URBACT stories

Hear from the URBACT community on today’s most pressing challenges and inspiring examples from all around Europe. Find the inspiration you have been looking for to put knowledge into action!

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  • Word cloud illustrating participants’ responses to the question: “What should be the next step to accelerate green economic development in your local context?”

    The grass is always greener: five entry points to a thriving green urban economy

    During a recent URBACT webinar, city stories are a guiding light for green economy methods.

    Eleni FELEKI

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  • URBACT City Festival 2026. Pack your bags for Nicosia.

    Check-in on 2026 URBACT City Festival

    From 31 March to 1 April, the 2026 URBACT City Festival will welcome hundreds of city-makers to Nicosia (CY) for a chance to learn from each other, exchange and find partners from all over Europe, across different sustainable urban policy areas.  

    URBACT

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  • The new Bernardgasse was transformed with a lot of data and knowhow through an urban research project called Glara. Source: Melissa Bruntlett, 2025.

    Vienna Calling: mobility lessons from a city built around people

    Six URBACT networks took a deep dive into one of the most liveable cities to reimagine inclusive mobility. 

    roland.krebs

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    URBACT Pioneers Explored Ljubljana’s Outdoors

    Zunaj (“Outdoors”), a local mechanism that enables communities to lead placemaking projects with modest financial and organisational support.

    URBACT

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  • Co-Carbon Tree Measurement in Viladecans (ES)

    Five URBACT Good Practices powering the climate-smart city

    Across Europe, cities are putting people at the heart of climate action. Discover how these five URBACT Good Practices are making sustainability everyone’s business. 

    URBACT

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  • River restoration demonstration area next to the Landscape Laboratory. Picture: Ferenc Albert Szigeti

    Three ways Guimarães has become a frontrunner of nature-based solutions

    For Guimarães, biodiversity isn’t an afterthought, it is the city’s compass. 

    URBACT

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