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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  • 10 tips for using social and environmental criteria in procurement

    As part of the Making Spend Matter Transfer Network, partners have been exploring how they might incorporate social and environmental criteria into their procurements. This has become even more important as cities start to re-open their economies and support businesses and people as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.

    Alison Taylor

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  • TIME FOR GARDENISERS TO CELEBRATE!

    The Tre Fontane urban garden of Rome hosted, on the 8th of July, the event for the presentation of the results of the Erasmus GARDENISER PRO project, a 3-year adventure carried out by the Replay Network Association (www.replaynet.eu ). The project was co-funded by the Erasmus+VET Programme and aimed to test an innovative and European training course to support the professional development of a new figure, that of the coordinator of shared urban gardens (garden-organizer = GARDENISER), which strengthens their knowledge, skills and competences.

    Patricia Hernandez

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  • Rome’s urban garden Parco Or9-Sergio Albani becomes a member of the Italian National Network of Social Farms

    Шест стъпки за създаване на Интегриран план за действие

    Patricia Hernandez

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  • Porto Culture as pathway towards sociability

    Our partners from Bologna share with us their idea and a way to build partnerships between NGOs, universities, cultural institutions and the city hall in a revitalised cultural area. They show what and how they managed to achieve in this area.

    n.rydlewska

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  • TNM in Bologna - Culture as a perspective of regeneration

    5th Transnational Network Meeting was dedicated to the issue of how to involve the inhabitants, the local community in the life of the nearest area, the neighbourhood through the broadly understood culture and all kinds of cultural events. It was also the time of our Midterm revive meeting.

    n.rydlewska

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  • Making Spend Matter - Summer Newsletter

    Welcome to the fifth issue of Making Spend Matter Newsletter bringing you the latest updates from our Network on progressive public procurement, spend analysis and anchor institution cooperation.

    Alison Taylor

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