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Esplugues de Llobregat's Transfer Story - WHEN PLAY TRANSFORMS THE CITY

By Playful Esplugues

From a housing agency to a living platform - the Torino transfer process

What do Chemnitz and Torino have in common? An easy answer could be that, in the last century, both had been known as “the city of…”.  The city of Karl Marx for the former Karl-Marx-Stadt in the eastern part of Germany, and the city of cars for Torino, the home to the FIAT factory.
Relax, this is not a quiz on cities!

Erica Albarello and Giulietta Fassino report on the transfer process in Torino and the important protagonists.

Klaipeda's Transfer Story - Klaipeda City Public Health Bureau: promoting children’s healthy lifestyles in educational settings

By Laura Kubiliutė, Head of public health monitoring and projects department at Klaipėda City Public Health Bureau

"Udine Play Around", a playmaking project in Udine (Italy)

by Marco Pollastri and Riccardo Mercuri (Centro Antartide, Bologna, Italy)

How citizens take over public park maintenance in Espoo

Imagine, that you were given a public park of your own to take care of – you can cut the grass, clear off brushwood or remove invasive species, even to mow reed at the shores of a lake or sea. In Espoo, this is all possible, thanks to Our park concept.

In Espoo, the citizens are invited to take part in the development of their local environment – through Our park concept, (finn. Meidän puisto), an individual resident, group of people or a community have been given a possibility to maintain their appointed local forests and parks on their own.

The OnStage Project in Brno: two years has shown us so much!

In the last two years, in Brno, Czechia, URBACT OnStage has brought together new methods and horizons, created a community choir open to all, and involved more children and new local communities in the incredible journey of enjoying music – take a look at its last update!