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4 lessons on capacity building for city makers

Find out how URBACT builds the capacity of cities to work in a more integrated and participatory way.

A report from the URBACT Campus

Find the courage to start implementing innovative solutions for our own city! A story from Salerno, Italy.

The suggestion I can give to the other European cities from this experience is: being in contact with cities that have already made successful experiences is important to become more confident in our potential and to find the courage to start implementing innovative solutions for our own city.

From URBACT to H2020

Manchester (UK) and Poznań (PL) are just 2 of many European cities building on their URBACT experiences to boost local participation and improve results in bigger national and EU projects.
 

Transnational Meeting Parma

On the 18th and 19th of June 2019, the city of Parma in Italy hosted the third WIT transnational meeting. Parma, capital of food, Italian capital of Culture 2020. It was apt that the transnational meeting in Parma was themed ‘Citymarketing’. As per design, the first day of this meting was all about Parma, the second day was about the theme and about the best practice.

Diary of an international talent in Debrecen

The Welcoming International Talent project focuses on welcoming international students and expats in medium sized European cities. Aim is to improve welcoming policies of six cities with various projects. But how do internationals themselves experience living in these welcoming cities? In this column, an international from each WIT-city will share their experiences. This time: Cynthia Guerra from Debrecen, Hungary

Cities in international perspective: Bielsko-Biała

In the Welcoming International Talent project, seven cities aim at sharing knowledge, improving policies and implementing best practice projects in their international student cities. But why are these specific cities participating in the WIT project? Each city will explain what they can contribute and what they would like to learn from this knowledge exchange. This time: Bielsko-Biała, Poland.