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Talking Hands: S.M.ALL's Fifth Quartely Report

The first quarter of 2025 marked a turning point for the S.M.ALL network. With the Mid-Term Review completed and Integrated Action Plans reaching maturity, partner cities dived into shifting from planning to practice, launching real-world tests of the inclusive mobility solutions they had co-designed.

Winter is for Action: The Fourth Quarterly Report of S.M.ALL

As the year drew to a close, the S.M.ALL network didn’t slow down. Instead, it shifted gears from planning to action. The fourth quarterly report captures a crucial phase where Integrated Action Plans (IAPs) started shaping real, on-the-ground changes across partner cities. With a strong focus on pilot projects, citizen engagement, and risk management, this quarter laid the foundation for a transformative 2025.

Highlights from PUMA second quarter in 2025 (April - June)

Breathing New Life into Bucharest’s Oldest Tram Depot

Located in central Bucharest, just behind the Government headquarters, Victoria Depot stands as a significant, yet underutilized, landmark of industrial heritage — the oldest tram depot in the city, and a site with considerable potential for urban regeneration. Characterized by its iron framework, spacious halls, and embedded urban history, the depot had gradually receded from public attention — until the GreenPlace network brought it back into focus through a structured participatory initiative.

Future STEAM Cities Transferability Study

The Future STEAM Cities Transferability Study explores the potential for adapting Aveiro’s STEAM City model across four European cities—Alytus (Lithuania), Kolding (Denmark), Oulu (Finland), and Płock (Poland). Conducted within the URBACT Innovation Transfer Network framework, the study identifies the key conditions, challenges, and opportunities that shape the successful implementation of STEAM-based urban innovation.

Are we ready to welcome the residents of the future?

By Tiago Ferreira

How can smaller cities compete in an era of global people’s mobility? What makes a place not only livable but appealing enough for someone to choose it again, or for the first time as home?

These are the kinds of questions that Residents of the Future set out to explore. Now, passing midway through our journey, we find ourselves surrounded not by answers, but by possibilities, each one shaped by the local character and aspirations of the nine cities that form this network.