing more effectively resources by coordinating the interventions?
    - Alleviating the social budgets with the co-responsibility of all stakeholders?

    s.georgiou

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  • Our journey at a glance

    Read the newsletters issued by our network during its lifespan and the Learning Logs of all partners to discover our journey! 

    s.georgiou

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  • A collection of the Playful Paradigm Toolkits

    The Playful Paradigm Transfer network presents a series of illustrated insights for cities and policy-makers to set and implement the project Good Practice.

    CREAA

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  • #Guimarães4CSR: the portuguese city revolutionasing the dialogue between local businesses and solidarity institutions.

    Guimarães is a city located in northern Portugal and one of CITIES4CSR partner city.

    Founded in the 10th Century, Guimarães is well known by all Portuguese as the Birth Place of the nation. Early on, Guimarães has attracted people forming a strong local community. Guimarães took frontline in the industrialization of Portugal, making good use of a large number of available workers and local entrepreneurship. In more recent years the city has built upon its heritage, classified as World Heritage Historic Centre, in 2001, and has put cultural and sports activities as a trademark of local development, hosting a European Capital of Culture in 2012 and European City of Sports in 2013. 

     

    Alessia Dagradi

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  • CAEN TRANSFER STORY

    Once upon a time, in a resilient European Union, 7 cities decided to join forces and adapt Rome’s  good practice of urban gardening. One of them is Caen, a 105,000 inhabitant city located in Normandy, Northern France and here is its story as part of RU:RBAN network.

    Patricia Hernandez

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  • Battling residential emergencies

    “Housing is healthcare”. This sentence popped up in a recent discussion around the Corona mitigation efforts that cities are undertaking to strengthen the livelihoods and well-being of their citizens during and after the pandemic. This notion of housing as a physical and psychological setting for both hardship and relief is opening our view again to the significance that housing has for our local communities.

    sabine.hausmann

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