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  • Resourceful Cities

    LEAD PARTNER : The Hague - Netherlands
    • Mechelen - Belgium
    • Patras - Greece
    • Ciudad Real - Spain
    • Zagreb - Croatia
    • Oslo - Norway
    • Vila Nova de Famalicao - Portugal
    • Bucharest 3rd district - Romania
    • Cáceres - Spain
    • Opole - Poland

        

    Summary

    Timeline

    • Phase 1: Kick-Off Meeting 1, The Hague 3-4 Oct

     

    • Phase 1: Kick-Off Meeting 2, Mechelen 12-14 Feb
    • Phase 2: Kick-Off Transnational meeting 1, online 7-8 Jul; Transnational meeting 2 *Stimulating Collaboration* 25-26 Nov
    • Phase 2: City-to-City Session *Scoping the eco system* 9 Sep; City-to-City Session *Scaling up local circular economy* 14 Dec
    • Transnational meeting 3 *The role of the city* 27-28 Jan
    • City-to-City Session *Circular Economy and territorial food systems* 18 Feb
    • Transnational meeting 4 *Education, Awareness & Engagement* 30-31 March
    • Transnational meeting 5 *Funding, Monitoring & Risk Assessment * 29-30 June
    • Phase 2: Final event in The Hague
    Related content
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    Closed

    RESOURCEFUL CITIES is an URBACT Action Planning Network of ten European cities. This project seeks to develop the next generation of urban resource centres, so they can serve as catalysts of the local circular economy, by adopting a participative and integrated approach. The resource centres strive to promote the positive economic, environmental and social impacts, notably for the circular economy. Thus, the network facilitates waste prevention, reuse, repair and recycling. The centres also work as connection points for citizens, new businesses, researchers and the public sector to co-create new ways to close resource loops at the local level. By bringing together interested actors to work alongside, the goal is to promote the change of values and mindset.

    Resourceful Cities APN logo
    Spaces for circular co-creation & action
    URBACT III

    URGE

    URGE, an abbreviation for 'circular building cities' is an Action Planning network on circular economy in the construction sector - a major consumer of raw materials. As there is a gap in circular economy principles' implementation in this sector, URGE brings together nine cities and their

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    Food and sustainable local systems

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  • RESILIENT EUROPE

    Lead Partner : Rotterdam - Netherlands
    • Antwerp - Belgium
    • Bristol
    • Burgas - Bulgaria
    • Glasgow
    • Ioannina - Greece
    • Katowice - Poland
    • Malmö - Sweden
    • Potenza - Italy
    • Thessaloniki - Greece
    • Vejle - Denmark

    City of Rotterdam - Coolsingel 40, 3011 AD Rotterdam

    Summary

    Timeline

    Kick-off meeting in September (Katowice).

    Transnational meetings in March (Ioanina) and October (Malmo).

    Final event in March (Rotterdam).

    Stories

    Highlights

    • Article

      The social impact measurement and some examples from the cities

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      Massimo Capano

    • Article
      Children playing in an activity of the Playful Paradigm initiative.

      An URBACT National Transfer Story: the impact of play in Ireland

      Let’s explore how one good practice can have a ripple effect across Europe and throughout one country.

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      URBACT

    • Become an URBACT Good Practice City! Call for Good Practices 15 April-30 June 2024.

      Call for Good Practices is nu open!

      In deze call kunnen steden goede voorbeelden van duurzame ontwikkeling in de stad aandragen om als Good Practice te worden beoordeeld. De gekozen Good

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      URBACT punt Nederland

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    Closed

    Becoming more resilient means that a city strives to enhance its ability to bounce back and grow even stronger and better in the face of the chronic stresses and acute shocks. As such, city resilience is a continuous challenge for individuals, communities, institutions, businesses and infrastructure systems to address current trends and future transitions. This Action Planning network looked at the challenges of achieving resilience in and of our cities in a comprehensive and holistic way, by applying the lessons from the innovative governance approach of Transition Management. This approach is a process-oriented and participatory steering that enables social learning through iterations between collective vision development and experimenting.

    Resilient Europe APN logo
    Improving city resilience
    URBACT III
    Ref nid
    7522

  • BluAct

    LEAD PARTNER : Piraeus - Greece
    • Burgas - Bulgaria
    • Galati - Romania
    • Matosinhos - Portugal
    • Mataro - Spain
    • Ostend - Belgium
    • Salerno - Italy

    Municipality of Piraeus

    CONTACT US

    Blue Economy Forum

    Blue Economy Forum

    BluAct Toolkit

    BluAct Toolkit

    BluAct: The Documentary

    BluAct: The Documentary

    Timeline

    FEBRUARY / "Deep dive into the Piraeus BlueGrowth Initiative" meeting / Kick-off Phase 2 Piraeus, Greece 26-28 Feb 2019

    AUGUST / 1st BluAct partners meeting Phase 1 / Piraeus, Greece 25-26 Aug 2018

    MAY / "Preparing a Blue Economy Competition" meeting / Mataro, Spain 8-10 May 2019

    SEPTEMBER / "Incubation of Blue Economy Startups" meeting / Ostend, Belgium 17-19 Sep 2019

    JULY / "Blue Entrepreneurship Competition in a Flowchart" meeting / Galati, Romania 18 July 2019

    SEPTEMBER / #SeaZone Blue Entrepreneurship Competition is launched! / Ostend, Belgium 9 Sep 2019

    OCTOBER / Burgas Hackathon attracts 60 participants and generates 20 Blue Economy project ideas / Burgas, Bulgaria 15 Oct 2019

    JULY / BluAct Salerno is up and running, the first Blue Entrepreneurship competition of BluAct is now reality! / Salerno, Italy 25 Jul 2019

    DECEMBER / Salerno organized a successful Hackathon / Salerno, Italy 5-6 Dec 2019

    JANUARY / Transnational BluAct Meeting about "Celebrating the success of a Blue Entrepreneurship competition" and Project Mid-term Review / Matosinhos Portugal 27-29 Jan 2020

    OCTOBER / Danube Growth Initiative is launched! / Galati, Romania 15 Oct 2019

    MARCH / BluAct Matosinhos Startup Demo Day / Matosinhos Portugal 2 Mar 2020

    DECEMBER / Galati organized a successful Hackathon / Galati, Romania 20 Dec 2019

    JUNE / "Covid can't stop us!" Partners decided that the upcoming Burgas TNM will be substituted by 5 webinars / online 4 June 2020

    JUNE / Bluact Salerno Awards Demo Day - 10 winners / Salerno, Italy 5 June 2020

    JUNE / Mataro Premis Bluact Awards Demo Day / Mataro, Spain 22 Jun 2020

    JULY / The winners of Mataró BluAct Awards, started attending the incubation program at TecnoCampus / Mataro, Spain 3 Jul 2020

    SEPTEMBER / Preparation Workshop at BlueLab / Piraeus, Greece, 4 Sep 2020

    SEPTEMBER / Blue Growth Piraeus Demo Day - 50 participants - 1400 online viewers / Uni of Piraeus, Greece, 18 Sep 2020

    NOVEMBER / Burgas BlueS Camp with 9 blue economy ideas prepared for the upcoming Demo Day / Burgas, Bulgaria 21 Nov 2020

    MAY / Final Event / 27 and 28 May / HYBRID (online + 7 venues)

    MAY / Ostend SeaZone Competition / Ostend, Belgium, 19 May 2021

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    BluAct is a Transfer network of 7 European port cities including Piraeus, Mataro, Ostend, Galati, Matosinhos, Burgas and Salerno aiming to share good practices in Blue Economy entrepreneurship. The project follows the success of Piraeus’ Blue Growth Initiative, an entrepreneurship competition that offers incubation services to local businesses boosting innovation and job creation. Through an approach of creating Urbact Local Support Groups and engaging local stakeholders and other interested parties, with the ultimate aim of starting up the blue economy, BluAct aims to deliver far reaching results in the respective partner cities.

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  • RU:RBAN

    LEAD PARTNER : Rome - Italy
    • Caen - France
    • Coruna - Spain
    • Krakow - Poland
    • Loures - Portugal
    • Thessaloniki - Greece
    • Vilnius - Lithuania

    Summary

    Timeline

    • Kick-off meeting

     

    • Transnational Meetings in Rome, Caen, Vilnius and Loures
    • Thessaloniki Transnational Meeting and Mid Term Reflection
       
    • Krakow Online Transnational Meeting
    • Bi-lateral online meetings between Rome and all Project Partners

     

     

     


     

     

    Stories

    Highlights

    • Article

      The social impact measurement and some examples from the cities

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      Massimo Capano

    • Article
      Children playing in an activity of the Playful Paradigm initiative.

      An URBACT National Transfer Story: the impact of play in Ireland

      Let’s explore how one good practice can have a ripple effect across Europe and throughout one country.

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      URBACT

    • Become an URBACT Good Practice City! Call for Good Practices 15 April-30 June 2024.

      Call for Good Practices is nu open!

      In deze call kunnen steden goede voorbeelden van duurzame ontwikkeling in de stad aandragen om als Good Practice te worden beoordeeld. De gekozen Good

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      URBACT punt Nederland

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    This Transfer network builds upon the "Management model of Urban gardens in Rome" Good Practice, in order to transfer to EU cities geographically distant from each other to ensure sharing of experiences to enhance the capacities of local governance. Transfer efforts will be given to 3 distinct, interlinked, thematic components/elements that the Good Practice is divided into: Capacity building in organizing urban gardens, Inspiring and training people to manage urban gardens (Gardeners) and urban gardens governance & regulations.

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    Urban agriculture for resilient cities
    URBACT III

    RU:RBAN Second Wave

    RU:RBAN's Good Practice is the Management model of Urban gardens in Rome to be transferred to newcomer cities that are geographically, historically and socio-culturally distant from each other, to ensure sharing of experiences to enhance the capacities of local governance. Transfer efforts will be

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    Resilient urban and peri-urban agriculture

    A tool for social inclusion and urban regeneration

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    Food and sustainable local systems

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  • Tropa Verde

    Timeline

    Kick-off meeting
    Final Conference

    Municipality of Santiago de Compostela

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    Tropa Verde is a Transfer network to encourage environmentally responsible behaviour that empowers citizens to reuse and recycle. Combining web platform and low cost campaigns, it is considered as a "civic movement fully committed to sustainability and circular economy". Citizens get vouchers and exchange them for rewards from the City Council and local retailers. It connects places where disposing waste (green points, civic and social centres, etc.) with local businesses providing gifts or discounts.

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  • BioCanteens#2

    Summary

    Partners

    LEAD PARTNER : Mouans-Sartoux - France
    • Liège - Belgium
    • Gava - Spain
    • Wroclaw - Poland

    Timeline

    • Kick-off meeting
    • A Table ! Mouans-Sartoux Food Forum
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    BioCanteens#2 Transfer Network is about ensuring the distribution of sustainable school meals in participating cities as a key lever towards the development of an integrated local agri-food approach, protecting both citizens’ health and the environment. The project aims to transfer Mouans- Sartoux’s Good Practice in the field of collective school catering, to other highly committed cities across Europe.

    Education - Food - Environment - Local Economy - Governance
    URBACT III

    BioCanteens

    BioCanteens Transfer Network is about ensuring the distribution of sustainable school meals in participating cities as a key lever towards the development of an integrated local agri-food approach, protecting both citizens’ health and the environment. The project aims to transfer Mouans-Sartoux’s

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    Collective school catering

    A sustainable initiative for a territorial agri-food policy

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    Food and sustainable local systems

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  • RU:RBAN Second Wave

    LEAD PARTNER : Rome - Italy
    • Alexandroupolis - Greece
    • Algeciras - Spain
    • Carlow - Ireland
    • Split - Croatia

    Summary

    Final Product

    Timeline

    • Kick off meeting
    • Algeciras Transnational Meeting
    • Transnational Meetings in Alexandroupolis, Carlow and Split 
    • RU:RBAN 2nd Wave Final Event in Rome

    Stories

    Highlights

    • Article

      The social impact measurement and some examples from the cities

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      Massimo Capano

    • Article
      Children playing in an activity of the Playful Paradigm initiative.

      An URBACT National Transfer Story: the impact of play in Ireland

      Let’s explore how one good practice can have a ripple effect across Europe and throughout one country.

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      URBACT

    • Become an URBACT Good Practice City! Call for Good Practices 15 April-30 June 2024.

      Call for Good Practices is nu open!

      In deze call kunnen steden goede voorbeelden van duurzame ontwikkeling in de stad aandragen om als Good Practice te worden beoordeeld. De gekozen Good

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      URBACT punt Nederland

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    RU:RBAN's Good Practice is the Management model of Urban gardens in Rome to be transferred to newcomer cities that are geographically, historically and socio-culturally distant from each other, to ensure sharing of experiences to enhance the capacities of local governance. Transfer efforts will be ensured on the 3 well known and successful components the GP is divided into: 1. Capacity building, 2. Inspiring and training people to manage urban gardens (Gardenisers), 3. Governance & Regulations

    RU:RBAN Transfer Network Second Wave logo
    Urban agriculture for resilient cities
    URBACT III

    RU:RBAN

    This Transfer network builds upon the "Management model of Urban gardens in Rome" Good Practice, in order to transfer to EU cities geographically distant from each other to ensure sharing of experiences to enhance the capacities of local governance. Transfer efforts will be given to 3 distinct

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    Resilient urban and peri-urban agriculture

    A tool for social inclusion and urban regeneration

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    Food and sustainable local systems

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  • Rewarding re-use and recycling

    Hungary
    Zugló

    Bringing together citizens and businesses for a more environmentally friendly society

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    Solutions offered by the good practice

    Zugló, one of Budapest’s 23 districts, has a reputation for clean, safe streets and good transportation. Attracting a diverse mix of residents, the area is seeing considerable development, including new housing for young families. But this increasing population density means growing levels of waste to deal with.

     

    The district’s waste is managed by a company (FKF) publicly owned by the City of Budapest. Before Tropa Verde, FKF already ran two modern Re-use and Educational Centres, where people could drop off useful old objects and which were frequently visited by school groups.

     

    However, still about half of all collected waste went to a huge landfill site, and another sizeable proportion was incinerated. Only about 10 percent of municipal waste was collected separately by households and recycled by various companies. Tropa Verde was a chance for Zugló to take a fresh approach to encouraging citizens to recycle more.

     

    First, a survey of citizens’ attitudes, habits, motivations and needs gave Zugló a basis to plan their new recycling reward scheme, adapting Santiago De Compostela’s platform to their own context. Next, they developed a clear online map enabling residents to find the right recycling facility for a range of waste items.

     

    With support from the web company who developed Santiago De Compostela’s original ‘Tropaverde’ platform, Zugló launched its own local platform, accessible via the now international tropaverde.org. Just like Santiago De Compostela’s, this links in to an awards, or hulladék.pont, system, involving a whole network of local partners.

     

    At designated ‘green points’, citizens can get a coupon with a code in exchange for the recyclable or reusable items they drop off. There are also rewards for composting. Points can then be redeemed on Zugló’s Tropa Verde platform – and spent in shops and organisations who have agreed to sponsor the programme.

    Sustainable and integrated urban approach

    The rewards system is an important way of engaging with both businesses and citizens about the environment. To further promote the initiative, the Municipality of Zugló launched a campaign to promote recycling jointly with FKF. And there have been environmental education events in festivals, children’s camps and schools. Other efforts have included a competition to collect batteries and used electronic devices, and a partnership with the Jane Goodall Foundation to collect used mobile phones.

     

    As the project supports a much wider environmental management strategy, Zugló has benefited from strong political involvement, with the Deputy Mayor a key advocate for the activities throughout.

    Participatory approach

    The URBACT Local Group was particularly active in awareness-raising, thanks to their diverse members from cultural and sports institutions, the city’s philharmonic orchestra – and even Budapest’s Zoo, which is in Zugló. The Tropa Verde project was presented at the Budapest Gastro Festival, where the interested could not only get information about the project, but also get involved in the program by disposing glass waste. Prior to the Covid pandemic, in 2020, experts from the municipality and project partners visited the children's day camps in Zugló several times to raise awareness about conscious waste disposal, recycling and project goals as part of awareness-raising events. Following the pandemic period the municipality, together with a number of local NGOs, launched an online series of programs where participants could learn the tricks of composting in urban and apartment environment through entertaining, playful sessions, or even build an insect hotel. They got to know how to replace disposable packaging with durable solutions in the kitchen, bathroom, learned about clothing repair and recycling practices, and also about the impact of our meals and purchased foods on our environment.

     

    It has to be underlined that Zugló’s implementation of the project, that started very successfully, has been strongly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and early 2021, as it interfered with all their plans, and forced to cancel promotional events and gather more sponsors.

     

    Zugló planned to bring the program to local and residential events and festivals, while persuading companies of joining the project. They updated the flyers and created a banner to put on the entrance of joining companies to show that they are part of our program.

     

    As part of long-term planning, Zugló created a communication plan, and launched the GP by using a mix of offline and online tools.

     

    Towards the future, as a change, Zugló plans to most be present in more events and to include more companies, to guarantee the success and sustainability of the solution.

     

    For such purpose, a database for those companies that could potentially be involved was created, and Zugló intended to contact them during the lockdown.

     

    To summarize, Zugló has struggled to get sponsors to join the project and even those who joined had to close for business before even starting to accept coupons.

    What difference has it made

    At the start of the program, 6 waste disposal sites participated in the program, which we later wanted to supplement with a minimum of 10 pharmacies and 2 donation shops, but this plan unfortunately failed due to the pandemic situation.

     

    In 2020, we reached about 200 elementary school students at our attitude-forming events. In the spring of 2021, we ran various awareness-raising campaigns and reached more than 6,000 people on the municipality's Internet channels.

     

    Within the framework of the campaign, we promoted the 2 waste disposal sites included in the program for 2 weeks with the participation of FKF, where we drew 6 horticultural vouchers among the participants.

     

    In an online lecture for local residents, a specialist from FKF gave a lecture on the ways of waste management in the capital with the participation of 30 interested people. In May, we held attitude-forming online programs with the participation of 5 civil organizations, 9 times, with the participation with a total of about 200 people. In cooperation with FKF, we held attitude-forming sessions in 9 kindergartens with the participation of about 1,000 children. The map containing the waste disposal sites created under the project has so far been used by almost 3,000 people.

    Transferring the practice

    Meetings with partner cities – including an event in Budapest in June 2018 – were great opportunities to exchange experiences and learn from each other, which enabled Zugló to identify similar problems in waste management and learn new skills to tackle them.

     

    The aim is now to get more residents involved post-COVID and hopefully to roll out the programme across all districts of Budapest.

     

    The hope is that each area of the city will set up its own URBACT-style local group, involving local sponsors across the city to promote the circular economy.

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  • Global Goals for Cities

    Lead Partner : Tallinn - Estonia
    • Klaipèda - Lithuania
    • Braga - Portugal
    • Bratislava - Slovakia
    • Gävle - Sweden
    • Glasgow
    • Heraklion - Greece
    • La Rochelle - France
    • Manresa - Spain
    • Reggio Emilia - Italy
    • Schiedam - Netherlands
    • Veszprém - Hungary
    • Solingen - Germany
    • Mouscron - Belgium
    • Trim - Ireland
    • Ozalj - Croatia
    • Jihlava - Czech Republic
    • Dzierżoniów - Poland
    • Véliki Preslav - Bulgaria

    Summary

    Timeline

    • Kick-off meeting
    • Participation at the 2022 World Urban Forum in Katowice (PL)
    • Localising Sustainable Development Goals Conference in Manresa (ES)

    Articles

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      How EU cities can localise SDGs through integrated action planning

      Global Goals For Cities Lead Expert Stina Heikkila shows URBACT cities taking steps to link local and global sustainability goals.

      Stina Heikkila

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    • Senioral policy in Dzierżoniów and the goals of sustainable development

      The Sustainable Development Goals have been defined by the United Nations (UN) in the document Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This document lists 17 Sustainable Development Goals and related activities that are planned to be achieved by UN member states. The goals are achieved not only at the government level - the sectors of science, business, non-governmental organizations and ordinary citizens also have a great influence.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • From Vision to Transformative Actions for the SDGs: co-creation of integrated actions in Manresa

      Around one hour and a half from Barcelona by train, in a hilly area of the Bages county, is Manresa - a small-sized city with around 78 000 inhabitants - one of several partners of similar size in the Global Goals for Cities network. On 21 April, I had the chance to stop by and attend one of Manresa’s URBACT Local Group (ULG) meetings organised by the local coordination team. Here, I share a few highlights of how the ULG and the participatory process is helping to shape the priorities of the Manresa 2030 Agenda and the integrated action plan that is currently in the making.  

      Stina Heikkila

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    • Gävle's insight from latest transnational meeting

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • Video from the transnational meeting in Gävle

      A very nice and colorful short movie showcasing our three full workdays in Gävle.
      #TransnationalMeeting7
      Authors: partners from Mouscron, Christophe Deneve.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • Insights from REGGIO EMILIA

      The city of Reggio Emilia (Italy) was the co-host of the 7th Transnational Meeting, which was held between 23-25 May 2022 in Sweden, along with the cities of Gävle (Sweden) and Dzierżoniów (Poland).

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • Video from transnational meeting in Solingen

      A short video of our first physical meeting in Solingen, Germany.
      The meeting was dedicated to the next phase of action planning and implementation on governance, partnerships, and policy coherence levels.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • First face-to-face meeting in Solingen

      Together with the cities of Tallinn and Heraklion the TM#6 was hosted by Solingen and was held from April, 6 to April, 8 in the Theater and Concert Hall in Solingen. After one year of work in
      the GG4C project participants from 14 different countries took the chance to meet in person.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • Insights from Heraklion, the co-host of TM6

      The city of Heraklion was the co-host of the 6th Transnational Meeting which was held between 5-8 April 2022 in Solingen, Germany along with Solingen and Tallinn.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • SDG Story: Gävle

      Gävle and the other 18 cities (from 19 countries) of the EU URBACT pilot network ”Global Goals in Cities” (GG4C) are already one year into the 20 months project on localising the SDGs.
       

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • SDG Story: Mouscron

      Just halfway towards our goals following the marked route, the AGRI-URBAN Network (URBACT III Programme) held a transnational meeting in the Swedish city of Södertälje from 21 to 24 May 2017. A turning point in the agenda of this project, the meeting focused on the AGRI-URBAN topics linked to the experience of this city and also put the emphasis on shaping the Integrated Action Plans of all partners of the project with the participation of their respective URBACT Local Groups. Watching this video, produced after the visit, you can discover how inspirational was this Swedish city in the project design and later, fostering innovative actions in other partner cities involved in the development of local food systems.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • SDG Story: Solingen

      Shaping the future. Vision Agenda 2030 in Solingen.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • SDG Story: Manresa

      Do we all really share a common positive vision of the future of our city?

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • SDG Story: Veszprém

      Short news of 2030 Veszprém.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • SDG Story: Dzierżoniów

      Vision and mission for Dzierżoniów, Poland.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • SDG Story: Trim

      Pécs' Site Visit proposed 3 different routes

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • SDG Story: La Rochelle

      La Rochelle, a Zero Carbon Territory on its way to SDGs!

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • SDG Story: Tallinn

      Guidelines for the implementation and monitoring of the sustainable development goals in the framework of Tallinn 2035 Development Strategy.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • SDG Story: Ozalj

      Vision for 2030.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • SDG Story: Glasgow

      Glasgow’s Vision for 2030

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • SDG Story: Schiedam

      Safe, Connected and Resilient.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • SDG Story: Jihlava

      Jihlava vision concept: aim is to be safe, socially cohesive, green and accessible city.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • SDG Story: Bratislava

      Where are we coming from?

      Even though the first mention of Bratislava appears in 907, Bratislava is one of the youngest capitals in Europe (1993).

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • SDG Story: Reggio Emilia

      Where are we coming from? The city profile.

      Reggio Emilia is renowned in educational circles, with the philosophy known as the “Reggio Emilia Approach”; for pre-school and primary school children developed in the city shortly after World War II. At the same time, contemporary art, ancient monuments, and exhibitions such as Fotografia Europea have made the city rich in culture and social change —supported by the business community, services and the university. The city is connected by high-speed train to Milan, Bologna and Florence, and is within 45 minutes’ reach to all those cities. Reggio is the city of relations with Africa, the city of cycle paths and of Parmigiano Reggiano.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • SDG Story: Veliki Preslav

      The third newspaper of tomorrow is here and it's from Veliki Presav, Bulgaria.
      Very inspirational article of how the city looks like beyond 2030, and as they declare - Veliki Preslav will be the most sustainable small city in their land.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • SDG Story: Klaipėda

      In the visioning phase of our network, partners worked hard to co-create their visions for localizing the SDGs in their cities. The stories tell their vision for how to localise the SDGs in their cities.
      Here you can get a glimpse of Klaipėda - vibrant, smart, inclusive.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • SDG Story: Heraklion

      In the Visioning phase of our URBACT Global Goals for Cities network in the second half of 2021, partners worked hard to co-create their visions for localizing the sustainable development goals in their cities.
      We’re happy to launch our ,campaign showing the diversity and creativity of the 19 stories.
      First up: Newspaper of future Heraklion -smart, resilient and livable city.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • The RFSC a relevant tool for the city partners of the GG4C network

      In the course of the life of the Global Goals for Cities (GG4C) network, the 19 city partners used an existing self-assessment tool: the RFSC, or Reference Framework for Sustainable Cities. Based on European principles for sustainable and integrated urban development, the tool available online was used during the diagnosis and visioning phase of the network (as an analytical tool), and partners will use it again in the planning phase (as a planning tool). What is the RFSC? And what did it bring to the network?

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • The Citizen Committee of the La Rochelle Territory Zero Carbon project: How to build trust?

      On January 25, La Rochelle Urban Community presented to the Global Goals for Cities partners its ‘La Rochelle Territory Zero Carbon’ (LRTZC) project towards 2040, highlighting the following main characteristics and innovations : a shared and multilevel governance, an evaluation and financing tool 'the Carbon Cooperative', and a citizen co-construction approach through the establishment of a Citizen Committee.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • Debating the future of Schiedam

      The future of the city of Schiedam is a recurring topic in the city council and the executive board and, of course, also in the city. These views and discussions have been reflected in the city vision for some time now.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • Jihlava's successful collaboration with developers

      Every new construction in the city burdens the surrounding area with growing demands on transportation, social and health infrastructure, and other needs for a functioning urban society. Such externalities can be relatively reliably quantified, predicted or simulated. However, cities often must develop and maintain the infrastructure themselves. Is there a method to share costs with private developers and collaborate to build more sustainably with the needs of the citizens in mind?

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • Glasgow’s Journey towards the 2030 Agenda

      Race to net zero and climate resilience: localising the SDGs through meaningful participation and co-creation.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • Manresa 2030 Agenda: localising the SDGs through meaningful participation

      Since the end of 2018, Manresa is working on its local 2030 Agenda: an integrated sustainability strategy to respond to the environmental, social, and economic challenges of the current decade. A strategy whose design, implementation and monitoring must be shared with all the local stakeholders and citizens.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • Awareness-raising around the SDGs – a practical example from La Rochelle Urban Community

      On 25 November, Stina Heikkilä had the opportunity to participate in an exciting event organised by our Global Goals for Cities partner La Rochelle Urban Community: the bi-annual Participatory Forum for Actors for Transition (Forum Participatif des Acteurs de la Transition). For this Forum, the team from La Rochelle Urban Community had planned an “SDG edition” with the aim of raising awareness about the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs among local stakeholders.

      Stina Heikkila

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    • Ozalj best practices on meaningful participation

      The city of Ozalj was the co-host of the 4th Transnational Meeting which was held virtually between 24-26 November 2021 along with Manresa and Glasgow. Our main theme was Meaningful participation and co-creation and each co-host city shared best practices and introduced other cities to local customs.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • Trim: Raising awareness of the SDGs

      The courthouse in Trim stands in the centre of the town, with the castle in the background, it is a reminder of the history and heritage of Trim. Both grey stone buildings have been here longer than us and could tell a story or two.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • In Swedish: Gävle is developing urban sustainability

      Nätverket Global Goals for Cities arbetar med Agenda 2030 och de globala målen. Gävle kommun ska tillsammans med 18 andra städer i nätverket under kommande två år skapa och dela kunskap för att utveckla den urbana hållbarheten.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • Klaipeda Case Study: Virtual hackathon “Unlock SDGs”

      To achieve Agenda 2030 and make sure that we leave no one behind, everyone needs to get involved in the work towards a more sustainable world. Youth continuously are an important factor in this work. The Klaipeda city has Forum of Youth Ambassadors, which is a new body put in place with the hope of creating lasting and strong youth engagement. The forum is designed to generate ideas for the Youth Affairs Council of Klaipėda, which consists of 7 youth representatives and 7 municipal representatives.  This process is in progress according to national law.

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • Mouscron: Story of Transnational Meeting

      On September 28th, the transnational meeting with the co-host cities of Trim, Mouscron and Klaipeda was held by videoconference (thanks to covid…). Nevertheless, it was an opportunity for us to practice our English. 
      Through this activity, we were able to learn more and discover local traditions. We were therefore able to introduce other cities to our customs and to share with them our culture. 

      Karin Luhaäär

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    • URBACT cities join forces in a quest for global sustainability

      A new URBACT network aims to lead the way in delivering on the UN SDGs in cities. Find out why this matters.

      Stina Heikkila

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    Ongoing

    The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a universal call of action to protect our planet, end poverty and ensure peace and prosperity for all by 2030. "Global Goals for Cities” is a pilot network and strategic partnership aimed at accelerating progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in 19 cities of the EU, through peer learning and integrated action planning. The partnership is funded through the European Regional Development Fund's URBACT III European Territorial Cooperation programme.

    Strategic partnership for peer learning and planning to localise SDGs
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    Cities for Sustainability Governance

    Cities are urged to set ambitious ecological goals for climate and biodiversity while managing social and economic sustainability. No European city has yet achieved the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), although they are a great fit for cities to develop their governance. There is an “action

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  • URBACT bright spots to look forward to in 2021

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    What will URBACT be up to in 2021? Check out 8 of our highlights for the year ahead.

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    Happy New Year! It’s going to be another tough one, but here are some reasons to be hopeful about URBACT’s work supporting integrated sustainable development in EU towns and cities.

    We’ve identified some key highlights of 2021 and spoken to some of the people behind these initiatives to find out more. Read on for a glimpse of what they are excited about in the programme’s year ahead.

     

    1. URBACT Transfer Networks entering their ‘sharing period’

    Eddy Adams, URBACT Programme Expert

    “Recent research has given us a deeper understanding of how good practices are transferred between cities, and why URBACT’s network model is successful. 2021 will be the year to share these experiences. URBACT has a lot to celebrate!

    From spring, a series of events will cascade the lessons our cities have learned in the URBACT Transfer Networks – some might even bring people together in person! I’m particularly looking forward to this all coming together at our URBACT City Festival, which we plan to hold in June 2021. This will mark the next stage of their project journey, and a chance to celebrate and share everything we’ve learned.

    A new URBACT pilot project will also build on Transfer Network lessons: a call is now open for cities looking to transfer the lessons of Call 1 Urban Innovative Actions projects, kicking off in March. So if you want to be part of our 2021 experience, get involved!”

    2. URBACT launching online procurement training for cities

    Matthew Baqueriza-Jackson, Lead Expert of Making Spend Matter and Co-Trainer for the URBACT Online Course on Strategic Procurement

    “What I’m most looking forward to is our new online procurement training course due to be launched in March 2021. It will mean all cities can learn from the URBACT Making Spend Matter network, which has already been really effective in transferring the good practice of Preston (UK) to six other cities. We’ll use case studies to show, step-by-step, how cities can embed social and environmental considerations into their procurement decision-making, starting off with a methodology to measure where the city’s spend goes.

    Procurement can be quite exciting if you use it in the right way. Looking to 2021, I think it would be good if all URBACT cities started to think differently about how they bought goods and services. It’s a real opportunity for municipalities to use the spend power they have through procurement to create jobs, improve skills, and reduce carbon emissions, for example. Register now for the online course.”

    3. Contributing to progress on climate change

    Marcelline Bonneau, URBACT Programme Expert

    “Climate change is a priority issue we want all cities to focus on in 2021. We’ll learn from URBACT networks Zero Carbon Cities and Urb-En Pact – and, on the circular economy, Resourceful Cities and URGE. In May, we’ll promote ‘green’ issues around the World Bee Day on 20 May.

    URBACT will be involved in this year’s COP 26 – in whatever form it takes! For example, cities will be key for implementing the ‘Glasgow food declaration’, supporting local authorities in reducing local food systems’ impact on climate change. Linked to that is the ‘Cities call for food democracy and food sovereignty in Europe’, on 23 March, led by the URBACT BioCanteens network under the patronage of MEP Marc Tarabella, with other partners.

    There’ll also be lots of synergies and city solutions to look out for in food-related URBACT networks - BeePathNet, Ru:rban, BioCanteens and FOOD CORRIDORS. I’m hopeful, but realistic about 2021. We learnt a lot in 2020. Cities don’t have any other option but to adjust.”

    4. Defining the future URBACT programme

    Adele Bucella, URBACT Projects and Programming Head of Unit

    “2021 is an exciting year for the future of URBACT: I’ll be following the design of the next Programme ‘URBACT IV’ with Member States and the European Commission as part of a new EU urban development framework. It’s all about building on URBACT’s experience so far to help cities become better places to work and live.

    While URBACT’s ‘DNA’ will remain in the new programme – like the tried-and-tested ‘URBACT method’, and a greater share of the budget dedicated to Transnational Networks – there are also some inspiring changes to look forward to. One innovation is a stronger focus on helping URBACT cities implement the Integrated Action Plans they’ll develop, with links to the European Structural Funds. Another is new capacity building support in key, cross-cutting areas relevant to all cities in Europe – such as digital transition, gender equality and environmental sustainability. We’ll have more details to share in the next months.”

    5. Sharing URBACT knowledge on the right to housing

    Laura Colini, URBACT Programme Expert

    “People who were vulnerable before the pandemic are even more so in 2021. URBACT’s work on housing and inclusion will continue to grow, and we’ll encourage other cities to engage with the right to housing, and improve policies on the ground. This year I’m looking forward to focusing more on cities and vulnerabilities, especially housing-related issues: prevention of eviction, gender policies, energy poverty, migration, etc.

    A key development will be our new platform sharing results of the URBACT-UIA initiative ‘Cities engaging in the right to housing’. Cities in URBACT networks relevant to housing, homelessness and vulnerability – such as ROOF, SIBdev or CITIES4CSR – will exchange and showcase examples. I’m interested in how the platform will link to wider events – like the EU report on affordable and adequate housing, and the EU Urban Agenda ‘Culture and Cultural Heritage’ action on regulating short-term rentals. There’s also the Portuguese EU presidency conference dedicated to homelessness on 21 June.”

    6. A pilot network of cities localising Sustainable Development Goals

    Céline Ethuin, URBACT Project Officer, SDG Network Coordinator

    “I’m happy to be leading preparations for a pilot URBACT network aiming to support a group of EU cities to exchange, build capacities and develop tools for carrying out diagnosis, visioning, planning and monitoring measurable actions to localise the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

    It’s the first time URBACT will specifically tackle the SDGs, which cover a wide range of sustainable integrated development topics. We’re working in partnership with CEMR using the RFSC tool. We’re also building links with organisations like JRC, OECD, UN Habitat and UN SDSN. Exchanging with and learning from cities beyond the EU who are already working on the localisation of SDGs will provide input, methods, tools and inspiration for partners: this worldwide perspective is particularly exciting.

    We expect to launch the pilot in March 2021 – to run until September 2022. It’s a chance to help raise awareness of the SDGs and enhance the role of local governments and stakeholders in translating the global 2030 Agenda into concrete local policies, taking an active part in the Decade of Action to build the future we want.”

    7. Boosting the URBACT Techplace community

    Ian Graham, Lead Expert of DigiPlace and URBACT Digital Support Expert

    “The shift to digital has been very sudden, both in the way we work and in the way cities function. This year I’m looking forward to URBACT scaling up the TechPlace community - I see a real opportunity for it to become a go-to ecosystem for tech in cities across Europe.

    There’ll be inspiring case studies and exchange opportunities for cities of all sizes, building on URBACT networks, such as DigiPlace and TechRevolution. I hope this will also be a chance to answer the need for capacity building – helping city leaders understand the value of digital at city level, and how to make the right changes so that digital transition works for everyone.

    When Covid-19 struck, I was one of three ‘digital buddies’ URBACT brought in to help cities work more effectively online with transnational partners and URBACT Local Groups. I’m looking forward to continuing this in 2021: the new challenge will be deciding when to travel. Starting to build a new way of working, a new hybrid model of digital and physical working methods, is a critical task for 2021.”

    8. Continuing to build on recent successes and strengths of URBACT

    Sally Kneeshaw, URBACT Programme Expert

    “In the next couple of months we’ll welcome back all 436 urban practitioners of the URBACT e-University alumni to a meet-up, to share progress since our intense capacity-building labs back in autumn 2020. It will still be online, but will provide opportunities to catch up with buddies from the working groups, get up to date on the latest news, and try out some new platform features to encourage interaction, random networking and maintain the indomitable URBACT community spirit.

    2021 will also see a strengthening of our Gender Equal Cities initiative, as we benefit from the ongoing work of the URBACT Gendered Landscape network to apply the principles of gender mainstreaming to all areas of urban development.

    But I have to say that what I’m looking forward to most of all in 2021 is greeting URBACT colleagues and city partners in person. What a joy it will be when we can finally shake hands again, get together physically, and regain the connections that allow us to learn in depth, co-create and be inspired by one another.”

     

    What are you most looking forward to in the year ahead for URBACT? Do let us know. And follow URBACT on social media to catch more detailed updates on these and many more urban issues that URBACT is helping cities tackle in 2021.

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