The URBAX2 project, which follows on from a project carried out in the first phase of the Leonardo Da Vinci programme (URBAX) plans to adapt and re-apply the results of the previous project with the participation of the candidate countries.Since the educational objective is to understand urban planning in a market-economy / private-property context, the network will look at the situation in the various countries and identify related skills requirements. Results will take the form of software with a role-playing function which can be used to simulate the development of a city, plus teaching and simulation materials.The project's target groups are town planning professionals, local decision-makers, teachers and students (in particular architects, economists and lawyers).