Explanations about Urban Practice Database ?
What is the Urban Practices Database?
The Urban Practices Database of Portico is a repository of tested urban solutions tested on the ground by cities from all over the EU, gathered to inspire urban stakeholders looking for concrete ideas to address their urban challenges. Urban practices from all over the continent and from a variety of sources, classified through precise criteria and easily searchable tags, can be browsed here in a single place.
What is an urban practice?
Urban practices are concrete answers to issues affecting urban areas, implemented previously as part of local programmes.
They have been led by cities and can be either successful or experimental, but they are all worth getting inspiration from.
Where does the Database get its urban practices from?
The Urban Practices gathered here all come from EU-based initiatives which are active in identification or funding of promising urban practices. Some of these practices might have been identified through specific calls for proposals or funding programmes; if so, a clickable labelling icon with the logo of the source will appear at the top of the practice.
The NextGen Microcities project was designed to transform Ventspils and Valmiera (Latvia) into innovative digital hubs, addressing critical challenges facing these European microcities[1]
The MILMA project aimed at increasing migrants’ integration perspectives through access to employment, with the creation of practical experiences specifically targeted at market niches with present and future potential to create employment opportunities.
Czasoprzestrzeń, located in the former Dąbie tram depot in Wrocław (PL) and owned by the municipality, is a unique cultural centre fostering creativity and collaboration among students, artists, social leaders, and NGOs.
Comings and Goings (Ir e Vir in Portuguese) is a joint initiative aimed at providing new mobility options for the inhabitants of the Viseu Dão Lafões region (PT), involving 13 municipalities.
Innova.TO is a competition for all municipal employees of Turin (IT), except the directors, inspired by the principles of lean organisation. It aims to stimulate and develop innovative projects to improve the administration's performance, reducing waste and/or valuing resources.
Case di quartiere is a Social Innovation Hub in Brindisi (IT) aimed at creating a network of social public spaces in the centre and on the outskirts of the city.
The City of Chemnitz has been affected in different ways by demographic and economic change in the past decades. Vacancies can be found to different extents all over the city and amount to more than 22,000 flats (14 % of the housing stock).
Forlì (IT) and the Union of surrounding towns were faced with the challenge of managing a high number of asylum seekers in a centralised way.
Building on the experience of Manchester’s Good Practice, Mantova has established ARC3A a new group for arts and culture sector collaboration on climate working closely with the city, designed and implemented climate-themed cultural activities to raise awareness about climate emergency and act t
Generator is an ITI co-funded project for refurbishing the building and setting up Technopark Celje fun science park promoting science and city’s heritage.
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