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If you want to do European projects, URBACT is the place to start

Meet Kieran McCarthy, EU Committee of the Regions member and Cork City Councillor.

Visiting French Toy Libraries: what’s at stake

An article by Ileana Toscano and Paola Amato

Toy Libraries were the focus of the Study Visit, organized in Paris and its surroundings on 1st and 2nd July 2019, by the Urbact Transfer Network “The Playful Paradigm”, a partnership of 8 EU cities leaded by the Municipality of Udine and aimed at adapting Udine’s Good Practice about games and gamification experience as tools for boosting a better urban governance and an innovative urban planning.

Re-growCity has got its first transfer success!

The ULG in Melgaço (Portugal) has made enormous strides towards adapting the pop-up shop practice from lead partner Altena (Germany).

Ravenna is redeveloping its City Docks thanks to URBACT and Urban Innovative Actions

Ravenna (IT) is one of the major urban centres of the Emilia Romagna region, on the Adriatic coast. Amélie Cousin looks at the City Docks’ urban redevelopment project aiming to transform the former harbour and industrial area into a homogeneous and compact urban district due to become a culturally vibrant knowledge centre, giving the new future economy a boost.

More URBACT learning for better funding

One year on, cities say URBACT leads to more learning and more funding.

Teaching youth to take care of the environment will green each street of your city

Find out how COVID-19 is no barrier to innovation in resilient cities and how to prepare for the next big crisis