Under the URBACT III programming cycle (2014-2020), URBACT has supported two rounds of ‘Action Planning Networks’ which aimed “to support an organised process of exchange and learning among peers across Europe, with a view to improving local policies through concrete action planning.… [Cities] shall identify a policy challenge they want to address at local level. Then, they shall commit to develop an Integrated Action Plan that will address this challenge.” (Source: URBACT III Programme Manual).
The first round of URBACT III APNs (2015-2018) involved 214 partners from 26 countries who delivered 205 IAPs. These were the subject of IAP Study 1 (2019) also delivered by E40. The second round of URBACT III APNs (2019- 2022) involved 192 partners from 25 countries. In June 2022, URBACT launched a call for an independent study of this second round of IAPs, for which the offer of E40 Communications was selected. This IAP Study n°2 report is the final output of this work.
