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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    Local Action Plan for Timisoara – present situation and future actions

    A iniciativa Ações Urbanas Inovadoras (UIA) lançou o seu quinto convite à apresentação de propostas. Esta é a última convocatória no atual período de programação e o orçamento é de aproximadamente 50 milhões de euros de financiamento FEDER

    Massimiliano Rumignani

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  • Making Spend Matter

    "Instead of looking to attract wealth through inward investment, we started to think about the wealth we already had at our disposal and building and harnessing that wealth for the benefit of our communities", Councillor Brown, Preston (UK)

    Matthew Baqueriza-Jackson, Network Expert for Making Spend Matter talks to key figures in Preston City Council to find out how they are changing the way procurement works in Lancashire.    

    Matthew Baqueriza-Jackson

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  • Let the music play!

    Sandra Rainero shares her passion for the ONSTAGE Transfer Network where communities let arts and culture bring them together. Music to our ears...

    Imagine...

    Sandra Rainero

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  • Welcome to the European Playful Cities!

    Games offer unique opportunities for engaging stakeholders in contemporary cities says Ileana Toscano. While European cities face challenges of ageing, climate change and social exclusion, we need to find enjoyable ways to co–create solutions. The URBACT Playful Paradigm transfer network is based on the use of “games” for promoting social inclusion, healthy lifestyles and energy awareness, place-making and economic prosperity.

    What’s in a game?

    Ileana Toscano

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  • SIGULDA THRILLS

    Sigulda is for the Autumn. This is what accredited solvency experts such as The Guardian, Thelegraph or National Geographic say when recommending holiday destinations. Also now, and thanks to their participation in the Transnational Seminar held in the last days of September in this Latvian city within the framework of the INT-HERIT Project, a few dozen people can support this claim.

    Antonio Zafra

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  • Your city in your pocket!

    Card4all project is based on the Gijon Citizen Card, an URBACT Good Practice, which is celebrating its 16th birthday in 2018. During this time, Miguel Sousa says it offered citizens access to a range of public services, stimulated their modernization and increased trust and proximity between citizens and city services.

    Smart living in Gijon

    Miguel Sousa

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