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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  • The ON BOARD celebrates its last Transnational Meeting

    The last 16th, 18th and 25th of February, the ON BOARD project celebrated the 6th Transnational Meeting. The meeting, which was online, was hosted this time by the city of Nantes.

    s.mendez

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  • Exit from the city centre. What was recently built in Varaždin, HR?

    Being very very proud of their neat and preserved historical city, the people of Varaždin love stories about the pink facades of baroque palaces in the historic city centre. But they rarely or never notice buildings from the twentieth century and ask themselves about their story.

    Adrienn Lorincz

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  • Ostrava plan to reduce anonymity and strengthen communities in priority neighbourhoods

     Czech word „Sídliště“ [seed:lish:tje] is primarily used to define neighbourhoods with high-rise or large housing estates built during the communist era between 1940s and 1990s as an important part of building plans. The goal was to provide large quantities of fast and affordable housing and to slash costs by using uniform designs of prefabricated concrete blocks over the whole country. 

    Housing estates bear the legacy of socialist housing policy in terms of the social composition of the population and therefore a mix of different professions and social groups is preserved in housing estates. And even though, they are often said to be "mere dormitory communities with a few conveniences and even less character”, it is yet a common form of living for nearly 3 million Czechs.

    Daniela Patti

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  • Limerick Smart City - a community of the future

    Find your Greatness is Europe’s first strategic brand-building program for smart cities. This project will encourage small and medium-sized cities to communicate their potential in terms of attractiveness for people, such as students, tourists, and investors while leveraging their societal advantages over larger cities that don’t face the same budgetary constraints when it comes to promoting their potential for development.

      Liviu Stanciu

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    • SPACE TO COMMUNITIES! A RESILIENCE TEST IN THE CITY OF BARI

      The purpose of this document is to provide a broad overview on the themes of the ReGeneration Implementation Network, including references to reports, policy guidelines and examples of projects that have dealt with similar issues. It is a first draft that needs to be successively completed with the profiles of the cities part of the network, and accordingly tuned with the specific issues deriving by the comparison of their situations and challenges.

      Daniela Patti

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    • Sofia: To build upon each other’s experiences

      The International Labour Organisation describes youth employment (YU) as a global challenge and a top policy concern, decrying an international state of affairs wherein 156 million young workers live in poverty and there are 71 million unemployed young people.

      Daniela Patti

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