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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  • How piggybacking on larger players became a route to success for two cities

    Faced with the challenge of needing to organise a Blue Growth Entrepreneurship Programme, the city of Salerno, in Italy, cleverly opted to piggyback off the back of an existing entrepreneurship competitions that operated in their city, rather than go it alone.

    Angelos Ploumis

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  • Cities secure sponsorship to offer prizes to aspiring entrepreneurs

    Two European cities that are part of a network that aims to stimulate Blue Growth Entrepreneurship (growth linked to the Marine & Maritime Economy) have secured commercial sponsorship to offer prizes to aspiring entrepreneurs that are in the early stages of developing their business ideas. This sponsorship money, combined with the offer of a professionally delivered incubation and mentoring programme, helped them to publicise their competitions and attract more high-quality applications.

    Angelos Ploumis

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  • Transfer Story: Municipality of Braga and Urban Regeneration Mix project challenge

    A group of citizens resident in the urbanisation around Praceta João Beltrão, in mid-2020, started a movement to show their discontent with the construction works that the municipality of Braga was carrying out in the public spaces of that area.

    n.rydlewska

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  • Manchester’s Road to Net Zero 2038

    The Paris Agreement on Climate Change committed countries to restrict carbon emissions so that global temperatures don’t rise more than 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels. With around 70% of emissions being generated in urban areas, cities have a strong motivation to lead on combatting climate change – and as in the case of Manchester, have set more ambitious targets than national government. The city of Manchester (UK) has committed to be carbon neutral by 2038.  The city is working with the Manchester Climate Change Agency (MCCA) on the city framework to support this journey and have set out a Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP) which is a top priority for the city.   

    Laura McIntosh

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