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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    Whose knowledge counts? GIS-based surveys and community engagement

     

    Application areas of GIS for health-responsive planning and management of urban green spaces in the city of Espoo, Finland My Espoo on the map – application of GIS for collecting residents’ views and wishes concerning urban living environments and their health-enhancing effects

    Viktoria Soos

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  • Maptionnaire - community engagement platform for map-based tools

    Presented at Health & Greenspace workshop 04.03.2021 by Festa Isufi, Community Engagement Advocate & Inbound Lead at Maptionnaire

    Viktoria Soos

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  • The use of GIS for health-responsive planning and management of urban green spaces

    Presenation by Katalin Bunyevácz, URBACT ad-hoc expert. Health & Greenspace workshop, 04.03.2021

    Viktoria Soos

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  • Transfer story: How to develop a user-friendly Service Map of NGOs in Espoo?

    On a sunny day in February 2019, we arrived at Santa Pola from the Espoo Municipality as members of the ACTive NGOs project. Instead of the cold and rainy weather in Finland, we immediately noticed the stunning scenery and the blue beach in Santa Pola. The Santa Pola members of ACTive NGOs projects were extremely friendly, helpful and pleasant.

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  • Covid's Silver Lining: Carbon Saving

    Adapting to life in a pandemic has not been easy in both our work and home life, with positives few and far between. As the C-change project works closely alongside arts and cultural organisations, witnessing the substantial challenges of the pandemic on the sector, it can be hard to see past the negatives at times. However, on a project management level, there is one positive that C-change and other URBACT network can take from the new ways of working - the carbon savings made due to our inability to travel.

    Laura McIntosh

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  • Storytelling, a powerful tool in the quest for a circular economy!

    In our 3rd transnational meeting, hosted by the City of Oslo, we did not only get an insight into the Role of the City and the workings of their mini recycling stations. 
    We also paid attention to communication and we dove into the world of 'Storytelling'. A powerful tool in the circular economy, read more below!

    Esmée Dijt

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