Networks and cities' news

L. O. Story - Not yet the Chemnitz Transfer Story

The ALT/BAU transfer does not only take place on a European level and not only in big cities. Parallel to the Housing Agency receiving the URBACT Good Practice Award 2017 and the start of the ALT/BAU Transfer Network's work since 2018, the Housing Agency's methods were adapted in the neighbouring city of Chemnitz, Limbach-Oberfrohna. (For marketing reasons often called L.O.)

How to be a Volunteer? - A Transfer Story from Arcos de Valdevez

In 2018 our Municipality joined the network of transferring good volunteering practices. It should be noted that the Municipality of Athienou is a lead partner of this Volunteer Network, of which Arcos de Valdevez is already part, as well as municipalities in countries such as Poland, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Croatia and Italy.

Altena - A Transfer Story

Our starting point: We had already a working volunteering base, the STELLWERK and we also had some great projects which are going on in Altena, but we have one really big problem we need new and young people for our volunteering actions.

It was and still is a great chance to be a part of the transfer network from Urbact “Volunteering Cities” and learn from the lead partner and the other cities what we could do, to get more volunteers into the STELLWERK.

Insights from the URGE network: thematic report

Insights from the URGE network and experiences from the Intermunicipal Community of the West Region in Portugal on the mapping of flows and industrial symbiosis in a circular economy. 

By Dr. Eleni Feleki, Lead Expert of the URGE Action Planning Network

Tropa Verde in Guimarães (Transfer Story)

Marias journey towards a greener future.

Innovato-R Final Meeting

The meeting took place in Turin, in a two-days virtual format, with the contribution of two innovation experts, Charles Landry and Amalia Zepou, and an internal session dedicated to the comparison between the partner cities.