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After seven years of URBACT’s contribution to the Urban Agenda for the EU Partnership for Innovative and Responsible Public Procurement, we reflect on some key learnings and findings.

What’s the new URBACT Action Planning Canvas?

What do when you have a really interesting area, full of great buildings, great organisations, businesses and a great community - who are keen to try out new things?  This is the situation in Ward End

Ten tips for strategic, integrated public procurement to help local economies bounce back stronger.

Over the course of the last 30 years, cities across Europe have adopted a relatively orthodox approach to regeneration. By developing their city centres physically and by seeking to attract inward

Unlock the potential of public procurement in your city, with URBACT expert Matthew Baqueriza-Jackson.

"Instead of looking to attract wealth through inward investment, we started to think about the wealth we already had at our disposal and building and harnessing that wealth for the benefit of our

This article explores why procurement is increasingly being seen as a way of addressing some of the economic, social and environmental issues facing our cities. It does this through reflecting on: the