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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    Talking Armenian houses in Gyergyószentmiklós / Gheorgheni

    On a sunny Saturday afternoon, in a small city in Hargita/Harghita County, houses began to talk. This isn’t the beginning of a Transylvanian fairy tale but the story of a cultural event organized in Gyergyószentmiklós/Gheorgheni by a handful of enthusiastic civilians seeking to share the untold stories of the architectural part of the Armenian heritage shaping the look of the city center.

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  • TimeWalking - Discovering the history of Őrmező

    A festival called TimeWalking ( called „IdőJárás” in hungarian) was held in Őrmező, modeled on the Budapest 100 Open House Weekend. The program was implemented by the Municipality of Újbuda and the Contemporary Architecture Centre (KÉK) as a part of  the URBACT Come in! Talking Houses / Shared Stories Transfer Network on September 15th.

    k.tapody

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  • ON BOARD Policy Declaration

    The ON BOARD Policy Declaration has been signed by all the Project Partners. 

    s.mendez

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  • Music for all in Katowice: having fun and cooperating to inspire social change

    A public brass music festival for young and old alike and a lot of learnings from the last Poland’s URBACT Campus: here is Katowice’s latest update on how the URBACT ONSTAGE project is progressing in the town!

    c.salido

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  • Visiting French Toy Libraries: what’s at stake

    An article by Ileana Toscano and Paola Amato

    Toy Libraries were the focus of the Study Visit, organized in Paris and its surroundings on 1st and 2nd July 2019, by the Urbact Transfer Network “The Playful Paradigm”, a partnership of 8 EU cities leaded by the Municipality of Udine and aimed at adapting Udine’s Good Practice about games and gamification experience as tools for boosting a better urban governance and an innovative urban planning.

    Ileana Toscano

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  • Re-growCity has got its first transfer success!

    The ULG in Melgaço (Portugal) has made enormous strides towards adapting the pop-up shop practice from lead partner Altena (Germany).

    l.engstfeld

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