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Agents of Co-Existence: From Testing to Transformation

As the Agents of Co-Existence (AoCE) network enters the final stretch of its URBACT journey, partner cities are moving from testing to embedding change. Partners have now entered a decisive phase where ideas have turned into action and new structures for civic participation have begun to take root. Thus, a good moment to share where we are.

Moving Cities: How Re-Gen’s Small-Scale Actions Created a European Movement for Active, Healthy and Inclusive Urban Futures

After 2.5 years of collaboration, nine European cities have shown that sport, creativity and participation can transform public spaces into common spaces — places that move people, ideas and communities toward healthier, more beautiful and sustainable cities.

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.

Kocani, from a playful pilot to a local tradition, by Dijana Apostolova

What began as a playful pilot is now becoming a lasting tradition in Kocani.

Gender and Social Inclusion in the One Health Approach

Why inclusion matters for One Health

The One Health approach recognises that the health of people, animals, plants, and ecosystems is deeply interconnected. From air quality and food systems to mental well-being and biodiversity, our cities’ health outcomes depend on how these systems interact. Yet there is another kind of interconnectedness that deserves equal attention: the social one. Gender, income, age, disability, and other forms of social difference all shape how individuals experience health risks and benefits in urban environments.

Integrating gender and social inclusion into One Health means ensuring that everyone can contribute to and benefit from healthier urban systems. It recognises that health is not distributed evenly and that without equity, sustainability remains incomplete.

Mob.Feira: a pilot action driving digital mobility transformation in Santa Maria da Feira, by Alberto João Mendonça

The Mob.Feira project stands as the pilot action of Santa Maria da Feira’s IAP, now entering its real implementation phase in the parish of Milheirós de Poiares. Developed through continuous dialogue with the URBACT Local Group, the digital platform aims to centralise all mobility information in one accessible, user-friendly space — connecting citizens with public transport, cycling routes, and micromobility options.