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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    Alphen aan den Rijn: Becoming a Green-Blue City!

    Alphen aan den Rijn is a municipality in the Dutch province of South-Holland. Originally a Roman city, it industrialised in the 19th and 20th centuries. The outlying area and villages are centred around agricultural activity, including the village of Boskoop, which is famous for its 560 plant nurseries. This green backyard is an important economic pilar of Alphen aan den Rijn and will play an important role in its healthy city planning.

    Marta Rofin-Serra

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  • #MolinadeSegura4CSR: “Mi Sueño Fátima”

    Molina de Segura is one of 10 project partners lead by the Municipality of Milan that participates to the URBACT CITIES4CSR project. 

    Alessia Dagradi

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  • ULG VIEWS, Óscar Álvarez Moreno

    URBACT Local Groups are key in the construction of partner cities’ Educational Innovation Networks (EIN). They represent the different stakeholders that will take part in the future Educational Innovation Networks and they are contributing to lay its foundations.

    What do the ULG members think about the EIN and its future? Todays it's Óscar Álvarez Moreno turn to tell us about it.

    s.mendez

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  • Public Procurement, Covid-19, health inequalities, and Playful Paradigm

    by Matthew Baqueriza-Jackson, Ad-Hoc Expert for Playful Paradigm and Co-Trainer of the URBACT Online Course on Strategic Procurement

    CREAA

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  • Transfer Story: Cuture as a regeneration key from Lodz (Poland) to Bologna (Italy)

    "For me the cultural man is the one who knows where to go to look for information in the one-time part of his life where he needs it." said Umberto Eco. But around him, we add, there must be tools and ways to reach culture. In particular where culture is struggling to take root. So, culture can be a powerful activator of city communities and therefore of social regeneration for urban areas. Culture can be an exceptional lever for economic development of a territory also from a sustainability point of view. It’s important to explore and discover the effectiveness of this lever. Culture is the protagonist of this story of knowledge transfer between two European cities rich in history and traditions: Lodz in Poland and Bologna in Italy.

    n.rydlewska

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  • The Playful Paradigm is ON AIR! Listen to our Network's podcast series

    Are you a policy-maker or an urban practitioner looking for ideas to enable enjoyable co-created cities? Games and gamification are innovative tools to address the challenges of urbanization, health, ageing, climate change, social exclusion. Listen to the good practice that changed for the better 8 European cities.

    CREAA

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