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Breaking Isolation Network comes to an end - Final network article

By Christophe Gouache, Lead Expert of the Breaking Isolation network.

In June 2023, when the Breaking Isolation network got approved as one of the new URBACT Action Planning Network cohort, we had no idea what we were heading towards. All we knew was that our 10 cities wanted to work on the same public problem: social isolation. And that all partners will have to deliver within about 2 years and a half, an Integrated Action Plan (often referred to as ‘IAP’ in the URBACT community).

Closing Conference of the Breaking Isolation Programme: Reflecting on Two Years of European Cooperation Against Social Isolation 

On December 9, 2025, the closing conference of the European Breaking Isolation programme took place. This 90-minute online event, open to the public, brought together network partners, local and European stakeholders, as well as many participants interested in the issue of social isolation. The conference was hosted in Agen (France), the lead city of the Breaking Isolation network, in the presence of its Mayor, on the occasion of the final Transnational Meeting.

Why in-person Trans-National Meetings matter in European Cooperation programmes

By Christophe Gouache, Lead Expert of Breaking Isolation

As we're reaching the end our ‘Breaking Isoaltion’ network’s journey, it's also the occasion to look back on the past 2 years and in particular look at the 12 (in-person) Trans-National Meetings that Breaking Isolation | URBACT Network has organized.

TNM#12 in Agen: A final milestone to conclude the Breaking Isolation programme 

On 9 and 10 December 2025, the City of Agen hosted the 12th and final Transnational Meeting (TNM) of the European programme Breaking Isolation, marking the culmination of two years of close cooperation between ten European citiescommitted to tackling social isolation. For this closing meeting, all partners were present in Agen, joined by Aleksandra Kluczka, representative of the URBACT Secretariat, to share the project’s final results and to prepare the transition into a new phase: the concrete implementation of the action plans in each municipality. 

TNM#11 in Fot: A decisive step for the Integrated Action Plans

On September 23–24, 2025, the city of Fot, Hungary, hosted the penultimate Transnational Meeting (TNM) of the European project Breaking Isolation. This gathering brought together all partner cities for two intense days of exchanges, collaborative work, and local discoveries. 

TNM#10 in Tønder: A Danish Boost to the Fight Against Social Isolation

From southwestern Denmark to Agen, the fight against social isolation continues to unite European cities involved in the URBACT IV – Breaking Isolation project. For this 10th Transnational Meeting, the municipality of Tønder hosted the network’s partners for a rich moment of exchange, discovery, and collective construction.