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Städte im Einsatz für einen ganzheitlichen Gesundheitsbegriff – Treffen des URBACT-Netzwerks „One Health 4 Cities“

Im Mai 2025 traf sich das One-Health-4-Cities-Netzwerk in Straßburg, Frankreich. Wir begleiteten die Landeshauptstadt München beim Netzwerktreffen mit acht weiteren europäischen Kommunen. Beim vorletzten gemeinsamen Treffen des Aktionsplanungsnetzwerks ging es insbesondere um mögliche Ansätze zur Verstetigung konkreter Strategien und Maßnahmen sowie zukünftige Finanzierungsmöglichkeiten. Daneben konnten wir die praktische Umsetzung des „One-Health-Ansatzes“ in Straßburg hautnah erleben. 

The European Heritage Hub showcases Chalandri's Cultural HIDRANT project

"Where there is water, there is civilisation" reads the European Heritage Hub's article on the project that kicked-off Hydro-Heritage Cities.  

Suceava Municipality: Green vision in "One Health 4 Cities" mission

Located in the Bukovina region in the northeast of Romania, 450 km from the capital Bucharest, Suceava is a city of 84,322 people (2022), according to 2022 last data provided by the National Institute of Statistics. Suceava municipality is the residence of Suceava County, known as a land of monasteries, considering that the churches with the exterior painting in the area enjoy a worldwide fame, 8 of them being included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.  In the past years the city has been keen to attract foreign investment and is undergoing major renovation to improve the quality of life of its citizens, to boost its potential for tourism and as a base for new industries. 

Nowadays, Suceava municipality is aware that urban health reflects the outcomes of the physical and the social environment that impact residents’ and communities’ well-being and quality of life, within an urban setting. The challenge is to bring people to spend more time in nature, be more active and develop an environmental consciousness, including promoting healthier transportations alternatives. 

To ensure a safe, healthy future Suceava Municipality is committed to restore forest habitat. Green Vision focusses on investing in preserving existing forests and in reforestation. This can certainly help slow the climate change, and provide many benefits to both humans and the environment in the short and long term as trees purify our air and combat climate change,  provide housing to millions of species that protect us from disease, cool our streets and cities, protect against floods and water pollution and ease the mind during stressful time.

“Small Sports for Big Achievements” – A Children's Sports Day in Pula

On Monday, May 12, 2025, Marsovo Polje in Pula was transformed into a large sports playground, bringing together more than 220 students from 5th to 8th grade for the full-day event “Small Sports for Big Achievements,”. 

The event was designed to encourage children to explore their sports skills through play, competition, and teamwork in a safe, inclusive, and motivating environment. Its goal was to promote healthy lifestyles, teamwork, and the active use of public spaces through sports and play – in line with the core values of the Re-Gen project.

Hackathon Held as Part of the Re-Gen Project: Young People from Pula Shaped Ideas for Urban Space Regeneration in the Busoler Area

On Friday, April 25, 2025, a Hackathon was held at the newly opened Youth Center in Pula – an intensive one-day workshop organized as part of the European Re-Gen project. The event brought together around thirty students from Pula, divided into six teams, with the aim of creating innovative solutions for the regeneration of urban spaces, with a special focus on the Busoler zone.

The goal of the Hackathon was to actively involve young people in the spatial planning process through fieldwork, needs research, and the development of conceptual solutions based on the principles of social inclusion, healthy lifestyles, and sustainable urban development. The outcomes of the workshop will serve as a basis for further elaboration of project tasks within the Integrative Action Plan (IAP) and potentially as a contribution to the development of future urban sports centers.

Revitalizarea clădirilor neutilizate: un model colaborativ între sectorul public și cel privat

Apelul URBACT pentru Rețele de Transfer se apropie de final – mai cauți inspirație? Vilafranca del Penedès demonstrează ce se poate realiza atunci când clădirile abandonate sunt transformate în centre ale incluziunii și reînnoirii.