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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    It was simply amazing, a real treasure-hunting

    The URBACT Come In Talking Houses/Shared Stories Transfer Network marks a milestone, as the first festivals modeled on the Budapest 100 Open House Weekend were held. In the first part of our series we asked Rita Szerencsés (Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Centre) and Ferenc Szigeti-Böröcz (network expert) about their first experiences.

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  • Community between panels

     

    Although the first prefabricated buildings were built in Western Europe after the Second World War, they are undoubtedly the synonyms of the post-soviet countries like Hungary. Negative connotations towards prefabricated housing estates neglects the diversity of these areas and their diverse development processes in past years. Undoubtedly, their judgement has been changing, and it is perhaps time to revalorise these areas. We made a very first attempt in the Come in! Transfer Network to do that by organising a pilot community festival in Őrmező.

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  • Mind the gap between top-down and bottom-up approaches while transferring the good practice

    The ‘Come in! – Talking Houses / Shared Stories’ URBACT Transfer Network is centred on the good practice entitled Weekend of Open Houses. It is an easily adaptable community festival in Budapest called locally Budapest100 celebrating the city’s built heritage and common values. Let's see that this knowledge has been put to good use in Őrmező.

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  • Methodology for on-going diagnosis, impact measurement & management - theory of change

    Our Lead Expert's analysis of theory of change in the context of diagnosis, impact measurement and management constitutes the basis for many collective training sessions of the Remix transfer network.

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  • Video: Integration in Bielsko-Biala

    MyBB is a centre runned by 'The Friends of Bielsko Biala' and they help foreigners who came to the city in Poland for employment of studying.The centre does not only provide (legal) support for establishing in the city, they also focus on social integration. Check out this video to see how this works like!

    Evite van Winkoop

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  • Diary of an international talent in Magdeburg

    The Welcoming International Talent project focusses on welcoming international students and expats in medium sized European cities. Aim is to improve welcoming policies of these seven cities with various projects. But how do internationals themselves experience living in these welcoming cities? In this column, an international from each WIT-city will share their experiences. This time: Hiba Mahmood from Magdeburg, Germany!

    Evite van Winkoop

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