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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    Palermo - Integrated Action Plan

    After decades of stillness, Palermo is a city undergoing massive changes thanks to new urban policies aimed at providing more efficient public services, especially in the field of urban mobility. This transition phase implies a big challenge both for citizens and public administration in order to adapt to new habits, new procedures and to the use of new web devices. The Integrated Action Plan (IAP) intervenes in this context by proposing solutions able to improve the city’s social media governance meant as a key factor in driving both citizens and public administration towards a more sustainable city.

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  • IMPACT FINANCE FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION

    Last transnational meeting of BoostINNO in Milan was focused on social impact. On 24th January roundtable on Impact finance for social innovation was organised with experts and representatives from various financial institutions.

    BoostINNO

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  • How Glasgow is using URBinclusion to drive its Thriving Place, Govanhill

    By Marie McLelland - Glasgow Project Co-ordinator                

    URBinclusion is challenging Glasgow in a new way. It is giving us the space to explore how we implement existing plans and strategies and how we overcome the challenges we face. While this is something we may have done for some time, we now need to articulate, measure and monitor how we do it.

    Massimiliano Rumignani

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  • What do you know on children and seniors? A mobility survey from Agii Anargyri & Kamatero

    Genius-open project - a Ning User guide to setting up an online open innovation platform.

    Olaf Lewald

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  • Palermo bets on social media governance

    Palermo bets on social media governance to restore a climate of trust between citizens and institutions in the field of urban mobility. Within the process of reduction of the Local Action Plan Palermo’s URBACT Local group is working to the integration of its communication tools and to the strengthening of good practices of social media governance in order to restore a feeling of trust between citizens and the public administration in the field of urban mobility.

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  • VIDEO FOR THE TRANSNATIONAL MEETING HELD IN ARMAGH CITY

    THIS IS THE VIDEO PRODUCED AFTER THE TRANSNATIONAL MEETING OF THE NETWORK WHICH WAS HOLD BY THE ARMAGH CITY PARTNER. 

    Antonio Zafra

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