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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    Making Spend Matter Newsletter - Issue 4

    Discover the fourth issue of Making Spend Matter Newsletter bringing you the latest updates from our Network on progressive public procurement, spend analysis and anchor institution cooperation.

    Alison Taylor

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  • The unforgettable and inclusive night of L'Hospitalet's Django Orchestra at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu

    Barcelona's majestic Gran Teatre del Liceu hosted a very special concert of EMMCA's Django Orchestra, which played together with students from all ages and professionals with and without disabilities. Here is L'Hospitalet's latest update on how the URBACT OnStage project is progressing in the town!

    c.salido

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  • Playmaking – making places for play in our public spaces

    An article by Wessel Badenhorst, Ad Hoc Expert

    CREAA

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  • Tale of a communication officer or “We needed a spark”

    by Sabine Hausmann

    How to communicate the activities of an URBACT network? Its goals? Its purpose? To an audience that has never heard of URBACT? How do you communicate a complex issue such as the revitalisation of vacant ruinous buildings? Especially if you don't have such effective figures of sympathy as adorable bees at your disposal? And how do you do this not only for your own town, but, for all the partner cities of the network?

    sabine.hausmann

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  • Two Latvian URBACT project cities met to share good practices and to get inspired

    At the very beginning of March within the project ACTive NGOs representatives of the Riga NGO House together with ULG members went on an experience exchange visit to the city of Aluksne (Latvia). Aluksne is a city which, similarly to Riga, is currently implementing the URBACT project Re-growCity. Similarly to Riga the NGO house has been established in Aluksne with the support of the municipality - the Aluksne Municipality Community Center.

    z.biteniece

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  • Specialist supplier of sound and visual services to international gaming industry expands Barnsley HQ

    An award-winning audio development company which provides sound, voice, music and animation for video games has expanded its global head office in Barnsley.

    Matthew Snowden

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