On 13 and 14 September 2018 URBACT City Festival took place in the wonderful city of Lisbon (PT). More than 500 participants, from 200 European cities gathered to celebrate the rising influence of cities as actors of change. URBACT also took the opportunity to celebrate the 15 years of the URBACT Programme! With this post […]
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FIFA World Cup, a Web Revue
Those last few weeks and days, signs popped out on European streets, announcing the Fédération Internationale de Football Assocation (FIFA) world cup opening in Brazil tomorrow. In Europe, those are rather festive signs – mostly, adds for public viewing spaces and for food or drinks that go well with football, summer, and friendly company. But […]
Urban Planning And The Multi-dimensional Communication Era
« Because urban planning has always been based on the gathering and exchange of information and – as a democratic process – on communication between different stakeholders, a change in the method of communication has a significant impact on decision-making throughout the process ». (Stefan Höffken and Chris Haller) By now, you probably have heard […]
Are You A Happy City?
The infectiously catchy hit song entitled ‘Happy’ by Pharrell Williams has gone viral and sparked an urban craze. The song from the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack has an ingenious video featuring ordinary and extraordinary citizens of Los Angeles dancing through the streets. The original version is a 24-hour interactive music video produced by Clement Durou and […]
A Success for URBACT Social Media Turn
URBACT has long been active on social media. Its Facebook profile is now well established and is now a meeting point for 1750 fans. As for twitter, URBACT has now 1 099 followers and the URBACT National Dissemination Points tweet from their own accounts about URBACT in national languages. But the great digital turn has […]
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