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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    Tropa Verde in Nice (Transfer Story)

    Tropa Verde, Covid and Alex: is it a “nice” transfer story in Nice?

    Christian Beade

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  • Young voices gathered at the Transnational Meeting 5 in Poznan

    After several months of preparation and dealing with a global situation that has changed many of the plans, the ON BOARDers have gathered. The fifth Transnational Meeting of the ON BOARD project arrives to Poznan. A host city that, this time, has opened its doors virtually.

    s.mendez

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  • Families take the floor at the second sessions of Transnational Meeting 5 in Poznan

    Families as members of the local Educational Innovation Network. Why they are important and what they can do. Benefits of parental involvement in children’s learning process and school life seem to be widely proved. Parents who monitor their children homework, discuss learning difficulties with the teacher, take part in school projects and praise the child school achievements, positively impact on the results and educational success.

    s.mendez

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  • How to be a Volunteer? - A Transfer Story from Arcos de Valdevez

    In 2018 our Municipality joined the network of transferring good volunteering practices. It should be noted that the Municipality of Athienou is a lead partner of this Volunteer Network, of which Arcos de Valdevez is already part, as well as municipalities in countries such as Poland, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Croatia and Italy.

    s.georgiou

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  • Altena - A Transfer Story

    Our starting point: We had already a working volunteering base, the STELLWERK and we also had some great projects which are going on in Altena, but we have one really big problem we need new and young people for our volunteering actions.

    It was and still is a great chance to be a part of the transfer network from Urbact “Volunteering Cities” and learn from the lead partner and the other cities what we could do, to get more volunteers into the STELLWERK.

    s.georgiou

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  • Insights from the URGE network: thematic report

    Insights from the URGE network and experiences from the Intermunicipal Community of the West Region in Portugal on the mapping of flows and industrial symbiosis in a circular economy. 

    By Dr. Eleni Feleki, Lead Expert of the URGE Action Planning Network

    City of Utrecht

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