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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    Case study Riga: Construction material exchange point

    In this eighth case study delivered by the URGE network, Riga Energy Agency shares lessons learnt on their construction material exchange point. Started as a Small Scale Activity in the URGE project, plans are now in the making for a larger exchange point. The point is the first of its sort in Latvia and has gained much attention. 

    City of Utrecht

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  • Breastfeeding and baby care area at the Trikala cultural center

    For their small-scale action, our project partner Trikala in Greece, set up a breastfeeding and baby care area-station in the municipal cultural centre in central Trikala.

    annika.dalen@umea.se

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  • Smart cities, innovation and gender equality

    How is smart cities, innovation and technological development connected to gender equality? What are the critical questions we have to ask ourselves?

    annika.dalen@umea.se

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  • Telling the story of Gendered Landscapes

    Cities are places with inherent power structures and challenges but also places where innovations and solutions arise. How do we communicate the nuances and the complexity of cities in a comprehensive and engaging way? How do we revive the spirit of the physical place and the ownership of integrated strategies for our cities? On our transnational meeting with the Gendered Landscape network in March, we had an afternoon with a focus on how to tell the story of the Gendered Landscape. The workshop was led by Simone D’Antonio, URBACT expert on storytelling.

    annika.dalen@umea.se

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  • Bees are knocking at your door!

    Bees are knocking at your door!

    v.erhart

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  • The case of redesigning the Vabaduse Street in Valga

    Our network partner Valga is a municipality of 15,500 inhabitants located at the Estonian border to Latvia. Administrative centre of the municipality is Valga town with 12,000 inhabitants. But Valga is more than just a town in Estonia: Valga is one part of a twin city with Latvian Valka where the city just goes on once crossing the border. Valga/Valka share a common history: they were one city until they got separated when Estonia and Latvia gained independence from the Russian Empire in 1918-1920. During the following decades, both towns developed separately neglecting the common structures and culture. Now, since several years, Valga/Valka follow up their new common slogan “1 City, 2 States” and invest to re-establish themselves as one town. The largest project just finished is the creation of a joint town centre connecting Valga and Valka beyond the border once more.

    Claus Kollinger

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