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    Focus On: Poznan - how is the city building on its strengths?

    For the second part of our 'focus on' Poznan, we will now look at how the city is building on it's many strengths, with a range of innovative projects. 

    James Carless

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  • Midterm article - ROOF cities ending homelessness from different starting points: how to adopt and adapt known solutions?

    The URBACT ROOF cities, all working towards ending homelessness with housing led/first solutions, all had very different starting points. They are located in specific geographical places with each their own history, present and future implications. They are of different cultures and habits and most of all, their local and national policies as well as their experience on housing first are at very different stages. A year before the end of this collaboration, I am reflecting on the progress done in each city and what is each city taking out of the project and from the testing activated in the last month. I will also look at how the collaboration between the cities has been of huge importance to the progress.

    The URBACT method is based on cities creating networks and peer learning from one another. The network is structured in a way that the cities may bring different points of view and experiences. This process has created two main questions in the ROOF network. One regarding the possibility to advance from different starting points and another related to the adaptations of HF solutions to specific contexts.

    Hannelore Bonami

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  • About the value of public space and the big question on how to best make use of it

    Almost two years ago, a small group of cities decided to improve how they make use of their public space. They teamed up under the umbrella of URBACT calling themselves Space4People. And they were not alone: all over Europe and clearly also beyond, discussions and initiatives intensified on how to change municipalities and cities. On how to create liveable cities, healthy cities, attractive cities, green cities, playful cities. And how coming changes can help to meet one of the largest challenges we have ever met: climate change.

    Claus Kollinger

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  • URBACT võrgustikprojekt “Koostöine ja innovaatiline haridus” Rae vallas

    11.-12. jaanuaril võõrustas Rae vald külalisi URBACT projekti haridusvõrgustikust Tallinnast, Elvast, Kambjast, Kohilast, Sauelt ja Viru-Nigulast.

    Madli-Johanna Maidla

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  • Οκτώ συναρπαστικές εξελίξεις του URBACT για το 2022!

    Καθώς το URBACT ετοιμάζεται να υποδεχτεί περισσότερες, διαφορετικές μικρές και μεγάλες πόλεις, ποιες σημαντικές στιγμές του προγράμματος μπορούμε να περιμένουμε από το 2022;

    mpapoutsi

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  • Looking back on an intense learning phase

    Halfway done in the URBACT GenderedLandscape Action Planning Network, a lot of ground work on the main topic has been done. Despite not being able to see each other in person for eighteen months, states Dr Mary Dellenbaugh-Losse in this Mid-term Article. 

    Elisabeth Lind

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