How can we create spaces that truly meet everyone’s needs? How can we build public spaces that exclude no one? How can we ensure that the needs of women, children, older people and people with disabilities are genuinely taken into account? To address these challenges, the urban planning workshop Approche.s!, in collaboration with the Pépinières urbaines network, has developed a practical tool: the criteria grid for equitable urban planning.

The guide is now available to support all those involved in urban development.

The UFI has stepped up its collaboration with the Urban Commune of Antananarivo (CUA) in order to consolidate the governance of ongoing development projects.

On 5 and 6 November 2025, the Kahawa Soweto neighbourhood came alive with cultural, creative and community activities organised as part of the Nairobi Urban Fabric Initiative (UFI). These two days brought together residents, local stakeholders and students from the University of Nairobi around a common goal: to transform shared spaces into lively, inclusive places that foster social cohesion.

From October to November 2025, the Antananarivo UFI took an important step forward in developing citizen participation around its intervention sites.

Urban Fabric Initiatives are featured in the latest issue of African Cities Magazine with two articles published in its October edition.

Entitled "Public spaces, drivers of African urban transformation", the magazine explores how urban nurseries are helping to rethink the fabric of African cities by drawing on local dynamics, citizen participation and the co-construction of inclusive and sustainable public spaces.