Good practices
What is a good practice?
A good practice is defined as an initiative related to regional development policy which has proved to be successful in a region and which is of potential interest to other regions.
Although we primarily refer to good practices, valuable learning can also come from unsuccessful practices. Lessons learnt from unsuccessful experiences are also taken into consideration in the exchange of experience process. You can find more information in our programme manual.
Examples of good practices can be found in the good practice database.
How can I submit a good practice?
You can submit good practices from several points on the website. Take a look below to start submitting your good practices today.
Step 1
You can submit a good practice by going to your profile menu on the top right when logged into your account.
In the list, find good practices, click on the option and you will be directed to your personal good practices dashboard.
Step 2
Once you arrive in your good practices dashboard, you will see a big blue button.
Click on the button to start the process of submitting a good practice.
Before submitting your good practice, you can work on it in the good practice template. Or click here to start your submission now.
You can also explore more information about additional features of your good practice dashboard.
If your good practice is linked to a project or if you are a lead partner or a project web admin, have a look also at our guidance note about good practice validation.
Useful documents
Where can I find good practices?
Our good practices database consists of a wide variety of examples that have been put forward by our projects and validated by Platform Experts. Start exploring them below.
Food Bank Cluj
The Food Bank collects surplus food and redistributes it to those in need, reducing waste and hunger through efficient, digitalized management and transparency.
Annual report on electric vehicle charging
The City of Stockholm publishes annual data on electric vehicle charging infrastructure, providing a market overview and informing planning and decisions.
Energy renovation of the Karlovac General Hospital
Successful implementation of the ESCO model in Croatia, with General Hospital in Karlovac cutting energy costs by more than 50% after energy renovation.
RSL Op Post
RSL Op Post improves the life standards of citizens by providing for the basic needs in combination with being an experimental, inspirational and creative hub.
Low cost actions to mobilize citizens in climate adaptation
Citizens can help shape the city's climate objectives. To this end, the city is running various actions in which citizens/neighbourhoods can participate.
Family Center ‘Posoka’, Concordia Bulgaria Foundation
Family Center 'Posoka' operates day and residential social services that support children, youth, families and communities.
AIT4Local SMEs – “Advanced AI Training Cycle for Professionals and Local Businesses"
Artificial Intelligence training program to introduce local companies to the use of AI and to support their digital transformation processes.
Monitoring performance with online Environment Barometer portal
The City of Stockholm Environment Barometer is a portal providing public information about e.g. air quality, climate, nature, traffic, and water.
Leisure library
A non-profit library full with sports equipment for all seasons. Completely free to borrow and use for everyone living in or visiting the municipality.
The Valencia Energy Office
The Energy Office is an innovative one-stop-shop project to impulse the energy transition in the city of València.
O sabor dos Ancares (The taste of Ancares): "A Carqueixa"
"O Sabor dos Ancares”: promotion short food supply chains for decrease the risk of fires.
Rainwater management in the city: ‘Rainwater pretreatment plant in the city of Łódź’.
Rainwater pretreatment plant in Łódź combines advanced technologies with blue-green infrastructure, i.e. NBS such as retention basins and plantings.
Madeira's Circular Agenda
It is a strategic tool to help stakeholders in the main sectors and priority areas work towards a more Circular Economy in the Madeira Autonomous Region.
Aurora Climate Garden in Budapest - It all started with composting
The Auróra Climate Garden is a unique green oasis in Budapest, kept alive by compost produced on site.
Tickli (ticket reservation service)
Tickli: A free online booking system for tourism operators and organisations that can be integrated on their own website for selling tickets and packages.