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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  • Barnsley's Fierce Love Holds You Forever in it's Heart

    These are the words, lit up in neon that welcome you when you walk into Barnsley’s new public space in the town centre. 

    Justine

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  • Entrepreneurship Ecosystems – a few pieces do not a jigsaw make….

    Over the years I’ve worked with URBACT networks, I have written - and read - various articles on the key success factors of an entrepreneurial ecosystem, most recently co-authoring Ten Top Tips with Ceri Batchelder as part of the AS Transfer network. As I travelled to Roeselare, Belgium in March 2022 for TechRevolution 2.0.’s Transnational Event, I found myself wondering what I would learn that would add value to work already undertaken.

     

    Fast forward a few days and once again I was in awe of our partners who - against a backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing humanitarian crisis, which meant that two partners were not even able to travel to Belgium - once again embraced everything we threw at them to both deepen their understanding of entrepreneurial economies and build their ‘ecosystems in a box’ out of lego, pipe cleaners and glue.

    Justine

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  • SDG Story: Gävle

    Gävle and the other 18 cities (from 19 countries) of the EU URBACT pilot network ”Global Goals in Cities” (GG4C) are already one year into the 20 months project on localising the SDGs.
     

    Karin Luhaäär

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  • CARLOW COUNTY COUNCIL CALLS ON CITIZENS TO DEVELOP COMMUNITY GARDENS POLICY

    A great initiative was put in place by the Council of the Carlow County in February this year: two surveys to gather the public’s view on the future vision for the County’s Community Garden and Allotment Policy. In fact, the surveys will be used as part of the Foreword for the aforementioned Policy that is currently under development.

    Patricia Hernandez

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  • SDG Story: Mouscron

    Just halfway towards our goals following the marked route, the AGRI-URBAN Network (URBACT III Programme) held a transnational meeting in the Swedish city of Södertälje from 21 to 24 May 2017. A turning point in the agenda of this project, the meeting focused on the AGRI-URBAN topics linked to the experience of this city and also put the emphasis on shaping the Integrated Action Plans of all partners of the project with the participation of their respective URBACT Local Groups. Watching this video, produced after the visit, you can discover how inspirational was this Swedish city in the project design and later, fostering innovative actions in other partner cities involved in the development of local food systems.

    Karin Luhaäär

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  • SDG Story: Solingen

    Shaping the future. Vision Agenda 2030 in Solingen.

    Karin Luhaäär

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