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Register now for the 2026 URBACT City Festival!
🟢30 stories of European cooperation
🔵273 tales of local actions
🟠500 city-makers
🟡A new call for URBACT networks
Join [us] in Nicosia (CY) on 31 March–1 April 2026👉 urbact.eu/city-festival-2026…
#URBACTfest
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What does it take to unlock compact cities?
A new URBACT study explores 6 projects in Ireland 🇮🇪, looking at how cities can overcome the costs, technical challenges & funding gaps holding difficult urban sites back.
🔗 Read the article by Eileen Crowley: urbact.eu/whats-new/articles…
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The URBACT newsletter is out! 📩
🎉 New URBACT projects: 25 #ActionNetworks and 55 cities joining the #URBACTaccelerator for Ukraine and Moldova
🔙 2026 #URBACTfest Highlights
📍 Upcoming events and opportunities
Read it here: r.newsletter.urbact.eu/mk/mr… url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com…
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On #WorldCitiesDay, we celebrate cities turning shared learning into local action.
🏙️90 URBACT IV Networks
📍667 partners
🌍33 countries
More coming in 2027!
Meanwhile, follow the new #ActionNetworks and #URBACTaccelerator & explore the #KnowledgeHub 👉 urbact.eu/knowledge-hub
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Exciting news! 🎉 The URBACT IV Monitoring Committee has just approved:
🏙️ 25 #ActionNetworks: 180 partners from 31 countries
🔗 urbact.eu/news/urbact-welcom…
🇺🇦🇲🇩 The #URBACTaccelerator for Ukraine and Moldova: 40 partners
🔗 urbact.eu/news/urbact-accele…
Congratulations to all partners!
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Looking for ways your city can turn the EU Anti-Poverty Strategy into local action?
Join us at the @EUI_Initiative’s & @EU_Commission’s technical dialogue in Amsterdam on 18 November.
Register now 👉 urban-initiative.eu/news/joi…
👋 Planning to attend? Meet us at the URBACT stand!
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Cities@Heart. 🚌 Beyond the Urban. 🥽 METACITY.
Three URBACT #ActionPlanning Networks tackling city centre regeneration, rural-urban links and digital innovation. Their experiences show how cities can turn ideas into action
👉 urbact.eu/whats-new/articles…
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Is your city getting hotter & more exposed to climate risks?
🌳 Explore Nature-based solutions for climate resilience and 3 other new topics on the URBACT #KnowledgeHub.
Then, put your knowledge to the test!
🕹️ Take the URBACT back-to-school challenge: view.genially.com/6aa7e9761d…
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Ready to experience the 2026 #URBACTfest all over again? The recap video is now live! 🎥
Around 500 city-makers from 300 cities came together in Nicosia 🇨🇾 with one shared message: cities do not need to solve urban challenges alone.
▶️ Watch the video: youtu.be/e_nwXw-1t7E
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🏙️ What happens when 500 city-makers come together?
At the 2026 URBACT City Festival in Nicosia, 300 cities shared ideas, solutions and experiences to tackle common urban challenges.
🔗 Full story: urbact.eu/whats-new/articles…
#URBACTfest #bettercities
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🏘️ How can cities scale affordable housing solutions?
At today's EU City Lab on #Housing, cities exchanged experiences on financing, land acquisition, short-term rentals & transferring successful practices.
Stay tuned for next #EUCityLabs: urbact.eu/eu-city-labs
#EUCityLabs
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📍 Day 1 of the URBACT & @EUI_Initiative EU City Lab on #Housing explored how cities and regions can help deliver affordable housing at scale. 🇪🇺
From regulation and renovation to financing and urban transformation, participants shared lessons from across Europe.
#EUCityLabs
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🎥The doors are open! The URBACT & @EUI_Initiative's EU City Lab on #Housing has begun!
Over the next 2 days, city practitioners, policymakers & housing experts will explore innovative solutions to affordable housing.
Read the event article: urbact.eu/whats-new/articles…
#EUCityLabs
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During our joint #EURegionsWeek session, cities, regions & cooperation programmes explored together what's needed beyond 2027.
🤝The takeaway: cooperation is the glue that keeps the European project together!
Thanks to everyone who joined the conversation!
@EUinmyRegion @EU_CoR
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🇪🇺🏙️ Visiting #EURegionsWeek2026 today?
📍 Stop by the #URBACT stand and meet the team!
Discover how URBACT supports cities through networking, learning and cooperation on sustainable urban development.
See you at Square Brussels!
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📍 Happening today at #EURegionsWeek:
Join URBACT, @interregeurope, @InteractEU & @ESPON_Programme for “Strong Interreg, Strong Regions, Strong Europe.”
🕟 16:30 CEST
☕ Press Club Brussels
We'll discuss the future of territorial cooperation beyond 2027!
@EUinmyRegion @EU_CoR
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📖 We welcome you to learn more about what makes a city more welcoming…
How can cities foster belonging, participation and social cohesion? Discover lessons from 27 cities across three URBACT #ActionPlanning Networks.
Read the article by Dirk Gebhardt: urbact.eu/whats-new/articles…
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📍 Heading to Brussels this October? Join us at the #EURegionsWeek:
🗓️ 12 October | Strong Interreg, Strong Regions, Strong Europe | @ESPON_Programme, @InteractEU & @interreg_eu
🗓️ 14 October | Meet the URBACT Secretariat at our stand
See you there!
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Ευχαριστώ, thank you, from the URBACT Secretariat!☀️
A huge thank you to @NicosiaMunicipa & everyone who helped make the 2026 URBACT City Festival such a memorable experience!
📩 Subscribe to our newsletter for more updates: urbact.eu/subscribe-newslett…
#URBACTfest #bettercities
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It’s a wrap for the #URBACTfest! 🌞🎉 What’s the best way to understand how it went?
Hear it from those who were in Nicosia for the 2026 URBACT City Festival! 🇨🇾
A huge thank you to all participants for making this edition so special!
#bettercities
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Over 300 cities. 35 countries. One URBACT community.
More than 500 participants are here in Nicosia for the 2026 URBACT City Festival.
📍 Where have you travelled from? Tell us in the comments!
#URBACTfest #bettercities
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