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Want to experience the importance of citizen participation in urban development firsthand? Are you a city architect or urban planner? There are still 3 spots left to join a peer-learning visit to Caceres, Spain.

Can a bench become a symbol of the revival of a neighborhood? That is what is happening in Turin with the new urban furniture installed along the Dora river: this is one of the actions liasing day-time and night-time making public spaces welcoming and inclusive for all. This simple action was unexpectedly one of the most appreciated of the night policy paradigm tested by the city, testifying how the road to a 24-hour city passes through simple but effective interventions for the local community URBACT European Forum for Urban Security (Efus) European Urban Initiative Torino Urban Lab torinoeuprojects 24HourNation

The Urban Innovative Actions projects are a wealth of knowledge and solutions that can be transferred and replicated to other cities in the EU through integrated planning and funding strategies. The URBACT Innovation Transfer Networks are aimed at fostering the replication of those practices, while including them in wider strategies for urban sustainability. Explore the solutions developed by the UIA cities in the Partner Search Tool to join the project proposals to be presented until 20 March ➡️The partner search tool https://lnkd.in/d5uE8Umr European Urban Initiative European Commission Urban Agenda for the EU

Have you already heard about a 15-Min-City? 🤔 Look at #Ursynów in #Warsaw and the concept led by EIT Urban Mobility and find out more about #green #mobility in big cities. #SustainableMobility

1️⃣ Day 1 of the Urban Future. #Rotterdam conference: a great Placemaking Western Balkans Municipality of Celje / Mestna Občina Celje session, and wonderful speakers Monika Tominšek Małgorzata Ćwikła, PhD ICLEI Europe and Alexandru Stan @IN2 🔥 The discussion between the speakers and the audience was built around several “burning questions” bringing new insights to the surface:  ❓ What does it mean to be urban planner working for municipality on the heritage renewal projects and is it attractive for young architecture and design professionals to work for the city rather than working in a private practice on heritage-inspired projects ?  ❓ Why is it still difficult to motivate bottom up heritage projects and what makes those cities who got it right successful?  ❓ Can citizens determine what is heritage from their point of view and make city officials listen to them, or is definition of heritage exclusive right of cultural institutions only?  ❓ Are digital tools making heritage closer to everyone, what is their role in sustainable, regenerative tourism as opposite to “extractive” tourism? ➡ Full overview of the "Cool Answers to Burning Questions on Redoing Heritage" will be available at our Placemaking Western Balkans BLOG dedicated to the Redoing Heritage interactive session, starting from 10th of June. Stay tuned, mark the day for a good read! #placemaking #publicspace #built #nontangible #heritage #regeneration #digitaltools

Which is the good practice of your city that you would like to see replicated in other urban contexts? Last week to apply to the URBACT call for Good Practices! Until 30 June it's possible to apply to the call which is selecting some of the most interesting and original experiences and solutions of sustainable urban development. As Expert of the programme, I have seen several cities gaining visibility through past calls on good practices, such as Udine portrayed below with its Playful Paradigm, leading transfer networks or entering into the URBACT community as network partners. The application process takes only a couple of hours, but it's an important step for creating international partnerships, guiding the replicability of innovative solutions in other European context. European Commission European Urban Initiative Urban Agenda for the EU Euractiv POLITICO Europe

Making urban knowledge accessible for all is the main objective of Portico, the community platform for sustainable urban development officially launched yesterday by European Urban Initiative. The platform will share resources and tools to support urban practitioners, experts and elected representatives for making our cities more just, green and productive. In an age of complexity, it is great to see new resources which make knowledge more accessible to who implement actions on the ground, but also for who design innovative strategies and policies for urban development at national and European level ➡️Visit Portico here bit.ly/UrbanLearning URBACT European Commission Urban Agenda for the EU Agenzia per la coesione territoriale

Insightful reflections on “Designging Safe and Liveable Cities” by ElsaMarie D'Silva (she/her) in her recent piece👇

1️⃣ Day 1 of the Urban Future. #Rotterdam conference: a great Placemaking Western Balkans Municipality of Celje / Mestna Občina Celje session, and wonderful speakers Monika Tominšek Małgorzata Ćwikła, PhD ICLEI Europe and Alexandru Stan @IN2 🔥 The discussion between the speakers and the audience was built around several “burning questions” bringing new insights to the surface:  ❓ What does it mean to be urban planner working for municipality on the heritage renewal projects and is it attractive for young architecture and design professionals to work for the city rather than working in a private practice on heritage-inspired projects ?  ❓ Why is it still difficult to motivate bottom up heritage projects and what makes those cities who got it right successful?  ❓ Can citizens determine what is heritage from their point of view and make city officials listen to them, or is definition of heritage exclusive right of cultural institutions only?  ❓ Are digital tools making heritage closer to everyone, what is their role in sustainable, regenerative tourism as opposite to “extractive” tourism? ➡ Full overview of the "Cool Answers to Burning Questions on Redoing Heritage" will be available at our Placemaking Western Balkans BLOG dedicated to the Redoing Heritage interactive session, starting from 10th of June. Stay tuned, mark the day for a good read! #placemaking #publicspace #built #nontangible #heritage #regeneration #digitaltools

In this episode of #unPlanned, we sit down with architect and urban planner Leonardi Aray AIA to understand the similarities that cities in the Americas share (and how they differ from their European counterparts). https://lnkd.in/eQkAJPPU