What's new

2019 URBACT Highlights

Gender Equal Cities, New Action Planning Networks, Contribution for a refreshed Leipzig Charter: a year at full speed! 

How can public procurement help cities achieve their sustainable goals?

Sustainable public procurement aims to address the impact on society of the goods, services and works purchased by the public sector and can be a powerful tool both for advancing sustainable development and for achieving local social and environmental objectives. The Making Spend Matter cities came together in Bistrita, Romania, to explore public procurement as a strategic instrument to spend public money efficiently and sustainably.

Leading innovation in local administrations

By Loris Gherra

Meeting with Rotterdam’s experts Jochem Cooiman and John de Ruiter

New opportunities in Brno: music as a bridge to a stronger social inclusion

The first session of a new community choir, a music class in a newly-opened kindergarden and music programmes in two primary schools: these are the latest news on how URBACT OnStage is progressing in Brno!

Urban Heritage within URBACT projects

Culture and Heritage are key topics for URBACT cities: from renovations of historic buildings to new management methods.

What Happens Next after Spend Analysis?

At our November 2019 Transnational Meeting in Bistrita each of the Partners of Making Spend Matter presented their final Spend Analysis findings. This heralded an important landmark in the Network as it highlighted that the Spend Analysis Methodology developed by Preston could be transferred to other Cities and contexts.