URBACT Good Practices: What’s in a name?

On 15 April, URBACT launched a call for Good Practices (running until 30 June 2024). The call aims to reward impactful local practices in sustainable urban development, which can be a source of inspiration and transfer to other European cities.  If you are working on sustainable urban development, you might be asking yourself: What, exactly, makes a practice ‘good’? This article looks at a handful of the 97 URBACT Good Practices awarded to cities from 25 EU countries in 2017. While these practices cover environmental, social, governance or economic themes, what got them their URBACT label?    Four fundamental dimensions enable a local good practice to be awarded as an URBACT Good Practice. These represent the principles ...