Author: European Regional Development Fund

Category: Technical Programme / Co-finance Facility

Published/Created by: European Regional Development Fund

Link: https://urbact.eu/

URBACT is a European exchange and learning programme promoting sustainable urban development. It is one of the EU funding programmes solely dedicated to cities. The main goal of the programme is to increase the capacity of cities and support the exploitation of good practices thanks to the use of city to city cooperation and networks. URBACT co-finances the collaboration among cities from different areas and different sizes. URBACT supports all areas of action for local authorities, for example carbon neutrality, circular economy, climate adaptation, energy efficiency, but also effective urban planning, citizen participation, and urban-rural linkages. URBACT is 550 cities, 30 countries and 7,000 active local stakeholders. The main beneficiaries are cities from EU 28 Member States, Norway & Switzerland. While talking about cities, URBACT actually includes cities, municipalities, towns (without limit of size), infra-municipal tiers of government, metropolitan authorities as well as organized agglomerations. Other beneficiaries include local agencies; provincial, regional and national authorities; universities and research centres. All beneficiaries shall be public or public equivalent bodies.