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    RECUP MASTERCLASS on Monitoring & Impact Evaluation: Measuring the Value of Culture

    In April 2026, partners of the URBACT RECUP Network gathered online for a dedicated Masterclass on monitoring, evaluation and the communication of cultural impact. The session focused on helping cities better understand, measure and demonstrate the contribution of culture and creativity to urban development. 

    Fanni Kosztolányi

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  • Final Hydro-Heritage Cities meeting: Getting ready to kick off

    The Network met for last time in Rome concluding its transfer journey and investment plans, while presented in public the future of Hydro-Heritage management. 

    Christos Giovanopoulos

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  • SPARK: Rethinking public procurement as engine for local resilience

    AUTHOR: Sabina Reichert, LEAD EXPERT FOR URBACT TN SPARK

    On paper, the municipality of Kavala (Greece) looks like many other medium-sized European cities. Back in 2018, it had a relatively solid budget, a tourism-driven economy, and a long list of goods and services to buy every year to keep the city running. Yet officials noticed a worrying pattern: local companies were losing public contracts, larger firms from outside the city were winning more tenders, and no one could clearly say how much of the city’s spending was actually supporting the local economy. 

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  • De áreas abandonadas à biodiversidade: Soluções Baseadas na Natureza que fazem a diferença nas nossas cidades

    O que acontece quando as cidades dão espaço à natureza? Vinte e nove cidades envolvidas nas Redes de Planeamento de Ação URBACT mostram e explicam...

    Ações locais das cidades portuguesas de Guimarães através do Laboratório da Paisagem, Vila Nova de Poiares e Vila do Conde no centro das atenções.

    Maria José Efigénio

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  • URBACT Accelerator for Ukraine and Moldova: МОЖЛИВОСТІ ДЛЯ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ МІСТ

    Alina Yanchuk

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  • Pirmieji veiksmų tinklų rezultatai

    Nuo 2026 m. kovo 17 d. iki birželio 17 d. paskelbtas Kvietimas teikti paraiškas veiksmų tinklams sulaukė 90 tinklų paraiškų, sujungiančių 632 partnerius iš 33 šalių — tai rekordinis URBACT IV programos rezultatas.

    Gediminas Cesonis

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