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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  • Rocking pilot activities in Kopli

    Within our SSAs we had set up four activity days which we will write about now. The first two were culture bus days for the neighborhood in North-Tallinn, our pilot area – Kopli. Targeted mostly to children and their parents plus the elderly. The third pilot activity was a collecting recipes and joint cooking/tasting event, and last but not least we had a cherry on top with students from two schools, who prepared and painted a wall using stencil-technique, to a public wall in North-Tallinn

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  • Small Scale Actions in Lisbon

    Having started in 2019, the cities of Lisbon with London, Amsterdam, Dublin, Sofia, Riga, Vilnius and Tallin- have been addressing the aims of ACCESS since then. However, in the last year they have been adapting and / or delayeing its calendar due to the COVID pandemic.

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  • How did Amsterdam compose their SSAs?

    We’ve arrived at the point where every city is either in the final phase of constructing their SSAs, or starting to carry them out. Amsterdam is no exception. In this article, we would like to give an insight into the process of inventing, composing and constructing our SSAs.

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  • Transnational Meeting in Riga

    On thursday the 10th and friday the 11th of June, the ACCESS network gathered (albeit online) for the Transnational Meeting in Riga. Here we got a warm welcome from Ints Teterovskis, one of Latvia’s most famous choir conducturs, and the host of the Transnational Meeting. He presented the many-sided cultural life in Riga. From choirs of 20.000 people, to the revivals of Liv culture.

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  • The night has the future

    From illustrious underground parties to world-famous festivals, Amsterdam’s night culture is unique. We want to cherish this, and help Amsterdam’s nightlife to develop. Strolling through nocturnal Amsterdam, you get to know yourself and others. The night is bursting with energy, whether you are young or old, resident or visitor.

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  • Riga’s neighborhood residents centre

    In order to move towards the priority of the Riga Development Programme 2021 – 2027 – Modern and open-ended city management, which talks about bringing the city administration closer to the citizens from different points of view, a new institution the Neighbourhoods Residents Centre has been established and started its work on May 1 2021.

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