PARTENAIRES | Lille Métropole, partenaire du projet Com.Unity.Lab, travaille à la mise en œuvre d'un outil de développement local intégré et basé sur la bonne pratique de Lisbonne, qui vise à renforcer la vie et l'action collective dans les quartiers. ici👉youtube.com/watch?v=qFJnZrsn…

Summer Readings: Are Local Development and Tourism compatible? Read the opinion of Levente Polyak - urban planner, researcher, community advocate and policy adviser - in @CooperativeCity bit.ly/30X0ieY

URBACT News: Register now to join the URBACT workshops during the European Week for Regions and Cities in Brussels from 7 to 10 October. + Info: urbact.eu/join-urbact-ewrc-o…

PARTNERS | Did you know The Hague is implementing a CLLD strategy in the @Scheveningen area which foresees a stronger involvement of the local residential action groups for the redevelopment of the harbour area? More info about this strategy: bit.ly/2XvLE15 – at Lisbon, Portugal

Why are smaller towns and cities so important? Amy Labarrière (@URBACT) has a clue: "Hundreds of small towns and cities have joined URBACT networks (...) working with local groups and international expertise to find sustainable, cross-sector solutions". bit.ly/2XjpOOk – at Lisbon, Portugal

INTERVIEW | LUBLIN | “One of the most important experiences we have had was organizing Civic Pan". Words of the Municipality of Lublin's Director of Social Participation Office, Piotr Choroś. Read the full interview a click away: bit.ly/2Y0wr41 – at Lublin, Poland

TRANSNATIONAL MEETING @Aalborg | A CHRONICLE Farvel Aalborg! Fresh off the enchanting and friendly "Double A" [Aalborg] , a good summary of our two-days meeting by Mourad Gahnem (Lisbon). A click away: bit.ly/2WXHm18 – at Lisbon, Portugal

FOOD FOR THOUGHT | What is the strategy of the City of @Bari - one of the Com.unity.Lab Partners - to tackle Urban Poverty? Vitandrea Marzano (City of Bari) has some ideas. An interview via @CooperativeCity - bit.ly/2KAcmhh – at Bari, Apulia

AALBORG is calling! The main theme to be addressed in our Transnational Meeting (tomorrow and Friday) will be the "Task Force", but the agenda also includes workshops and visiting local projects and stakeholders. What to expect? The answer a click away: bit.ly/2EQQRVW – at Aalborg, Danmark

📣 Com.Unity.Lab wants to tell you something... 📣 Good morning! Our first newsletter is just a click away! mailchi.mp/1b25197fcfa0/hey-… … Wish you a good reading! #empoweringlocaldevelopment – at Lisbon, Portugal

PROJECT PARTNERS | DID YOU KNOW... … Ostrava is implementing a range of projects from Strategic Development Plan 2017-2023, which has been created with the contributions of more than 20 000 citizens? Read more about @Ostrava_cz here: bit.ly/30J5R1m @URBACT – at Ostrava, Czech Republic

@URBACT Local Group in Lublin has been officially kicked off during yesterday's meeting. Municipality employees from various departments as well as local stakeholders met to find out and discuss the possibilities of @ComUnityLab project.

READINGS | Here is the interview with Miguel Brito, Head of Local Development Department focused on Lisbon Priority Intervention Neighborhoods and Zones (BIP/ZIP), the good practice to be tranferred and improved. Where? bit.ly/2VUIken, via CooperativeCity.org. – at Lisbon, Portugal

ULGs | A powerful start has been given to the URBACT Local Group in Sofia thanks to the energetic participation of institutional/ educational sector representatives, NGOs and media. We would like to welcome our super supporters from Sofia to the existing journey "Com.Unity.Lab"! – at Bulgaria

Lublin, Ostrava, Lisbon, Lille, Aalborg, Bari, The Hague and Sofia have a common dream. The strong focus on participatory approaches and co-governance processes is shared by all partners. Learning from each other, we aim to improve our integrated urban policies on the ground. – at Lisbon, Portugal

URBACT Campus in Ostrava | Little by little our journey is becoming more visible. "Com.unity.labber" Katerina Bonito, from Municipality of Ostrava, is on the stage presenting the network's poster @ Czech and Slovak URBACT Campus. Isn't that appealing and clear? – at Ostrava, Czech Republic

@URBACT Campus in Ostrava | Little by little our journey is becoming more visible. "Com.unity.labber" Katerina Bonito, from Municipality of Ostrava, is on the stage presenting the network's poster @ Czech and Slovak URBACT Campus. Isn't that appealing and very informative? – at Ostrava, Czech Republic

Com.Unity.Lab is Alive & Kicking Anna and Magdalena (Lublin): "Yesterday and today Com.Unity.Lab project team from Lublin was happy to introduce the transfer network to other Polish cities and ULG members during the URBACT Campus in Łódź, Poland".+Info: bit.ly/2XmVkGs – at Lodz, Poland

MAPS | URBAN ALTERNATIVES Do you know already "Urban Alternatives"? This collaborative/interactive map acts as a participative platform and a communication tool to work on transnational alliances of local actors and initiatives. Explore it! urbanalternatives.org #mapping – at Setúbal, Portugal

How does Com.Unity.Lab want to empower local communities in priority neighbourhoods? Lead Expert Daniela Patti answers to this question on @URBACT website ( bit.ly/2VCMDYn ) – at Lisbon, Portugal