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  • URBACT networks and the ‘Just Transition’

    Green, affordable energy and transport, support for SMEs and innovation. Our cities are taking action on climate+social justice.

  • What have we learned about transferring urban good practice?

    URBACT Expert Eddy Adams talks us through the experience and lessons of the first generation of URBACT Transfer Networks.

     

  • Enter the ‘facilitar’: URBACT’s guide to online facilitation

    Check out URBACT’s hints and tips for networks' and cities’ online collaboration, including a set of online resources.

  • Is Covid a game-changer for the New Leipzig Charter?

    Expert Eddy Adams asks about the latest developments and impacts of Covid-19 on the renewed Leipzig Charter.

  • New times, new tools

    Expert Eddy Adams reflects on the impact of Covid-19 on URBACT and transnational cooperation.

  • Urban Solutions: five early lessons from the URBACT Transfer Networks

    Umeå leder ett europeiskt projekt för att stadsplaneringen ska ta hänsyn till både kvinnor och mäns behov. Det lokala ska stå i centrum. Åtta andra städer är med i samarbetet och tillsammans skaffar
  • Participative governance

    Five ways to promote an integrated approach in your city

    Lessons from the URBACT City Lab #3 focused on the principle of integration.

  • Cascais’ Participatory Budget: an inspiring example

    How one medium Portuguese city's participatory budget acts as a platform for democratic change by shifting attitudes.

  • Participative governance
    Social cohesion

    URBACT’s City Labs: Refreshing Europe’s urban policy principles

    The 2007 Leipzig Charter established the EU’s urban policy principles. Ahead of its 2020 EU Presidency, Germany is refreshing this key document. URBACT’s City Labs, linked to the Charter’s principles