Arrival Cities

ARRIVAL CITIES is a project financed by the URBACT programme (part of the European Territorial Cooperation programme) aiming to foster sustainable integrated urban development in cities across Europe. It is an instrument of the Cohesion Policy, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund, the 28 Member States, Norway & Switzerland.  URBACT’s mission is to enable cities to work together and develop integrated solutions to common urban challenges, by networking, learning from one another’s experiences, drawing lessons and identifying good practices to improve urban policies. The Arrival Cities Action Planning Network is tackling one of Europe’s most urgent issues by looking at how cities can manage the challenges of old and new migration flows. Arrival Cities was initiated by Carla Tavares, the Mayor of the Municipality of Amadora, lead partner for the network.

Project Duration:
​May 2016 – May 2018

Co-operation Partners:
Municipality of Amadora, Amadora (Portugal) – Link
Municipality  of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki (Greece) – Link
Municipality of Riga - Education, Culture and Sports Department Riga (Latvia) – Link
Municipality of Messina, Messina (Italy) – Link
Municipality of Roquetas, Roquetas de Mar (Spain) – Link
Municipality of Vantaa, Vantaa (Finland) – Link
Municipality of Patras, Enterprise for Planning & Development, Patras (Greece) – Link
County of Val-de-Marne, Créteil (France)
City of Oldenburg, Stabsstelle Integration, Oldenburg (Germany) – Link
Technische Universität Dresden,Laboratory of Knowledge Architecture, Dresden (Germany)

Local Co-ordinator:
Magdi Khalil
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Team Members:
Dr. Ana Tomas
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Tel.: + 214369092  Ext 1814

Verginia Politi
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Irina Vasiljeva
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Giacomo Villari
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Francisco Iborra
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Lautiola Hannele
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Chrissa Geraga
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Mahmoudi, Rachida
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Oltmann, Angela
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Milestones:
* Capturing and sharing good practice from transnational learning events
* Methods for effective co-production of the local action plan
* Influencing policy in other service areas (e.g. housing, education, health,transport)
* Effective co-ordination of Urban Local Group ULGs
* Writing a local action plan
* Identifying funding to implement the local action plan
* Getting positive media coverage of the ULG’s work
* Involving wider communities in the ULG’s work
* Engaging the Managing Authorities (for EU structural funds) in the ULG’s work
* Enabling volunteer/unfunded groups to fully participate in the ULG

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