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Smart Impact – URBACT

Cities of Manchester (UK), Dublin (IE), Porto(PT), Guadalajara (ES), Zagreb (HR), Smolyan (BG), Suceava (RO), Miskolc (HU), Stockholm (SE) & Eindhoven (NL)

2016 –2018 SmartImpact is a partnership of 10 cities sharing experiences of the structures and processes needed to successfully plan, finance, develop and manage a smart city.

https://smartimpact-project.eu/

BRIDGE - UIA Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2017 – 2020

The ‘BRIDGE’ project addresses the urgent urban challenge of South Rotterdam, a deprived area, of better aligning young people’s educational choices with future labour market needs.

https://www.uia-initiative.eu/en/uia-cities/rotterdam

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Cluj Future of Work - UIA

Cluj-Napoca, Romania

2019 – 2021 The project takes innovative tracks to tackle the vulnerability of the local economy towards emerging technologies in Cluj that is a "magnet city", attracting constantly new residents from all over Romania.

https://www.uia-initiative.eu/en/uia-cities/clujnapoca

STEAM City- UIA Aveiro, Portugal 2019 – 2021 Project ‘STEAM City’ aims to develop an urban network for upgrading STEAM skills (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Arts) and increasing jobs added-value through digital transformation

https://www.uia-initiative.eu/en/uia-cities/aveiro

BoostINNO Network - URBACT

Cities of Gdansk, (PL), Wroclaw (PL) Baia Mare (RO), Milan (IT), Turin (IT) Barcelona (ES), Braga (PT), Paris (FR), Strasbourg (FR), Länsstyrelsen Skane (SE)

2016 – 2018 The work developed by the cities of this Action Planning network aims primarily to boost social innovation.

https://urbact.eu/boostinno

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AS-FABRIK - UIA Bilbao , Spain 2017- 2020 ‘AS-Fabrik’ aims to increase the competitiveness of knowledge-intensive business service providers in the Basque city of Bilbao so as to better enable them to help local manufacturing industries with the digital transition

https://www.uia-initiative.eu/en/uia-cities/bilbao

OpenAgri - UIA Milan, Italy 2017- 2020 Project ‘OpenAgri’ invests in the regeneration of a fringe area turning it into an attractive pole to host innovative entrepreneurial ideas and start-up in the agri-food sector.

https://www.uia-initiative.eu/en/uia-cities/milan

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TechTown- URBACT

Cities of Barnsley (UK), Limerick (IE), San Sebastian (ES) Clermont Ferrand (FR), Siracusa (It), Dubrovnik (HR), Nyíregyháza (HU), Cesis (Latvia), Gävle (Sweden) Loop city (Denmark) Basingstoke And Deane (United Kingdom)

2015 - 2018 The project looks into how clusters can work at city level and what cities can do to support businesses to access digital skills and innovation they need in order to start, grow and compete.

https://urbact.eu/techtown

Open Data and Interfaces Spearhead Project

Cities of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Tampere, Turku and Oulu; Finland

2014 - 2017 As part of the larger 6Aika Project – The Six City Strategy, the Open Data and Interfaces Spearhead Project brings these six cities together to create future IT common solutions.

https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/projects/finland/making-our-open-data-your-business-in-finland

MEDAIA Cities of Helsinki and Tampere, Finland

2015 - 2017 MEDAIA project facilitated the development of new media experiences via open innovation fostering co-creation and networking.

https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/projects/finland/open-innovation-platforms-for-finlands-media-industry

OASIS - UIA Paris, France 2019 - 2021 The OASIS project plans to transform 10 schoolyards into cool islands through innovative techniques, nature based solutions, in an integrated approach.

https://www.uia-initiative.eu/en/uia-cities/paris-call3

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Innovative Low-Carbon Public Services

Ii, Finland 2015 -2017 The project creates a true energy-efficient area with a strong emphasis on finding energy-efficient and eco-friendly solutions to the problems citizens are facing.

https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/projects/finland/low-carbon-life-in-finland

HOPE - UIA Helsinki, Finland 2018 – 2021 HOPE proposes creating a feedback loop between high-resolution hyperlocal air quality data and actions of individuals and communities through co-design and participatory budgeting.

https://www.uia-initiative.eu/en/uia-cities/helsinki

C-CHANGE – URBACT

Cities of Manchester, (UK) Wroclaw, PL; Mantua, IT; Gelsenkirchen, DE; Sibenik, HR; Águeda, PT

2018 - 2020 The C-Change network aims at transferring the work of Manchester Arts and Sustainability Team (MAST) to support cities to mobilise the arts and culture sectors to contribute towards local climate change action

https://urbact.eu/c-change

URBAN SOIL 4 FOOD - UIA

Maribor, Slovenia 2017 - 2020 the project increases food self-sufficiency and minimise the environmental footprint of the city of Maribor.

https://www.uia-initiative.eu/en/uia-cities/maribor

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Vilawatt - UIA Viladecans, Spain 2017 - 2020 VILAWATT aims to drive forward the energy transition in Viladecans so that a low carbon, socially just, healthier and happier community is achieved with an active participation of citizens.

https://www.uia-initiative.eu/en/uia-cities/viladecans

Geothermal District Heating

Schwerin, Germany 2015 - 2020 The new geothermal facility is a key for the city's 2050 carbon neutrality objective.

https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/projects/germany/schwerin-towards-carbon-neutrality-with-geothermal-district-heating

CityMobilNet – URBACT

Cities of Bielefeld, Germany Burgos, Spain; Braga, Portugal; Morne-à-l’Eau, France; Aix Marseille Provence, France; Palermo, Italy; South East Region of Malta; Agii Anargyri Kamatero, Greece; Zadar, Croatia; Slatina, Romania; Road and Greeneries Management, Poland

2018 - 2020 This URBACT network intends to disseminate the local adoption of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP), a concept for mobility planning that revolutionises traditional planning structures by placing people’s needs, integrated thinking and sustainability at the centre of future developments.

https://urbact.eu/citymobilnet

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LINC - UIA Albertslund, Denmark 2018 - 2021 The LINC project addresses the first-last mile challenge in suburbs through driverless shuttles linked to the high capacity light rail.

https://www.uia-initiative.eu/en/uia-cities/albertslund

TMaas- UIA Ghent, Belgium 2018 – 2021 TMaaS (Traffic Management as a Service) presents a cloud-based framework that offers citizens and local governments an efficient 24/7 view of the state of multimodal mobility.

www.tmaas.eu

COMMUTE - UIA Toulouse, France 2017 - COMMUTE aims to reconcile the attractiveness of the territory with mobility, and to promote modes of transport that minimise environmental impacts. Simultaneously, it raises awareness among managers and employees of new forms of mobility.

https://www.uia-initiative.eu/en/uia-cities/toulouse-metropole

CityCAP - UIA Lahti, Finland 2018 - 2020 CITYCAP focuses on enabling and promoting sustainable urban mobility in Lahti and engaging citizens in climate change mitigation in a new, innovative way.

https://www.uia-initiative.eu/en/uia-cities/lahti

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BiT-City Toruń, Poland 2015 - 2023 BiT-City proposes an improvement of the functioning urban transport plan. The main objectives of the project are to develop and integrate the different public transport systems in Toruń and to increase the share of environmentally friendly transport in the city.

https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/projects/poland/better-functioning-public-transport-in-torun-poland

Tartu Smart Bike Tartu, Estonia 2018 - 2020 Tartu Smart Bike Share is a public, self-serve bike share system for short trips. It is a bike-sharing scheme consisting of 69 electrically provided bike stations (in key locations of interest) and 750 bikes. Environment-friendly infrastructure and an integrated public transport system to accompany the plan.

https://smartencity.eu/about/solutions/public-bike-sharing-system-tartu/

Sofia Integrated Urban transport – stage II

Sofia, Bulgaria 2014-2020 This project builds on the results achieved by stage one, thereby providing the city with an integrated public transport system that is environmentally friendly and cost-effective.

https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/projects/bulgaria/constructing-sofias-integrated-urban-transport-system-stage-2

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Interactive Cities - URBACT

Cities of Genoa, Italy Varna, Bulgaria; Alba Iulia, Romania; Debrecen, Hungary; Tartu, Estonia; Ghent, Belgium; Paris, France; Lisbon, Portugal; Murcia, Spain

2016 - 2018 This Action Planning network explored how digital, social media and user-generated content can improve today’s urban management in European cities, whatever their size.

https://urbact.eu/interactive-cities

Redevelopment of the Niddeschgaass

Dudelange, Luxembourg 2016 - 2020 This project introduces new developments that aim to reduce motorized traffic, improve accessibility by public transport and promote the development of soft and sustainable mobility.

http://www.fonds-europeens.public.lu/fr/projets-cofinances/feder/2018/niddeschgaass/index.html

Mentoring Programme For Asylum Seekers And Refugees In Neukölln

Berlin, Germany 2016 - 2019 Hürdenspringer Neukölln is promoting goal orientation of young asylum seekers aged between 18 and 35.

http://www.huerdenspringer.unionhilfswerk.de/wp/

Moving Homeless Families To Social Housing (Housing First Initiative)

Brno, Czechia 2016 – 2018 The project aims at rigorously testing and showcasing whether family homelessness of both Roma and non-Roma families can be ended through a housing first approach in the Czech Republic.

https://hf.socialnibydleni.org/housing-first-for-families-in-brno

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Doctors of the World: Healthcare access to support refugees and migrants in transit

Brussels, Belgium 2016 - 2023 Doctors of the World contributes to the management of the humanitarian crisis, and aims to meet the needs of vulnerable groups. Doctors of the world defines itself in the Brussels health ecosystem as an important link in the face of the precariousness, by integrating all the operators of the system.

https://medecinsdumonde.be/

Magdolna Neighbourhood Programme (Mnp)

Budapest, Hungary 2008-2015 The project combines a number of physical and social interventions in order to tackle the complex problems of the quarter. The overall objective was to make the quarter socially, economically, environmentally livable, to decrease segregation and to build up an inclusive local society.

https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/archive/conferences/roma2011/doc/conclusions/23052011_alfoldi.pdf

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Stay Tuned - Boosting the Frequency of Qualification – URBACT

Cities of Berlin, Germany; Gothenburg, Sweden Tallinn, Estonia Sofia, Bulgaria Ampelokipi – Menemeni, Greece Aveiro, Portugal, Barcelona, Spain Nantes, France

2016 - 2019 This 9-city network looked into tackling Early Leaving from Education and Training (ELET) to break the cycle of deprivation and the intergenerational transmission of poverty and inequality. To do so it launched an app for teachers helped to change behaviour of both teachers and students to become more future-oriented and proactive in fighting school absenteeism.

https://sites.google.com/view/stay-tuned-report/partners/gothenburg

Increase Of The Capacity And Reconstruction Of The Kindergarten

Kráľovský Chlmec city, Slovakia

2016 – 2018 The main objective of the project is to improve the building conditions and the quality of pre-school education for children in city of Kráľovský Chlmec.

http://kralovskychlmec.org/language/sk/

COM.UNITY.LAB Empowering local development - URBACT

Cities of Lisbon (Portugal), Lille (France); The Hague (Netherlands), Lublin (Poland), Ostrava ( Czech Republic), Bari (Italy), Aalborg (Denmark) and Sofia (Bulgaria)

2018-2020 “Com.Unity.Lab.” targets urban priority neighbourhoods through bottom-up and co-governance processes, empowering communities for local sustainable development.

https://urbact.eu/comunitylab

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City centre revitalization projects

Łódź, Poland 2017 –2023 This collection of project aims at unleashing the potential of the city centre and its inhabitants, changing the image of the historic centre.

http://rewitalizacja.uml.lodz.pl/

Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation and Renovation Project

Györgytelep, Pécs, Hungary

2012 - 2015 Renovation of social houses and road in the Pécs neighbourhood of Györgytelep was combined with a complex local area based development to empower local disadvantaged community, living in a segregated area.

https://www.gyorgytelep.hu/

Plan Einstein (U-RLP) - UIA

Utrecht, The Netherlands

2016 - 2019 The project, locally known as Plan Einstein, seeks to develop a new way to deal with neighbourhood refugee reception facilities.

https://www.uia-initiative.eu/en/uia-cities/utrecht

Centre of Refugee Empowerment (CORE)

Vienna, Austria 2016 - 2019 The overall objective is the empowerment and active involvement of the refugee target group. CORE has been closely related to the City of Vienna’s concept “Integration from Day 1”, meaning that asylum seekers and refugees are given opportunities from their first day in Vienna.

www.refugees.wien

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‘Sources of Change’ - Accessibility in Łazienki Królewskie Museum

Warsaw, Poland 2017 - 2019 The project has ensured renovation and conservation works at the White House and the Water Collection with a historic garden at the Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw. This includes protection and access to the historical heritage of the Royal Łazienki for all people, including those with physical disability, visual or hearing impairments.

https://www.lazienki-krolewskie.pl/en/dostepnosc

Mary Elmes Bridge strengthens connections between people and the city

Cork, Ireland 2018 - 2019 The Mary Elmes Bridge is a key element of Cork reshaping its vision for the future as a more sustainable, commuter friendly city, integrating with other projects.

https://www.arup.com/projects/mary-elmes-bridge

Playful Paradigm - URBACT

Cities of Udine, Italy; Klaipėda, Lithuania Larissa, Greece Katowice, Poland Cork, Ireland Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain Novigrad-Cittanova, Croatia Viana do Castelo, Portugal

2018- 2020 The Playful Paradigm Transfer Network aims to replicate the “playful paradigm” based on gamification as an innovative concept for promoting social inclusion, healthy lifestyles & energy awareness, intergenerational & cultural mediation, place-making & economic prosperity. Games offer new strategies for engaging city stakeholders in urban development.

https://urbact.eu/playful-paradigm-0

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Urban-rural Gothenburg

Gothenburg, Sweden 2017-2019 ‘Urban Rural Gothenburg’ is a three-year (2017-19) project for sustainable development with the overarching aim to create improved conditions for green innovation and green business development between the city and the countryside.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1-xdmzm3Go

Transforming former coal mine into the International Conference Centre of Katowice

Katowice, Poland 2009 – 2013 The entire complex constituting the International Cultural Centre have brought a new standard of quality to a revitalized part of the city. It became a new symbol of the city and the region, which shows metamorphosis from carbon-based economy to a knowledge-based one with culture and modern technologies.

http://www.mckkatowice.pl/en/culture-zone/94/

TAST’in FIVES - Transforming Areas with Social Talents - UIA

Lille, France 2017-2020 TAST'in FIVES tests a new economic and social model to combat the various negative consequences of urban poverty. Breaking with the usual practices of social aid, it makes the inhabitants a driving force in the development of their territory, and thus prevents the effects of social exclusion inherent in gentrification.

https://www.uia-initiative.eu/en/uia-cities/lille

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MARES- Resilient Urban Ecosystems for a sustainable economy - UIA

Madrid, Spain

2016 – 2019 The MARES project will initiate an urban and economic resilience strategy on employment through social and solidarity economy in key industries to move forward a new model of productive matrix of the city. The project is launched in four city districts focusing on key industries: mobility, food, recycling, energy and social and care economy.

https://www.uia-initiative.eu/en/uia-cities/madrid

MUZA art museum

Valletta, Malta 2016 – 2018 MUZA art museum opened its doors to the public in December 2018. It is the flagship project for Valletta as the European Capital of Culture.

https://heritagemalta.org/muza-national-community-art-museum

Transformation of Open Public Space in the Old Town of Paphos

Pathos, Cyprus 2015 – 2017 The project highlights the unification and transformation of an open public space of the neoclassical neighbourhood in the civic centre of the town of Paphos through the connection and upgrading of the three squares.

http://bigsee.eu/connection-and-amelioration-of-3-squares-in-paphos-by-ak-architectural-workshop-cyprus/

VEF Culture Palace Renovation Turns Riga Neighbourhoods into Innovations Hub

Riga, Latvia 2017 -2020 The reopening of the VEF Culture Palace revitalised the surrounding neighbourhood, changing what was once an industrial zone into an area popular with open-air festivals and events, and new businesses.

https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/projects/latvia/vef-culture-palace-renovation-turns-riga-neighbourhoods-into-innovations-hub

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Revitalization of Former Industrial Complex Rikard Bencic

Rijeka, Croatia 2019 – 2021 The City of Rijeka is working on revitalizing and re-purposing this desolated industrial heritage site into a cultural district in the centre of Rijeka, after decades of abandonment.

https://rijeka2020.eu/en/infrastructure/

BioCanteens Network: Sustainable School Meals as a Key Lever Towards Local Food Systems - URBACT

Cities of Mouans-Sartoux, France LAG Pays des Condruses, Belgium Vaslui, Romania Trikala, Greece Rosignano Marittimo, Italy Torres Vedras, Portugal Troyan, Bulgaria

2018 – 2020 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.

https://urbact.eu/biocanteens

CO-CITY: The collaborative management of urban commons to counteract poverty and socio-spatial polarisation. - UIA

Turin, Italy 2017 – 2020 The Co-City project is trying to break the circle of socio-patial polarisation in disadvantaged neighbourhoods. The project is a testing of a ground-reaking conception of the role of public administration.

https://uia-initiative.eu/en/uia-cities/turin

Gendered Landscape - URBACT

Cities of Umeå (SE), Frankfurt am Main (DE), Trikala (EL), Barcelona Activa SA (ES), La Rochelle Urban Community (FR), Panevezys (LT), and Celje (SI)

2018 - 2020 The action planning network is creating conditions for gender equality through a holistic understanding of how gender inequality is created in the specific place. This is an innovative way of showing how working with gender equality takes form in a city - exemplify successful changes and work in the city, as well as illuminating remaining issues.

https://genderedlandscape.umea.se/

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Visaginas SMART Park

Visaginas, Lithuania 2017 – 2020 The SMART PARK Visaginas project aims to regenerate and adapt a former military campus for industrial activities, helping to create new jobs in the Visaginas municipality, which is affected by the closure of a nuclear power plant.