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Malta's Urban Newsletter – Vol. 5/2025 Now Available!

The latest edition of the Urban Newsletter – Vol. 5 (2025) is now available, offering fresh insights, updates, and opportunities from two key EU programmes driving sustainable urban development across Europe — the European Urban Initiative (EUI) and URBACT.

As Malta’s Urban Contact Point (UCP) for EUI and National URBACT Point (NUP), the Local Government Division remains committed to supporting local authorities, stakeholders, and urban practitioners in designing innovative, resilient, and inclusive cities.

Residents of the Future PODCAST - Welcome to Saint-Quentin

In the latest episode of the Residence of the Future podcast, Saint-Quentin in northern France emerges as a clear example of how a medium-sized industrial city can respond to long-term depopulation while maintaining – and even improving – quality of life. Through the voices of Barbara Domont, member of the URBACT Local Group, and Nicolas Gibbe from the city administration, the episode traces a trajectory from industrial decline to cautious but concrete renewal.

ARCHETHICS: NEWS FROM THE NETWORK. What happened during this Network quarter?

What happend from June to October 2025?

Despite the summer break, the past few months have been busy ones for the Archethics network. The preparation of the final product is nearing completion and the partners are now busy with the final tasks. The last core network meeting was held in Leipzig and the project partners started to organise at local level testing actions, dissemination project event and last meetings with the URBACT Local groups. In this article we will explore the pilot actions developed by Vila Nova de Cerveira and Cesena are shared as well as the first readynetwork output: the outline of a digital archive of dissonant heritage.

Aicinām piedalīties 5. decembra seminārā par sarukšanas un mainīgo demogrāfijas tendenču ietekmi uz reģionālo politiku!

Viedās administrācijas un reģionālās attīstības ministrija (VARAM) aicina uz sesto ESPON semināru “Sarukšana un mainīgās demogrāfijas tendences: ESPON pētījumu atbalsts turpmākās reģionālās politikas izstrādei” 5. decembrī 10.30, Riga Islande Hotel telpās, Ķīpsalas ielā 2, Rīgā.

"Grad od riječi" Festival - Testing Action Implemented in Dubrovnik!

As part of the literary and cultural festival “Grad od riječi” (“City of word/s”), held in Dubrovnik from 2 to 4 October in the creative space of ex-factory TUP Gruž, the Dubrovnik Development Agency (DURA) implemented a testing action within the RECUP project.

URBACT linnafestivali lugu

30. märtsist kuni 1. aprillini tervitab 2026. aasta URBACT linnafestival Nikosias (Küprosel) sadu linnaloojaid, pakkudes võimalust üksteiselt õppida, kogemusi vahetada ja leida partnereid üle kogu Euroopa erinevates jätkusuutliku linnapoliitika valdkondades.