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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    2Nite Journal #4

    Journal #4 details the closing phase of the two-year URBACT 2Nite Innovation Transfer Network. The network brings together Turin, Riga, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Cluj-Napoca, and Pentágono Urbano. This final edition highlights how the partner cities transitioned from pilot actions to permanently integrating community activation, social inclusion, and spatial justice into their local night-time policies.

    Alberto Rudellat

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  • 2Nite Journal #1 September - February 2024

    The first Network Journal of 2Nite highlights the foundational activities carried out at transnational and local levels between September 2024 and February 2025. Through an international study visit in Torino and bilateral exchange visits across Riga, Quadrilátero Urbano, Sant Boi de Llobregat, and Cluj-Napoca, the network established a common baseline to inspect local spatial and social realities on the ground. The core objective of adapting Torino's proximity-led urban security model, focusing on non-punitive interventions, civic storytelling, and participatory budgeting, is preparing the ground for transferring these social inclusion mechanisms to consolidate urban safety across diverse European public spaces.

    Alberto Rudellat

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  • From punitive surveillance to inclusive security: the IMPATTO paradigm in Torino

    Across European cities, urban security is undergoing a critical paradigm shift away from punitive surveillance and hostile architecture. As the 2Nite URBACT network demonstrates, true security is inherently tied to social cohesion, spatial justice, and civic life. Based on the experience carried out by Tonite, the City of Turin has developed the IMPATTO Urban program, where urban security is a multidisciplinary concept tied to social dynamics, culture, mobility, and the night economy. To counteract this, Turin is pioneering a place-based, participatory governance model that transforms vulnerable neighborhoods through the activation of proximity services, ensuring public squares are vibrant and co-managed by citizens.

    Alberto Rudellat

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  • 2Nite Journal #2

    The second Network Journal of 2Nite highlights the activities carried out at transnational and local level between March and September 2025. The development of the strategic objectives and actions of the Integrated Action Plans (IAPs) is preparing the ground for their operationalization and the identification of potential resources for the consolidation of urban security in public space through social inclusion. 

    Alberto Rudellat

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  • Riga, Latvia - 9th to 10th July 2026 - 2Nite Transnational Meeting

    The 2Nite network gathered in Riga for its Final Conference on the 9th and 10th of July 2026. Following the previous study visit in Torino and exchanges in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Cluj-Napoca, and Braga & Famalicão, this concluding event served to consolidate the learnings of the network, present the final Investment and Continuity Plans, and celebrate the human and professional connections forged over the project's lifespan. Hosted by the Municipality of Riga, the two-day event integrated the "Riga Evening and Nighttime Forum" with the official URBACT Final Conference, bringing together local stakeholders, international experts, and project partners to discuss global nighttime trends, local realities, and the legacy of the 2Nite project.

    Alberto Rudellat

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    From Understanding to Action: Building Social Cohesion One Neighbourhood at a Time

    Across Europe, cities are looking for new ways to strengthen social cohesion in increasingly diverse neighbourhoods. The question is not only how to support newcomers, but how to create places where everyone – long-term residents and new arrivals alike – can learn, connect, develop and contribute. 

    In this context, the URBACT Plan Einstein Academy network has been exploring how Utrecht’s innovative social transformation model ‘Plan Einstein’ (Netherlands) can be transferred to five European cities of different sizes and characteristics.

    Innovation transfer involves sharing and adapting approaches across cities. But as URBACT’s model anticipates, in Plan Einstein Academy, the partners found that this process went beyond simply reproducing an existing model. The network’s journey has been a story of understanding, experimentation and adaptation.
     

    Ed Thorpe

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