Cities in international perspective: Bielsko-Biała

In the Welcoming International Talent project, seven cities aim at sharing knowledge, improving policies and implementing best practice projects in their international student cities. But why are these specific cities participating in the WIT project? Each city will explain what they can contribute and what they would like to learn from this knowledge exchange. This time: Bielsko-Biała, Poland.

What happens when a city gets its citizens involved?

Baia Mare (RO) aims to restructure its economy, from industry to services and manufacturing, with the help of the BoostInno network.

The Story of Altena in Four Brief Chapters

Sit back and listen to Altenas Mayor Dr. Andreas Hollstein talking about Altena's way in demographic and structural change.

ON BOARD visits Sweden

The second meeting of the ON BOARD project was held in Halmstad (15-16-17 May 2019). Following the transfer methodology designed, each Transnational Meeting will focus on a key stakeholder of the Education Innovation Network and on a specific transfer step to make the transfer of the Good Practice possible.

RU:RBAN meets the students of The University of Arkansas in Rome

The students of the Territorial Marketing and Consumer Behavior course of the University of Arkansas - Walton College of Business in Rome met with representatives of the City during a meeting  dedicated to the presentation of the RU:RBAN project, which took place on the 27^th of June at the Rome University headquarters.

Rome hosts its 3rd ULG meeting

The third Urbact Local Group (ULG) meeting of Rome took place on 7TH June 2019 at the Casale Ciribelli, in the southern area of the city.

Video: City Marketing in Leuven (BE)

Why should international talents not only visit Leuven, but also live in Leuven? Check out the video to understand what the city of Leuven learned during the Welcoming International Talent project.

"MyBB" – Centre for Integration of Foreigners in the City of Bielsko-Biała has been launched

Thanks to the initiative and financial support of the City Hall in Bielsko-Biała, the "MyBB" - Center for Integration of Foreigners has been established. Its purpose is informational support for foreigners and the organization of various undertakings for integration with the local community.

URBACT’s City Labs: Refreshing Europe’s urban policy principles

The 2007 Leipzig Charter established the EU’s urban policy principles. Ahead of its 2020 EU Presidency, Germany is refreshing this key document. URBACT’s City Labs, linked to the Charter’s principles, are supporting this process. The Labs will identify what works, where cities are struggling, and how we can build their capacity to build a bright sustainable future.

The Leipzig Charter

Music for all in Katowice: having fun and cooperating to inspire social change

A public brass music festival for young and old alike and a lot of learnings from the last Poland’s URBACT Campus: here is Katowice’s latest update on how the URBACT ONSTAGE project is progressing in the town!