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The programme is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) with a budget of EUR 79 769 000 and by the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance with a budget of EUR 5 000 000 for the period 2021-2027.
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URBACT is a European Territorial Cooperation programme that enables the cooperation of European cities within thematic networks since 2002. The programme also provides capacity-building activities and tools, and shares knowledge and good practices to city representatives and urban practitioners.

Type of service
Capacity building/skilling
Funding
Networking and knowledge sharing
Urban themes covered

Target audience

Local and regional authorities from the 27 EU Member States, Ukraine, Moldova, the 5 EU pre-accession countries (IPA) – Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia –, Moldova, Ukraine, are the main beneficiaries of the URBACT programme. They are eligible to receive funding for their participation in URBACT networks and to benefit from capacity-building & knowledge activities.

Open and upcoming calls
Call for Good Practices
Open
Deadline date :

This URBACT call for Good Practices is looking for existing local practices that are impactful, participatory, integrated, relevant for the European Union and transferable to other European cities.

Selected practices will benefit from a variety of visibility and promotional actions with the URBACT City Festival on 8-10 April 2025 in Wroclaw (PL) as one of the highlights.

Few of the selected practices will also be transferred to other European cities through URBACT Transfer Networks (call to open in April 2025)

Cities, metropolitan authorities, and municipal agencies
Support :  other
Call for Action Planning Networks
Upcoming
Spring 2026

Cities come together to develop integrated action plans as a response to common local challenges. 

Support :  grant
Call for Transfer Networks
Upcoming
April-June 2025

Cities adapt and transfer in their local context an URBACT Good Practice already proved to be successful in another European city. 

Local and regional authorities
Support :  grant
Call for Innovation Transfer Networks
Closed
Deadline date :

Cities create investment plans to transfer the experience from Urban Innovative Actions’ completed projects. 

Urban Innovative Actions completed projects
Support :  grant
Learn more about the partner

For the period 2021-2027, URBACT IV builds on the legacy of past programmes and includes even more opportunities for cities to make positive change through three types of city networks: Action Planning Networks – cities and local stakeholders co-produce local Integrated Action Plans to tackle their common challenges. Transfer Networks – cities understand, adapt and re-use a successful Good Practice in their local context. Innovation Transfer Networks – cities create investment plans to transfer the experience from Urban Innovative Actions’ completed projects. The programme is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) with a budget of EUR 79 769 000, by the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance with a budget of EUR 5 000 000, and by the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument with a budget of EUR 2 000 000 for the period 2021-2027.

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