Networks and cities' news

Looking back on an intense learning phase

Halfway done in the URBACT GenderedLandscape Action Planning Network, a lot of ground work on the main topic has been done. Despite not being able to see each other in person for eighteen months, states Dr Mary Dellenbaugh-Losse in this Mid-term Article. 

The industrial heritage of the railway station as a driver of urban regeneration and social cohesion in Cesena! by Elena Giovannini

For the city of Cesena, KAIRÓS means a new challenge to test innovative governance models and participatory processes to regenerate the area around the railway station adjacent to the old city centre, characterised by a high historical value thanks to the presence of original industrial buildings from the 1900s and a high potential for attractiveness as gateway and arrival point mainly for tourists and students.

From attractiveness to social cohesion: a path towards the Cesena Integrated Action Plan by Elena Giovannini

What attracts us to Cesena? What do we mean by social cohesion in the area covered by the KAIRÓS model? These are the questions that the Municipality of Cesena dealt with during the two meetings of the URBACT Local Groups (ULG) on attractiveness and social cohesion which took place on 28 September and 19 October 2021.
An article by Elena Giovannini, Comune di Cesena

Multicultural reverberations by Anke van Wijck Adán

This summer the streets of the historic upper quarters of Mula reverberated with the still rather unencompassed sounds of cheering drums. In the month of August, four courses on percussion music were organised for local and immigrant children in these neighbourhoods and constitute the first phase of Mula's Small Scale Action in the context of the KAIRÓS Project.

By Anke van Wijck Adán, City of Mula and coordinator of the KAIRÓS project

Small-scale actions in Šibenik by Ines Saric

The City of Šibenik decided to include all target groups that are part of the development of the integrated action plan in three small-scale actions that took place this summer.

By Ines Saric, City of Šibenik

A Bumpy Road to Thriving Streets

Author: Béla Kézy, Lead Expert of ThrivingSTREETS

The article presenting the Thriving Streets URBACT Action Planning Network, and its ambitions was published on 2020 February 5 on the URBACT website. It reflected optimism, dedication, and commitment of all partners to address the challenge at hand: reducing car-dependency in their cities, making them “more healthy, attractive, accessible, inclusive and thriving places”. It quickly turned out, though, that our plan was like those proverbial battle plans that did not survive the first encounter with the enemy.