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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    How to harvest the community impact within urban policies? – lessons learnt from the Come in! Masterclass Event Part III.

    From the previous parts of the series, we learned how the Budapest100 Festival works and what the participating cities benefit from the ComeIn Transfer Network. What is the potential value of transferring the good practice? Now it turns out.

    k.tapody

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  • CITY PROFILE: GOOD PRACTICE CITY, GIJÓN, SPAIN

    In order to better understand our network and the transfer process, we are going to present briefly our partner cities. Let's start with our Good Practice City: Gijón. 

    l.gmendez

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  • ‘STAY TUNED’ after the project concludes

    ‘Early leaving from education and training’ (ELET) will be a challenge long after Stay Tuned concludes. With these words, Ghent vice-mayor of education Elke Decruynaere concluded the final conference of the European project on exchanging ideas and expertise between nine European cities. It indicates the necessity, not only to continue such exchange on tackling ELET long after our final conference, but also to find strategies to implement them in our respective cities.

    Matthias Peynshaert

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  • Gothenburg: insight in non-attendance through a digital tool

    Gothenburg (Sweden) has been running a project, in partnership with one of the city district administrations in Gothenburg, to develop a digital tool that facilitates a more proactive and pre-emptive approach.

    Matthias Peynshaert

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  • Revitalization in Zagreb - create "New urban value for new social interaction always with the presence of its heritage and industrial memory".

    The revitalization in the city of Zagreb is a constant process that takes years in different parts of the city.

     

    n.rydlewska

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  • Sofia: sports to keep young people engaged

    Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria, created a Municipal Education Fund to support micro-actions that contribute to the prevention of ELET. In 2018 it initiated the Youth Referee Academy, an educational sports programme, which seems to effectively entice young people to continue education, gain qualifications.

    Matthias Peynshaert

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