Networks and cities' news

Catch up on the latest updates from cities working together in URBACT Networks. The articles and news that are showcased below are published directly by URBACT’s beneficiaries and do not necessarily reflect the programme’s position.

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    Toys of the World: Larissa chooses the playful approach to promote integration and social cohesion.

    A playful approach offers unique opportunities for promoting social inclusion. Larissa applies the Good Practice using games as important tool of integrating and social cohesion.

    CREAA

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  • Capizzi (IT): Performing volunteering and solidarity activities in an organised manner. Part 2:The multiplier effect and the indirect transfer results

    How the process of transferring a good practice from the Lead partner to the partner cities has triggered an unpredictable multiplier effect, generating a series of best practices that today, thanks to the URBACT methodology, animate the  social fabric of a peripheral mountain town like Capizzi.

    s.georgiou

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  • Save The Date...

    Do you want to know how public spend can help building stronger communities?

    Alison Taylor

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  • Become a virtual Groninger – play the game

    Partner city Groningen introduces online introduction game for international students

    Our partner cities all aim to attract international students and expats to their cities. In times of the COVID-19 crisis, this may be even a more challenging task: international students are more uncertain about their studies abroad and if it is wise to go live in another country. Groningen therefore has developed a new online game: ‘Become a virtual Groninger’ to attract and introduce internationals to their future home.

    Evite van Winkoop

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  • First steps and projects of collaboration happening: Exhibition „Quarantine“ in Dubrovnik

    URBACT „Active NGOs“ project in Dubrovnik started with the idea of bettering the communication and collaboration between various public and civil actors that are engaged in public-civil partnerships and are dealing with the topic of participatory governance, especially in the forms of cultural and social centers. One of the goals was made specifically in bettering the communication and collaboration between the Platform for Lazareti located in the quarantine complex Lazareti and Youth Center Dubrovnik. Such collaboration and crossover happened during the beginning of September 2020!

    z.biteniece

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  • Krakow analyzes sustainable tourism policy within its ULG

    On October 6 th, the ULG online meeting in Krakow gathered a large number of participants (52 people) to analyze and discuss the new strategic document of the city entitled "Krakow's sustainable                              tourism policy for 2021-2028".

    Sabrina Bruzzone

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