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Rebuilding Democracy from the Inside Out with the Agents of Co-Existence

Picture this: On a Tuesday evening in Aarhus, a group of residents sit around a table with a
local politician. There is no raised platform, no official speeches, no formal agenda handed
down from city hall. The topics have been chosen by the citizens themselves. The discussion
is guided not by a civil servant, but by a neighbour — trained together with municipal staff
as a “Democracy Host”.

GreenPlace in Wrocław: Two and a Half Years of Co-Creation

Over the past two and a half years, the City of Wrocław, through the Division of Civic Participation, has been implementing the GreenPlace project within the URBACT programme, focusing on the transformation of the former Popowice tram depot into a vibrant, green and inclusive place for the city. A key element of this process was the work of the URBACT Local Group (ULG) GreenPlace in Wrocław, which brought together representatives of the municipality, municipal units, experts, NGOs, local activists, cultural operators and residents, united by a shared vision for the future of this unique site.

ЕС представи нова Програма за градовете

^{По-силна роля на градовете в бъдещото развитие на Европа}

Iedzīvotāju skaita samazināšanās un demogrāfiskās pārmaiņas reģionos - URBACT dalība ESPON seminārā

2025. gada 5. decembrī Rīgā norisinājās seminārs, ko organizēja ESPON kontaktpunkts Latvijā sadarbībā ar Viedās administrācijas un reģionālās attīstības ministriju (VARAM), URBACT un Eiropas Pilsētiniciatīvas kontaktpunktiem Latvijā. Pasākuma centrā bija jautājums, kas skar daudzas Eiropas valstis – iedzīvotāju skaita samazināšanās un demogrāfiskās pārmaiņas reģionos.

Kaj prinaša Agenda EU za mesta?

Evropska komisija je 3. decembra 2025 objavila Agendo EU za mesta: spodbujanje rasti in blaginje.

Agenda EU za mesta predstavlja vizijo za oblikovanje prihodnosti evropskih mest, okrepitev pomena urbane politike in vloge mest v razvoju Evrope v prihodnje.

TechDiversity APN Project × the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals): Diversity as an Urban Development Tool …

Intro 

TechDiversity was an URBACT network of eight partners representing small and medium-sized European cities, that aim to boost and facilitate diverse local communities that are not active in Tech & Digital sector, facing specific challenges in terms of diversity, gender equality and inclusion. Furthermore, the partner cities mainly focused on an identified pressing aspect and supported at least one diverse local group, through the integrated action plans developed. 

TechDiversity core policy issue was the lack of diverse communities looking to  grow  knowledge-based  digital and tech ecosystems …

TechDiversity was built on a simple but powerful idea: if our tech & digital ecosystems aren’t inclusive by design, they won’t be effective by design. Diversity and inclusion (D&I) are not add-ons; they are developments tools that let cities educate, innovate, and govern in ways that leave no one behind. That approach unlocks measurable progress across the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - especially 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, and 17 - and it’s already shaping how TechDiversity partner cities design policies, run small scale actions, and scale what really works.