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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  • URBACT Pioneers city reprsentatives hosted by the Deputy mayor in the Ljubljana city hall

    URBACT Pioneers continue their journey with the “Don’t Stop Me Now!” vibe!

     

    URBACT Pioneers gathered in Ljubljana for their first in -person milestone event on 17–18 September 2025, marking the transition from the DISCOVER to the DEFINE phase of the programme. Over two energising days, representatives from 27 cities (from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia) explored new tools, shared insights, and reconnected with the motivation driving their urban transformation. 

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  • Biodivercity IAP interview #3 s-Hertogenbosch

    As our project is coming to an end and nearly all the IAPs have been completed, we launched an engaging post series to showcase interviews with our partners. Find below the third interview from s-Hertogenbosch:


     

    András Merza

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  • The 5th International Meeting of the Re Gen URBACT Project in Vila Do Conde

    On 17 and 18 June 2025, the 5th International Meeting of the Re Gen URBACT Project took place, with Vila do Conde as the host city. This event brought together representatives from nine European cities that are developing an integrated action plan for urban regeneration, with an emphasis on sport and community participation. 

    Désirée Zucchi

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  • Quart de Poblet’s introduction of an Urban Innovation Laboratory

    To work with citizens means creating transparency

    When the Quart de Poblet Town Council joined the Agents of Co-Existence network, one of its main objectives was to include a greater number of citizens in civic participation and to involve municipal officials in different forms of participation.

    Yasemin Yilmaz

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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.

    Yasemin Yilmaz

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  • Echoes of the Iisalmi meeting

    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.

    Tiago Ferreira

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