Networks and cities' news

URBACT Pioneers Explored Ljubljana’s Outdoors

Zunaj (“Outdoors”), a local mechanism that enables communities to lead placemaking projects with modest financial and organisational support.

From sustainable Hydro-Heritage management to a Water Sensitive City

The Urban Agenda for EU ‘Water Sensitive City’ partnership met last week in Athens and Chalandri and visited the Cultural H.ID.RA.N.T. project, which inspired the Hydro-Heritage Cities URBACT ITN.

Residents of the Future: Cities Enter the Final Stage of a Shared European Journey

Summary of the 7th Quarterly Report (July–September 2025)

By Tiago Ferreira

The seventh Quarterly Report of the Residents of the Future URBACT network marks a decisive turning point: after two years of experimentation, analysis and peer learning, all nine partner cities have now finalised their Integrated Action Plans (IAPs)—comprehensive roadmaps designed to help small and medium-sized European cities address population decline, strengthen local attractiveness, and build resilient futures.

ARCHETHICS: NEWS FROM THE NETWORK. What happened during this Network quarter?

What happend from June to October 2025?

Despite the summer break, the past few months have been busy ones for the Archethics network. The preparation of the final product is nearing completion and the partners are now busy with the final tasks. The last core network meeting was held in Leipzig and the project partners started to organise at local level testing actions, dissemination project event and last meetings with the URBACT Local groups. In this article we will explore the pilot actions developed by Vila Nova de Cerveira and Cesena are shared as well as the first readynetwork output: the outline of a digital archive of dissonant heritage.

🎥 Nyíregyháza Meeting Video Recap!

A new video recap is now available!

CSG final network product