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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    Biodivercity IAP interview #2 Guimarães

    As our project is coming to an end and nearly all the IAPs have been completed, we are launching an engaging post series to showcase interviews with our partners. Find below the secind interview from Guimarães:

     


     

    András Merza

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    Stakeholder engagement for humanizing metaverse: some useful lessons from METACITY

    Technologic development rarely makes headlines, as it usually advances outside the everyday current affairs of our societies. Nevertheless, the emergence of immersive technologies is sparking unprecedented debate, as digital technologies are reshaping how cities are planned and promoted, but also how people take part in new forms of participatory governance.

    Dialogue and collaboration with residents are becoming crucial aspects of every digital transformation process, as experienced by the partners of METACITY which are finalizing the process of integrated action planning. For many of them this was the first opportunity to bring the potential of metaverse technologies for urban innovation under the spotlight as a crucial topic of the local political agenda.

    Bringing together municipalities, universities, research centres, and local communities from across Europe, the network has fostered the co-creation of Integrated Action Plans that embed digital innovation within inclusive and participatory governance models. The partners of METACITY are experiencing innovative ways to strengthen stakeholder engagement on topics like artificial intelligence and virtual reality offering useful lessons also for other cities that are including the use of immersive technologies into their local strategies.

    dantonio

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  • Biodivercity IAP interview #1 Sarajevo

    As our project is coming to an end and nearly all the IAPs have been completed, we are launching an engaging post series to showcase interviews with our partners. Find below the first interview from Sarajevo:

    András Merza

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  • Nature-based solutions as financially viable opportunities

    Nature not only provides unbelievable benefits for our physical and mental health, but also offers cheap and aesthetic solutions to develop our cities and reshape our landscapes, enabling the long-desired paradigm shift across all areas of economic life. If we monetise the ecosystem services nature provides, they are, no doubt, far the best infrastructure. Yet, nature-based solutions receive very little funding. While the uptake of nature-based solutions also depends on cultural and psychological factors, money is obviously a core aspect. In this article, therefore, we showcase some stories from the BiodiverCity network and beyond, about nature-based solutions that proved financially viable. 

    Ferenc Szigeti-Böröcz

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  • Catalogue of Gender Considerations

    How to embed Gender Considerations and Clauses into Procurement

    On Wednesday 29th October 2025, the URBACT funded GenProcure Action Planning Network (APN) holds its final conference in Zagreb, Croatia. The conference will be an opportunity for our 9 Partners to celebrate and showcase the work they have done over the last two and a half years around the topic of Gender Responsive Public Procurement, and to also detail how they will continue to work on this topic through their Integrated Action Plans (IAPs).

    Edgar Azevedo

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  • Innovating Urban Security: CITISENSE at Smart City Expo World Congress 2025

    5 November 2025 | “Connecting European Cities Towards Community-Based Urban Security” Session 

    Dimitra Kounavi

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