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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    Funding Guidelines for Small Theatres

    In 2016 the Municipal Energy Agency of the City of Frankfurt published a new guideline for funding efficient energy use in Frankfurt’s small theatres. The funding guideline in this form is unique for a German city. As of August 2020, eleven theatres have applied for and benefited from this funding.

     

    Laura McIntosh

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  • #NANTES4CSR. The CSR Platform of the Nantes metropolitan area A territory for experimentation in Corporate Social Responsibility

    Nantes Metropole, one of CITIES4CSR project partner, is revolutionising the local authority approach to CSR through their innovative platform

    Alessia Dagradi

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  • Participatory budgeting for improving greenspaces

    Participatory budgeting is an opportunity of engaging citizens in greenspace design. Our partner cities Poznan and Tartu show you how.

    Viktoria Soos

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  • Ready to Play?

    With the pandemic influencing and modifying our daily lives, in personal and work contexts, it became necessary adapting ourselves, in order to be as efficient as possible. Thus, we had to use, more frequently, online tools and methodologies.

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    ana.alex

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  • Druskininkai and 10 criteria for sustainable tourism

    Druskininkai Municipality was in full lockdown from 16th of March to 8th of May when the curve of the first Covid-19 wave was starting to flatten.

    Sabrina Bruzzone

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  • When time stopped... and we redefined how we work together.

    In Bistriţa, the journey of sharing experience in how procurement is done, with different European partners, started in 2018. As all URBACT projects are well organized, at the moment of starting the implementation of the project we had a pretty clear idea of what the experience will be about. Transnational meetings, ULG meetings, shared experiences, reports…

    Alison Taylor

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