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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  • 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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  • Co-creating Safer, More Liveable Cities: Transnational Meeting in Manresa

    3–5 November 2025 | Manresa & Barcelona, Spain

    Dimitra Kounavi

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  • Young test VR headsets branded “URBACT METACITY”; one smiles while holding a controller, the other adjusts the visor.

    Razlog brings education into Virtual Reality through the MetaCity Project under URBACT IV

    The Municipality of Razlog is bridging the gap between education, cultural heritage, and digital innovation as a proud partner in the “MetaCity” project, funded under the URBACT IV Programme. Focused on promoting digital transformation in education, the initiative engages young people in meaningful, hands-on experiences that connect tradition with technology.

    Michaela Gil

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  • 4th Hydro-Heritage Cities meeting: Going deeper into planning, evaluation and financing

    Sombor hosted the fourth Hydro-Heritage Cities meeting between 23 – 25 October. Read below what happened: the deep insights in monitoring and evaluation, project sustainability and financing strategies and of course a view of Sombor's hydro-heritage sites and potential. 

    Christos Giovanopoulos

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  • Conference on Citizen Driven Climate Solutions

    Maya Vestergaard Bidstrup

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