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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  • Campaign tools to tackle discrimination and promote critical thinking in our cities

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    Following a seminar hosted by Rumourless Cities, Lead Expert Ruth Essex shares some thoughts on anti-discrimnation campaigning and the importance of critical literacy in our contemporary world

    Angela Maria Loporchio

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  • Carry out a pilot renovation diagnosis to help owners initiate their refurbishment project

    Following the good practice of Chemnitz, the city of Seraing will soon open a housing agency to support owners in their renovation project. Bénédicte Borckmans reports on a pilot study whose results will be very helpful for the work of the future agency. 

    sabine.hausmann

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  • The digital builders program, a catalyser for the innovative dynamics of an entire metropolis

    The Métropole du Grand Paris and his Digital Builders program that aims to gather a community of local civil servants mobilized to develop collectively new digital public services at a metropolitan scale.

    Valeria Tarallo

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  • The ON BOARD celebrates its last Transnational Meeting

    The last 16th, 18th and 25th of February, the ON BOARD project celebrated the 6th Transnational Meeting. The meeting, which was online, was hosted this time by the city of Nantes.

    s.mendez

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  • Exit from the city centre. What was recently built in Varaždin, HR?

    Being very very proud of their neat and preserved historical city, the people of Varaždin love stories about the pink facades of baroque palaces in the historic city centre. But they rarely or never notice buildings from the twentieth century and ask themselves about their story.

    Adrienn Lorincz

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  • Ostrava plan to reduce anonymity and strengthen communities in priority neighbourhoods

     Czech word „Sídliště“ [seed:lish:tje] is primarily used to define neighbourhoods with high-rise or large housing estates built during the communist era between 1940s and 1990s as an important part of building plans. The goal was to provide large quantities of fast and affordable housing and to slash costs by using uniform designs of prefabricated concrete blocks over the whole country. 

    Housing estates bear the legacy of socialist housing policy in terms of the social composition of the population and therefore a mix of different professions and social groups is preserved in housing estates. And even though, they are often said to be "mere dormitory communities with a few conveniences and even less character”, it is yet a common form of living for nearly 3 million Czechs.

    Daniela Patti

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