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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  • The City Center of Montreuil, France

    The European Forum on City Centres November 6th - 7th : this year’s flagship event for city centers in Europe

    Following two successful editions, including the most recent held at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, the Greater Paris Metropolis and the association Centre-ville en mouvement  are proud to announce the Third European Forum on City Centres. This landmark event will take place on November 6–7, 2025, at the Maison de la Chimie in Paris.

     

    Pre-register here.

    Suzanne Pergal

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  • The plans that speak: What cities can learn from the URBACT IAP review - PART ONE

    At the last international Residents of the Future meeting in Iisalmi (Finland), project coordinator Nikolina Gracin shared many "green dots" and check marks, confirming the project is on track. As we enter the final phase, it’s time to present your IAPs.

    So, you’ve spent last two years gathering voices, testing new ideas, revisiting old truths, and dreaming about what your city could become. You’ve sat in rooms, real and virtual, with neighbours, officials, partners, and skeptics. You’ve zoomed in on population loss, zoomed out on wider trends, and tried to hold it all in one coherent picture. Your Integrated Action Plan is more than a document — it’s the voice of your city’s future. It’s the result of months, even years, of listening, learning, testing, failing, and trying again. It carries the vision of your residents, the priorities you’ve fought to define, and the first real steps toward reversing decline and building belonging.

    Krešimir Grubić

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    Sant Boi de Llobregat (ES), 30 June - 1 July 2025 - 2Nite First International Meeting

    After the Study Visit in Turin in November 2024, the first Transnational Meeting of the URBACT 2Nite project took place from June 30th to July 1st 2025 in Sant Boi de Llobregat (Spain), bringing together all city partners - Turin (lead partner - Italy), Riga (Latvia), Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Sant Boi de Llobregat (Spain), and Quadrilátero Urbano (Portugal) - to reflect on local experiences, share progress, and align on the next steps for investment planning, always keeping in mind the main focus of the project.

    Giulia Datta

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  • 🎥 Reliving the Centar Sarajevo Meeting

    A short video is out now.

    Zoltán Szenes

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    Cluj-Napoca (RO), 16 - 18 February 2025- 2Nite Bilateral visit

    In February, 2nite's fourth Bilateral Visit took place in Romania, in Cluj- Napoca.

    Giulia Datta

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  • Former military areas as hubs for urban innovation

    The development of a series of Integrated Action Plans (IAPs) for the reuse of the former military assets, but also in the development of real innovative solutions, to encourage the use of this particular type of heritage are the main focuses of the MAPS project. At the same time, MAPS involves diverse stakeholders in the design and in the implementation of the IAPs through actions such as Open days, sport events (for professionals and amateurs), awareness raising at city level of the military heritage, involvement of the local schools to strengthen the ongoing project in the city.

    Rediscovering former military sites through public events

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