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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    Mapping the Transfer Journey

    A retrospective and scenario exercise for the Civic eState network

    Words by Liat Rogel, URBACT Expert

    Gregorio Turolla

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  • OnStage... to leave no one behind! | by Adelfia · Transfer Stories

    How has Adelfia's URBACT OnStage transfer journey touched the city's different stakeholders? Here is a video that summarizes what the project has meant for this southern Italian city of 17,000 inhabitants.

    c.salido

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  • Meet the partners: interview with Francisco Martínez Cañavate

    [[{"fid":"43926","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Francisco Martinez Canavate","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Francisco Martinez Canavate","field_author[und][0][value]":""},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Francisco Martinez Canavate","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Francisco Martinez Canavate","field_author[und][0][value]":""}},"attributes":{"alt":"Francisco Martinez Canavate","title":"Francisco Martinez Canavate","height":1920,"width":1920,"style":"height: 100px; width: 100px; margin: 10px; float: right;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1"}}]]The city of Granada is one of the 9 partners in URGE. One of Granada's most important stakeholders on the topic of circular construction is the Association of Builders and Promotors of Granada. Francisco Martínez Cañavate is manager at ACP Granada. The city of Granada spoke with him on the transformation of Granada's construction sector to circular economy, and what is needed to achieve this shift. 

    City of Utrecht

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  • Playful activities for better educational programmes in cities

    An article written by Ileana Toscano, Urban specialist and Community engagement expert and Lead expert of the Playful Paradigm Transfer Network

    CREAA

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  • NGO Houses as permanent civic hubs: some lessons from the ACTive NGOs’ Final Event

    Key points emerged at the ACTive NGOs final event highlighted by the Ad Hoc Expert Simone d’Antonio on how to create a participatory message for making hubs for civic engagement crucial for restoring trust at local level

    z.biteniece

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  • The industrial heritage of the railway station as a driver of urban regeneration and social cohesion in Cesena! by Elena Giovannini

    For the city of Cesena, KAIRÓS means a new challenge to test innovative governance models and participatory processes to regenerate the area around the railway station adjacent to the old city centre, characterised by a high historical value thanks to the presence of original industrial buildings from the 1900s and a high potential for attractiveness as gateway and arrival point mainly for tourists and students.

    Dorothee Fischer

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