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2021 URBACT City Festival

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Speakers

Kate Raworth

Renegade economist focused on making economics fit for 21st century realities

Aziza Akhmouch

Head of the Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development Division in the OECD

Ricardo Rio

Mayor of Braga (Portugal)

Tjaša Ficko

Deputy mayor of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Jordi Mazón

Deputy Mayor for Ecological Transition, Mobility and Waste Collection in Viladecáns (Spain)

Rebeka Szabó

Deputy Mayor of Zugló - 14th district of Budapest (Hungary)

Radu Vanturache

Constanta ALT/BAU

Nathalie Van Loon

Janet Ågren

Deputy Mayor of Umeå (Sweden)

Levente Polyak

ACTive NGOs Lead Expert

Alisa Aliti Vlasic

City of Dubrovnik (Croatia)

Maruška Markovčič

Municipality of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Daniela Patti

Com.Unity.Lab Lead Expert

Elena Giovannini

City of Cesena (Italy)

valentin Mousain

Métropole Européenne de Lille

Karolina Medwecka-Piasecka

Municipality of Birmingham (UK)

Peter Wolkowinski

URBAN REGENERATION MIX Lead Expert

Tiago Ferreira

Municipality of Amarante (Portugal)

Nuala Morgan

URBACT Secretariat

Thibaud Lalanne

Municipality of Mouans-Sartoux (France)

Clémentine Gravier

URBACT Secretariat

Petra Marčinko

City of Dubrovnik (Croatia)

Alison Partridge

Tech Revolution Lead Expert

Alexandra Tsatsou

Municipality of Piraeus (Greece)

Petra Srdínková

City of Pardubice (Czech Republic)

Martin Neubert

Municipality of Chemnitz (Germany)

Marcelline Bonneau

URBACT Programme Expert

Magdalena Skiba

City of Gdansk (Poland)

Michał Pielechowski

City of Gdansk (Poland)

Rita Szerencses

Municipality of Ujbuda (Hungary)

Ferenc Szigeti

Come in! Lead Expert

Erica Albarello

Torino Urban Lab (Italy)

Nils Scheffler

ALT/BAU Lead Expert

Matthew Baqueriza-Jackson

Making Spend Matter Lead Expert

Céline Ethuin

URBACT Secretariat

Nouhaila Bouhout

URBACT Secretariat

Debbie Bell

HOME Association

Daniele Terzariol

Deputy Mayor for San Dona di Piave

Ruth Essex

Rumourless Cities Lead Expert

Marian Counihan

Municipality of Groningen (Netherlands)

Emmanuel Moulin

URBACT Secretariat

Adele Bucella

URBACT Secretariat

Alice Fauvel

URBACT Secretariat

Tracey Johnson

Leader of all things digital ecosystem at Barnsley DMC (UK)

Jenny Koutsomarkou

URBACT Secretariat

Julien Lambert

URBACT Secretariat

Sally Kneeshaw

URBACT Programme Expert

Eddy Adams

URBACT Programme Expert

Ileana Toscano

Playful Paradigm Lead Expert

Katrin Parve

Municipality of Tallinn (Estonia)

Kristijan Radojčić

URBACT Secretariat

Maria Tiilikkala

Municipality of Espoo (Finland)

Haroon Saad

City of Brussels (Belgium)

Mireia Sanabria

ON BOARD Lead Expert

liat rogel

ROOF Lead Expert

François Gallaga

European Commission

Katalin Bunyevácz

ALT/BAU Ad-hoc Expert

Giovanni Ferrero

Municipality of Turin (Italy)

Miguel Correia de Brito

Municipality of Lisbon (Portugal)

Fernando Rosa

Portuguese Directorate-General for Territory - EU Presidency

Ivan Tosics

URBACT Programme Expert

Tina Lisac

City of Idrija (Slovenia)

Klemen Strmšnik

BeePathNet Lead Expert

Sian Sanders

Municipality of Cardiff (UK)

Nóra Laki

Municipality of Hegyvidék - 12th district of Budapest (Hungary)

François Jégou

BioCanteens Lead Expert

Gunnild de Ridder

Municipality of Aarhus (Denmark)

Irina Gomes

LOCALS Association

João Martins

LOCALS Association

Gonçalo Folgado

LOCALS Association

Léa Retournard

Métropole Européenne de Lille

Marina Jarque Fernández

Municipality of Viladecans (Spain)

Karen K Burns

Co-Founder and CEO of Fyma

Maruška Markovčič

Municipality of Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Laura Colini

URBACT Programme Expert

Maria Tiilikkala

Municipality of Espoo (Finland)

Inês Veiga

LOCALS Association

Jose Costero

Municipality of Pamplona (Spain)

Valentina Caimi

AEIDL

Joanna Brzezińska

Municipality of Lodz (Poland)

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Municipality of Manchester (UK)

nathalie van helvoort

Municipality of Rotterdam (Netherlands)

Máté Ábrahám

Municipality of Ujbuda (Hungary)

Enric Aragonès Jové

Municipality of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (Spain)

Sandra Rainero

ONSTAGE Lead Expert

Javier Ors

Municipality of Bilbao (Spain)

Marion Cugnet

Cugnet Consulting

Nicola Masella

Municipality of Naples (Italy)

Katarzyna Przyjemska-Grzesik

Municipality of Krakow (Poland)

PATRICIA HERNANDEZ LELLI

Municipality of Rome (Italy)

Jordi Jet Serra Morales

City of Manresa (Spain)

Heike Mages

German Association for Housing, Urban and Spatial Development in Berlin​ (Germany)

Stefania Pascut

Municipality of Udine (Italy)

PALOMA VERDU

Municipality of Altea (Spain)

Andre Acosta

Municipality of Aveiro (Portugal)

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Clermont Ferrand Metropole

Maria Giulia Longhini

Municipality of Mantua (Italy)

Giulietta Fassino

Urban Center Torino (Italy)

Guadalupe Penas

City of Esplugues (Spain)

Magnus Jacobson

Swedish organisation for regions and municipalities, SKR

Agata Schmidt

Association of Municipalities and Counties of Central Subregion of the Silesia Region

Soraya Axelsson

Head of the H22 initiative at the City of Helsingborg

Andrea Reimer

Former City Councillor of Vancouver (Canada)

Göran Nilsson

General Manager at Ingka Services AB (IKEA)

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URBACT is the exchange and learning European Territorial Cooperation programme that drives change for better cities. Ever since 2002, the programme helps cities to develop pragmatic solutions that are new, sustainable and that integrate economic, social and environmental urban topics. It is co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the Member and Partner States. For more information, check www.urbact.eu

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URBACT

The URBACT Programme helps cities finding tailored solutions and tools to face urban challenges, using peer-to-peer methods across Europe and bringing positive change at local level. Come see for yourself some of the wealth the programme has produced during our live sessions: the Toolbox, Right2Housing, localising SDGs in cities... and much more!

National URBACT Points

National URBACT Points provide information and communicate on URBACT in EU countries in their native languages

Wellbeing tent

🧘‍♀️Yoga, 👨‍🍳cooking, 💃dance... meet the URBACT team and have fun with relaxing activities

URBAN FUTURE

We help make cities sustainable.

YEP Programme - European Committee of the Regions (CoR)

The Community for young elected local and regional politicians

Urban Agenda for the EU

Working together for better cities

ASToN Network

ASToN network brings 11 African cities together to develop digital practices in order to create sustainable & inclusive cities

Eurotowns

The European network for medium-sized cities

UIA

Urban Innovative Actions - The Urban Lab of Europe !

CCRE-CEMR

The Reference Framework for Sustainable Cities (RFSC)

ACTive NGOs

The power of civic ecosystems. How community spaces and their networks make our cities more cooperative, fair and resilient

ALT/BAU

ALT/BAU – Reactivating vacant residential buildings - Join us for further information at our "life sessions" at 16.6. at 11.15 and 12:30!

BioCanteens

Sustainable school meals as a stepping stone towards an ecosystemic city food project

BluAct

Starting up the Blue Economy!

CARD4ALL

Your city in your pocket!

C-Change

Arts and culture leading climate action in cities

Civic eState: pooling Urban commons

Network results: new models of urban co-governance based on the commons

Come in!

Talking Houses - Shared Stories

Com.Unity.Lab

Empowering Local Development

Innovato-R

Everyone's an innovator

Making Spend Matter

Changing Procurement - Changing Cities

ON BOARD

Come and meet ON BOARD cities!

ONSTAGE

Music schools for social change

Playful Paradigm

Play for inclusive, healthy and sustainable cities

Re-growCity

Tackling long term decline in smaller cities

RUMOURLESS CITIES

Prevent Discrimination, Strengthen Cohesion

Tech Revolution

Working together to maximise the job creation potential of digital

URBAN REGENERATION MIX

We are weaving a collaborative cities together with our residents.

Volunteering Cities

Volunteers connect cities, from compassion to action

BeePathNet

Enriching the Urban Jungle with Bees and an invitation TO YOUR CITY to join the Bee-friendly movement