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  • Social cohesion
    Participative governance

    Cities are shaping the future of gender equality

    Towns and cities have a key role to play in supporting gender equality – “a prerequisite for well-being and prosperity”.

  • Ljubljana Agreement puts focus on small and medium-sized cities and towns

    Discover the newly agreed priority themes for the next generation of the Urban Agenda for the EU partnerships.

  • Local economy

    URBACT’s strategic procurement knowledge at the click of a button!

    It’s never too late to access and use the information provided in URBACT’s online course.

  • How to transfer urban good practice – lessons from an URBACT study

    The transfer of good practice between cities works. Find out what URBACT has been learning about the keys to success.

  • URBACT’s European partners positive about the future programme

    A stakeholder consultation has confirmed a positive external view of the plans for URBACT IV.

  • Articles

    Small cities surviving Covid-19: “Without frequent sharing we would have felt more alone”

    Stakeholder engagement, cross-sectoral cooperation, integrated planning – an URBACT recipe for resilience!

     

  • Articles

    The lost art of play: a healthy solution for small cities in crisis?

    URBACT cities are promoting health, wellbeing and community connections as coronavirus spikes again.

  • Local economy

    Igualada: putting URBACT-style methods to the test during a crisis

    When Covid-19 hit the small Catalan city of Igualada, could its experiences in URBACT help it to respond?

  • Urban planning

    How does urban development look through a territorial lens?

    A 2020 URBACT ‘City Lab’ explored future urban development from three territorial perspectives.