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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    Incubation and Mentoring comes in different shapes and sizes

    Business Plan competitions are just one way of generating new business ideas within a city and supporting the entrepreneurs to start-up in business. For port cities, or cities with a strong heritage in the marine and maritime economy, the opportunity exists to organise a Blue Growth Entrepreneurship Competition - a specialised Business Plan Competition which seeks to generate new business ideas linked to the Marine and Maritime economy.

    Angelos Ploumis

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  • How participatory design can help build a strong partnership

    Galati used processes and methodologies advocated by URBACT to establish a Local Group to steer their work on creating an effective start-up community and used a process of participatory design, to ensure their partners could help to shape the solution.

    Angelos Ploumis

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  • Reaching out into communities to find fledgling entrepreneurs

    Business Plan Competitions are essentially a contest where business plans, submitted by aspiring entrepreneurs, are compared, and judged, according to a set of criteria published prior to the launch of the competition. Winners go on to receive incubation and business support to help them set down strong roots in a particular locality, grow and employ more people.

    Angelos Ploumis

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  • Transfer Story: Mataro Spain

    The city of Mataro aspires to open the city to the sea.  The Municipality’s original goals were to promote the blue economy and stimulate new businesses. The foundations for this project were laid in the ‘Sea in Value’ project, which sought to promote a nautical culture, develop the blue economy and open the city to the sea.

     

    Angelos Ploumis

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  • Transfer Story: Matosinhos Portugal

    The Municipality set out by building a strong ULG, comprising 13 partners and also secured some commercial sponsorship through SuperBock, to support any entrepreneurs that enter the competition with an idea to reduce or address sea waste.  The environmental sustainability prize would only be fully granted if the Municipality could evidence good environmental practices from the companies in the incubation programme.

    Angelos Ploumis

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  • Transfer Story: Ostend Belgium

    The Municipality of Ostend held a launch event for their competition at the GreenBridge Incubator on the 10th September 2019. The competition was structured around a SeaZone theme, a brand that was designed to act as a unifying concept in the city.

    Angelos Ploumis

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