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    Join URBACT at the Smart City Expo World Congress 2025

    URBACT is thrilled to announce its presence at the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) 2025, scheduled from 5 to 7 November 2025 at Fira de Barcelona’s Gran Via venue.

    Judy

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    PRIJAVITE SE ZA EVROPSKU NEDJELjU REGIONA I GRADOVA 2025!

    Pridružite nam se na najvećem godišnjem okupljanju predstavnika gradova i regiona širom Evrope!

    Borka Lješković

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    URBACT webinar: How to use storytelling to engage citizens in local projects

    Eager to engage citizens and local stakeholders better in your local projects? 

     

    Come to the URBACT webinar on 19 November at 10.00-11.30 CET and learn how storytelling can be used as a tool to drive change at local level! 

     

    Get inspired by public speaking professionals how to communicate better thanks to storytelling techniques and multiply your local impact.

     

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    URBACT webinar: What is a thriving green urban economy?

    What are green urban economies and how can cities harvest the opportunities they offer? What are the entry points for cities who want to start their journey towards a greener urban economy?

     

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  • Celebrating urban biodiversity that provides great benefits for cities and citizens

    Spring and the Summer was really loud in BiodiverCity partner cities as they organised BiodiverCity Festivals celebrating urban biodiversity. Tree plantations, guided tours, promotion of monumental trees, forest bathing, craft workshops, art exhibitions, cultural programmes and interactive activities promoting biodiversity were organised for all generations in 10 corners of Europe. Urban green areas are indeed great assets to engage residents and explain the benefits of nature (the so-called ecosystem services). However, while thousands of residents actively participate in tree plantations, which is great, fewer people are aware that most of these ecosystem services are provided by mature trees. And in many parts of Europe, they face serious challenges like never-before-seen droughts, increased pollution (traffic, dogs, humans) and neglect by public utility companies when earthworks are needed.

     

    Read our Quarterly Network Report 6 summarising the learning journey of the BiodiverCity URBACT Action Planning Network between April and June 2025

     

    Ferenc Szigeti-Böröcz

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  • Biodivercity case study 14 - Creating urban wild life and green corridors for the benefit of nature and people

    Urban areas might harbor high diversity of species. Urban landscapes can be, for instance, especially valuable for pollinators and shelter a relatively high pollinator diversity compared to monoculture-dominated agricultural landscapes due to the high variety, availability, and temporarily even distribution of floral resources. Conservation within urban areas can be essential for many species and, of course, beneficial for residents for multiple reasons through the ecosystem services green areas provide. 

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    Ferenc Szigeti-Böröcz

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