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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    The digital transformation of the mobility systems and services in Trikala, Greece

    Trikala, a city of 81.000 citizens in Greece, is an old ‘smart story’ with several correlated projects being implemented in an attempt to meet the social interest and the municipal strategic vision for a “Resilient, Smart and Efficient” city by 2025.

    Dino Alessi

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  • Christmas Pop-Up Shops in Altena

    The Lead Partner of URBACT's network re-growCity filled empty stores with manufacturers of Christmas decoration instead of a Christmas market (which was forbidden in 2020 because of Corona).

    "We made a virtue out of necessity!" (city marketing team, Altena)

    s.schmidt

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  • A very collaborative 2nd Transnational meeting!

    Our second transnational meeting was hosted by the city of Vila Nova de Famalicao and took place online on 25th & 26th November. The meeting focussed on the topic of collaboration and looked at ways in which cities could stimulate collaboration with a view to accelerating the circular economy.

    Esmée Dijt

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  • A closer cooperation between culture and tourism at the core of the Tourism Forum in Krakow

    On the 15th of December 2020, another meeting of the Urbact Local Group was held in Krakow in the frame of the Tourism Friendly Cities project. It was a part of a Tourism Forum organized as a partial online meeting at the ICE congress centre in Krakow. The meeting was attended, among others, by the deputy mayor of Kraków, the plenipotentiary of the Mayor of Kraków for culture, the President of the Polish Tourist Organization, the President of the Regional Tourist Organization, the director of the Wawel Royal Castle and several directors and employees of Krakow museums, entrepreneurs and residents.

    Sabrina Bruzzone

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  • Case study Utrecht: Circular construction pilot project

    In this first case study delivered by the URGE network, the city of Utrecht shares their experiences with circular construction of their pilot project 'De Nieuwe Lunet'. 

    City of Utrecht

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  • ALT/BAU in 2020: Affordable housing, financial & legal tools and the use of GIS for the reactivation of vacant buildings

    ALT/BAU was also disrupted by the COVID 19 pandemic - but fortunately not to a stop! The partners continued to discuss and exchange in 2020 about solutions and interesting practices for the reactivation of vacant buildings in their territories. ALT/BAU Lead Expert Nils Scheffler and ALT/BAU communication officer Sabine Hausmann outline give an overview about the main topics:

    Nils Scheffler

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