Placemaking and beyond: 5 policy levers for city centres

What if we decided to write a playbook for bringing community and vitality back to city centres? As a partnership of 10 urban areas from across Europe, the URBACT Cities@Heart network set out to do just that. Their approachable network guide and toolkit compile best practices and field experiences in city centre management and policy […]
Getting Started with Policy Co-design

The ideas and tools shared in this playbook build on a growing interest in policy co-design that has emerged over the last twenty years, driven by collaboration between designers and policymakers, a shift to more citizen-centred approaches to policy-making, and the opportunities for collaborative policy co-design opened up by new digital technologies. Throughout this playbook […]