Vilnius welcomes a new urban garden

The initiative, called “Bed of ideas”, arises from the proactivity of two members of the city’s ULG (Urbact Local Group), Laura and Beatričė, following Laura’s know-how gained through her experience in urban and community gardening in Glasgow (UK).

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat: art practice as a tool for improving community life and social cohesion

L'Hospitalet enjoyed its Jazz Manouche shared orchestra, celebrated a fascinating day with young and adult musicians and discovered a very musical version of Shakespeare's ‘A Midsummer Night's Dream’: here is the latest update on how the URBACT ONSTAGE project is progressing in the town! 

ON BOARD Eduprojects

Halmstad meeting was critical in terms of setting the model for the Educational Innovation Network in each Transfer City. Each partner dedicated some time to reflect and understand how to adapt the structure and governance of the Educational Innovation Network in place in Viladecans to their own context considering: governance, scale and human and financial resources. Some reflection points were facilitated for participants to rely on. Work initiated in Halmstad continued in each city with the respective ULGs, and will be monitored and improved in the following transnational meeting.

Bringing (more) sustainability to cities: 5 golden rules

How are cities putting sustainable urban development into practice?

Here are 5 golden rules from URBACT's City Lab.

Learning more about civic participation in Dubrovnik

On May 29- 30, 2019 project partners met for the second Transnational Seminar in Dubrovnik (HR).

What now for the EU’s urban policy agenda?

Camelia Coporan tells us about Romania's EU presidency, the benefits of transnational city networks and territorial cooperation.

CITY PROFILE: AVEIRO, PORTUGAL

We want to continue with the presentation of our partner cities. It is always a good moment to travel to Portugal and discover this beautiful city...

Cultural regeneration of DAMSLab area in Bologna

Culture as an engine for the growth of urban suburbs or areas with a low rate of opportunities and citizen involvement. This is the theme at the heart of the Urbact “Urban Regeneration Mix” project (REMIX project) in Bologna which is concerned with culturally regenerating the area of the Manifattura delle Arti and in particular the DamsLAB area.

2019 Bologna conference on citizen engagement

An article by Denise Cahill - Project Lead Playful Paradigm, Cork City

The City of Cork represented the Playful Paradigm partnership at the 2019 Bologna Conference on Citizen Engagement on July 1st and 2nd 2019.

The Playful Paradigm: cruising across complexity of URBACT Transfer Plans

An article by Paola Amato.

Gaming and gamification are broader concepts that can help cities cope with demographic changes and the complexity behind an evolving society. This requires a shift in mentality and adoption of participative models where local communities are called to actively share and co produce solutions. But every context is different and much depends on the local governance and the role subsidiarity plays in each and every context.