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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    Midterm article - ROOF cities ending homelessness from different starting points: how to adopt and adapt known solutions?

    The URBACT ROOF cities, all working towards ending homelessness with housing led/first solutions, all had very different starting points. They are located in specific geographical places with each their own history, present and future implications. They are of different cultures and habits and most of all, their local and national policies as well as their experience on housing first are at very different stages. A year before the end of this collaboration, I am reflecting on the progress done in each city and what is each city taking out of the project and from the testing activated in the last month. I will also look at how the collaboration between the cities has been of huge importance to the progress.

    The URBACT method is based on cities creating networks and peer learning from one another. The network is structured in a way that the cities may bring different points of view and experiences. This process has created two main questions in the ROOF network. One regarding the possibility to advance from different starting points and another related to the adaptations of HF solutions to specific contexts.

    Hannelore Bonami

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  • About the value of public space and the big question on how to best make use of it

    Almost two years ago, a small group of cities decided to improve how they make use of their public space. They teamed up under the umbrella of URBACT calling themselves Space4People. And they were not alone: all over Europe and clearly also beyond, discussions and initiatives intensified on how to change municipalities and cities. On how to create liveable cities, healthy cities, attractive cities, green cities, playful cities. And how coming changes can help to meet one of the largest challenges we have ever met: climate change.

    Claus Kollinger

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  • RU:RBAN FAREWELL AND KICK-OFF MEETING IN ROME

    Rome was the setting of an unusual meeting last 15-17 September: the Farewell Meeting of RU:RBAN First Wave, with representatives of the partner cities of A Coruna, Caen, Loures, Krakow, Thessaloniki and Vilnius, and the Kick-Off Meeting of the RU:RBAN Second Wave with representatives of the partner cities of Alexandroupolis, Algeciras, Carlow and Split.

    Patricia Hernandez

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  • 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. 

    Elisabeth Lind

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  • 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.

    Dorothee Fischer

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  • 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

    Dorothee Fischer

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