URBACT call for Transfer Networks Programme

Deadline: 30 June 2025

The URBACT call for Transfer Networks aims to create partnerships of cities willing to transfer in their local contexts one of the 116 URBACT Good Practices.

Why be part of a transfer network?

Connect and exchange with European peers
Save time and money
Learn from the best and make a difference in your city

What to expect on the network journey?

Exchange and learning activities
Capacity-building opportunities
Visibility and knowledge sharing at EU level
An URBACT Local Group per city
Time for testing actions
EUR 750 000 for network activities
EUR 120 000 for expertise support

Who will support you?

URBACT experts
URBACT Secretariat
National URBACT Points

Who is eligible to participate?

6 – 8 Partners per network
An URBACT Good Practice city as Lead Partner
European cities from the 27 Member States, the 2 Partner States (Norway and Switzerland), the 5 IPA countries (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia) as well as Ukraine and Moldova are the eligible beneficiaries of the TN call.
- The beneficiary “city” refers to the public local authority representing:
  - Cities, municipalities, towns;
  - Local agencies defined as public or semi-public organisations set up by a city, partially or fully owned by the city authority, and responsible for the design and implementation of specific policies (economic development, energy supply, health services, transport, etc.)
  - Infra-municipal tiers of government such as city districts and boroughs in cases where they are represented by a politico-administrative institution having competences for policy-making and implementation in the policy area covered by the URBACT network concerned in which they are willing to get involved;
  - Metropolitan authorities and organized agglomerations in cases where they are represented by a politico-administrative institution having delegated competences for policy-making and implementation in the policy area covered by the URBACT network.
- In addition to city partners, Transfer Networks can also include a limited number of other beneficiaries (non-city partners). In the case of Transfer Networks, non-city partners as defined below are eligible:
  - Provincial, regional and national authorities, as far as urban issues are concerned;
  - Universities and research centres, as far as urban issues are concerned;
  - Managing Authorities of Cohesion Policy and EU Solidarity Funds.