UrbanCOOP

There is a general recognition that urban areas do not exist in isolation from wider economic, social and political factors originating in the national, European and global spheres. At the same time there has also been a growing emphasis on the need to develop a partnership approach to urban problems. The central element of UrbanCOOP project is, in this regard, multilateral urban cooperation and mutual learning among local governments to overcome the gaps in experience and expertise of inter-regional urban authorities through transfer of knowledge and training about ’urban policies’.

The project will examine the possibilities and potential of inter-regional cooperation in order to modernise and streamline the operation of local governments. Through multilateral cooperation, local governments seek to respond to new trends and challenges. As such, this kind of cooperation, in the form of an adequately chosen instrument, can serve as a basis for a new urban and regional reform which can also help the individual participating territories themselves to cope with the complicated problems of the present.