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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    Social enterprise might just be the Robin Hood we need right now

    By Alicia Clyde and Ann Hyde

    The legend of Robin Hood is world-renowned and has been at the centre of many Hollywood films.  The romantic idea that he stole from the rich to give to the poor has remained a consistent part of his story.  However, history books have always struggled to pin the truth of this legend down to one man doing good for the poor. 

    Massimiliano Rumignani

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  • VIDEO: LIVE INTERACTIVE DEBATE: CONSERVATION THROUGH DEVELOPMENT

    During the meeting celebrated last february in the city of Kortrijk, in the Crown Room of the Texture Museum, one session was also opened to other participants and live streaming through Facebook Live and included interactive Q&A.

    Antonio Zafra

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  • Procurement is a Cycle – monitoring is a core and continuous spoke

    The sixth transnational meeting of the Procure network took place in Koszalin, Poland on Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th September 2017. The focus of the meeting was upon how cities can monitor the impact of their procurement spend in local economic, social and environmental terms. 

    sbamber

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  • While you were designing your city logo, they built an entire city from scratch

    Adrian Docea gives cities a long overdue wake up call, suggesting they take a leaf out of the private sector to build their brands before it’s too late.

    He says: ‘We’re completely out of time. Europe needs to speed up or we will lose the global battle for attracting investors, tourists, students, ‘startupers’ and the best engineers, inventors and creative minds out there. We’re too slow, too conservative, way too relaxed about our future. Meanwhile the whole world is changing.’

    Adrian Docea

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  • SmartImpact Final Event

    See our results - SmartImpact Website 

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    Shanice Fuller

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  • Urbact Interactive Cities Transnational Meeting Murcia – Part Two

    The article picks up where we left off in the previous article, which you can read here: Urbact Interactive Cities Transnational Meeting Murcia – Part One

    Day two – morning

    The Workshop on Teambuilding and Optimizing Human Resources was followed by a second workshop, presented to us by Nacho Tomás, Managing Director of N7 (digital communication and marketing) approaching the digital communication and digital communication tools form the public administration’s point of view, targeting citizens as receivers and end-users of the “message” being launched, and taking into account the desirability of reciprocity and dialogue.

    fvirgilio

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