Case study Prato: Circular reuse of industrial heritage

In this third case study delivered by the URGE network, the city of Prato, shares their experiences with the circular reuse of industiral heritage at urban regeneration area 'Macrolotto 0'. 

ACTive NGOs network`s journey continues for building community spaces for cultivating local ecosystems

The beginning of April has been marked with a reunion, celebration and a significant review moment for the participants of the URBACT project “Riga NGO House - platform for cooperation between non-governmental organizations and municipalities” (ACTive NGOs). On April 7 and 8, 2021 the project participants and other stakeholders met in a virtual environment during the international final event “ACTive NGOs: creating community spaces for the development of local ecosystems”. The project has come to an end, but the work is still going on and the partners can still continue developing the idea of an NGO House in their cities.

Take a walk on any of the six Bee Paths

Meet the different bees that live on our Bee Paths!

If you like to enjoy your time and observe nature and all of its inhabitants, even some of the smallest ones like the bees, we will explain where to learn more about them in this article. To get started we invite you to take a walk on the six bee paths of the cities of Amarante, Bydgoszcz, Cesena, Hegyvidek, Nea Propontida and Ljubljana. Read some information about them or take a more detailed stroll along them in the attached documents in English or the local languages.

"All Aboard" the Green Line to Bistrița city

During the last 10 years, road transportation has been rising in Bistrița city with an increase in the number of cars and an intensification of road traffic. This phenomenon has led to an increase of pollution caused by transport and a congestion on the parking capacity in the area. Nevertheless, urban public transport has played an important role in the development of the city, facilitating the population's access to jobs and services.

City video URGE: Kavala

The fourth of a series of city videos of URGE - the URBACT Action Planning Network on the theme of Circular building cities.

Apel pentru expertiză: resurse și finanțare

URBACT caută un expert sau o echipă de până la doi experți pentru a sprijini dezvoltarea unui pachet de sprijin pentru consolidarea capacităților, cu accent pe Resurse și Finanțare pentru Planurile de Acțiune Integrate.

Maruška Markovčič: »Najprej je treba poskrbeti, da se skupnost poveže«

Maruška Markovčič je na Mestni občini Ljubljana zaposlena od leta 1999. Na Oddelku za varstvo okolja, Odseku za razvoj podeželja, si prizadeva za samooskrbo Ljubljane in ohranjanje kmeta na zemlji. Poleg neposredne podpore kmetom pri razvoju njihove dejavnosti si prizadeva za krepitev lokalnih skupnosti. S popisovanjem dediščine in ozaveščanjem lokalnega prebivalstva, spodbuja razvoj turistične ponudbe ljubljanskega podeželja. Zadnja leta je najbolj aktivna na projektu Čebelje poti v Ljubljani, ki je v okviru programa URBACT zgradila tudi mednarodno prepoznavnost.

Play for Solidarity - How Playful cities are using games to make cities more inclusive and reduce inequalities

An article written by URBACT Expert Simone d’Antonio

Change in the local administration: where a little magic string goes a long way

„Innovation is a natural way to find new solutions to old problems"

RiConnect themes: Rethinking for adding ecosystem functions

The continuity and proper functioning of the ecological metabolism is often interrupted by mobility infrastructure. Therefore, rethinking infrastructure can help both protect nature flows and add new ecosystem functions.