17/03/2015 (Agence Europe) - Launch of URBACT III programme. On Monday 16 March, the European Commission launched the know-how and best practices exchange programme for European cities in the area of urban development. The programme's head office is in Paris at the Commissariat général à l'égalité des territoires and involves EU member states, as well as Norway and Switzerland. It has a budget of €96.3 million, €74.4 million of which comes from the ERDF. Corina Cretu, the European...