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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    Preston's Procurement Timeline

    A detailed timeline representing the good practice from Preston. 

    Alison Taylor

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  • Rumours or reality?

    Programme Lead Expert, Ruth Essex, shares her insights into promoting social cohesion and challenging the nature of rumour- ideas from her experience with Amadora, Portugal (PT)

    Ruth Essex

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  • Viladecans holds the kick-off meeting of ON BOARD Phase 2

    Last month, representatives from the six member cities of the On Board project attended the 2nd-phase kick-off meeting. The event took place at Miquel Martí i Pol school in Viladecans on February 5th and 6th. Politicians and technicians from Nantes (France), Tallinn (Estonia), Albergaria-a-Velha (Portugal), Halmstad (Sweden) and Poznań (Poland) went to Viladecans with the shared idea that local governments are key actors in citizen education.

    s.mendez

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  • Com.Unity.Lab: empowering local communities in priority neighbourhoods

    Daniela Patti showcases examples of sustainable urban development in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Lisbon (PT) and explain how Lisbon’s experience of Community Led Local development inspires other European Cities, which join the Com.Unity.Lab Transfer Network.

    Daniela Patti

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  • ACTive NGOs – Transfer Network of 6 European Cities for the Development of Cooperation between NGOs and Local Governments

    Interview with the representative of the Riga City Council, the coordinator of project ACTive NGOs Irina Vasiļjeva was conducted at the beginning of Phase 2 of the project.
     

    z.biteniece

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  • CAHORS A MATTER (A STORY) OF CENTRALITY

    A few minutes after flying over the Pyrenees, the plane starts its descent to Toulouse airport, the nearest destination to Cahors, one of the small European cities participating in the INT-HERIT project. This project involves and gives name to a network of 9 cities, all committed to the improvement of heritage management at local level as a way of connecting it to their future. In Cahors, the traveller soon discovers the weight of heritage and how for both political representatives and citizens, it is perhaps one of the most important assets when it comes to recovering the centrality of the city for the future, as it was in the past.

    Antonio Zafra

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