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The URBACT Learning Journey in Siracusa

Since 2013, the wonderful Sicilian (once Greek and then Roman) city of Siracusa (IT) has been a member of different URBACT networks all aimed at strengthening participation and collaboration practices. City shares its experience.

Soooo What is Tech? Learn the lingo for the Revolution

A Glossary of Terms by TechRevolution. Find definitions of all the Tech terms you are wondering about: Fab Lab, Makerspace, Traction stage, Artificial Intelligence, Deep Tech, Robotics, Design Thinking...

Entrepreneurship Ecosystems cannot be created from the top down

By Alison Partridge 

Ecosystems … some love the word, some hate it. Its original definition is about a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. More high school science lab than tech surely?

Yet more than ever before, industries are using the term ‘ecosystem’ to describe the landscape or community in which they work. This is particularly the case in innovation, entrepreneurship and tech. In this article, Lead Expert of Tech Revolution Alison Partridge, who is also a key figure in the London, UK tech scene, considers why ecosystems are important, the vital components of successful ecosystem and what we need to know about them to embrace this ‘new’ economy at city level.

This article also presents examples of what medium sized cities can do in this space, drawing heavily on the URBACT validated good practice from Barnsley which is now at the heart of the Transfer Network ‘TechRevolution’.

Start placemaking in your own courtyard!

The managing team invited Wessel Badenhorst, an expert on placemaking to participate the Come in! Masterclass event in Budapest and help partners understanding how placemaking techniques can contribute to the success of theirgood practice transfer. He gave to the participants a lecture and had a workshop with locals at the target area of Újbuda. Report from Ferenc Szigeti-Böröcz, network expert.

Talking Armenian houses in Gyergyószentmiklós / Gheorgheni

On a sunny Saturday afternoon, in a small city in Hargita/Harghita County, houses began to talk. This isn’t the beginning of a Transylvanian fairy tale but the story of a cultural event organized in Gyergyószentmiklós/Gheorgheni by a handful of enthusiastic civilians seeking to share the untold stories of the architectural part of the Armenian heritage shaping the look of the city center.

TimeWalking - Discovering the history of Őrmező

A festival called TimeWalking ( called „IdőJárás” in hungarian) was held in Őrmező, modeled on the Budapest 100 Open House Weekend. The program was implemented by the Municipality of Újbuda and the Contemporary Architecture Centre (KÉK) as a part of  the URBACT Come in! Talking Houses / Shared Stories Transfer Network on September 15th.