Conference Facilitators
I am Coordinator for Social Innovation & Governance at ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability. If you get me a coffee, I’ll tell you all about my other hats.
My superpower is curiosity.
You can learn from me how to connect the conversations happening in the corridors of power (wherever they are today), in university halls and in the streets, so that together we can act for just, sustainable cities.
The project I'm most proud of is Informed Cities, obviously (even if it’s very much a collective effort).
Contact @missrok
I am a passionate urbanist who loves to host spaces for people to get in touch with their superpowers.
My superpower is to host myself.
You can learn from me how to facilitate a network a changemakers.
The project I’m most proud of is Actors of Urban Change.
Website: www.actorsofurbanchange.org
Contact details: Sebastian.schlueter@actorsofurbanchange.org
8:30-9:00 Registration & Coffee
9:00-9:30 Welcome & Introduction
Giulia Facelli is Policy Officer on 'Innovating Cities' at the European Commission. Building Engineer and Architect by education, she specialized in structural analysis of historic constructions focusing on conservation, rehabilitation and reuse of abandoned heritage buildings and districts. Before joining the European Commission in 2017, she worked both in the public (UNESCO, International Committee of the Red Cross) and in the private field (Engineering consultant) as well in a number of research case studies. Since she joined DG Research and Innovation, she focused on R&I policies to promote sustainable urban development through historic buildings and districts rehabilitation and reuse. Currently, she is involved into the preparation of the future Horizon Europe Mission on 'Climate-Neutral & Smart-Cities'.
My superpower is: I am a young and dynamic EC Policy Officer, with hands-on engineering as well as R&I policy-making experience.
You can learn from me how to tap into the innovation potential of your project and scale it up.
Twitter: @EUScienceInnov
Contact details: Giulia.FACELLI@ec.europa.eu
I am an urban sociologist, working in the fields of urban development and housing policy, focusing on the inclusion of the disadvantaged and vulnerable. I like to be confronted with challenges and learn new things.
My super power is that I am very discipled.
You can learn from me how to write proposals, how to lead projects and how to create a safe and good working environment.
The project I am most proud of is OpenHeritage.
You can check out the types of work that I do at www.mri.hu.
You can reach me at szemzo@mri.hu
Marlena Happach, architect and town planner, head of the Architecture and Spatial Planning Department in Warsaw City Hall. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Architecture at Warsaw’s University of Technology. In 2012-2015, she was vice-president and, from 2015 to 2016, president of the Warsaw Branch of the Association of Polish Architects (SARP). Before becoming the City Architect for Warsaw, she was a founding member of the NGO “Odblokuj” (eng. Un-Block) that works together with local residents to revitalise city spaces.
Architect, planner, and consultant at the real estate market since 2003. Until 2016, Partner and CEO in SAWAWA Design Studio as well as a Board Member of OW SARP (Association of Polish Architects). 2017 / 2018 Deputy Director of the City of Warsaw Architecture and Spatial Planning Department. 2018 / 2019 Deputy Director of Economic Development Department.
Co-designer of Warsaw Royal Route redevelopment, surroundings of the Polish National Stadium development and many other public spaces, building complexes, and estates. Laureate of several architectural and urban competitions. Advisor for real estate investments, including residential areas, retail, offices, mix-use and big sports & leisure complexes.
9:30-10:00 Troubles with heritage. Lessons from Warsaw
Heritage sounds like a valuable possession, but in fact, say “heritage” and you may say “trouble”. Because, in the first place, how do we know what heritage is, and secondly, who decides that some architectural and urban achievements are more valuable than others? How does heritage value reflect the changing realities of the society and economy?
In the XX and early XXI century, Warsaw experienced several institutional approaches to its heritage – from highly political decisions to decisions by esteemed experts, reborn local government, grass-root activities of the changing society and market forces. What lessons can Warsaw and other cities draw from this turbulent period?
The opening keynote set the scene for further discussions, taking a critical look at the processes of urban transformation.
I am an architect/urban planner and an economist, involved in several fields of urban study and practice.
My superpower is focus on doing my job well, without thinking about superpowers.
You can learn from me how to look at the city from various angles at the same time.
The project I`m most proud of is Warsaw Local Centres and being part of OpenHeritage.
Contact details: katarzyna.sadowy@ohpraga.pl
10:00-10:45 How is your city changing?
We are all experts in the processes of urban transformation. We shape the cities we live in, we watch them change, have our hopes and dreams and yes, sometimes nightmares too. This lively exchange session helped the participants to quickly get to know each other and dive into the main questions to be explored.
10:45-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-12:45 Why does heritage matter?
In this session participants had a chance to meet the people behind Cooperative Heritage Labs, the adaptive reuse laboratories established by the OpenHeritage partners in Rome (Italy), Prädikow (Germany), Sunderland (UK), Pomáz-Nagykovácsi-puszta (Hungary) and Warsaw (Poland) and hear about their experience, future plans and first lessons learned.
OpenHeritage aims at creating sustainable models of heritage asset management. The project puts the idea of inclusive governance of cultural heritage sites together with development of heritage communities at its center. This means empowering the community in the processes of adaptive reuse.
Moderation:
I am an urban sociologist, working in the fields of urban development and housing policy, focusing on the inclusion of the disadvantaged and vulnerable. I like to be confronted with challenges and learn new things.
My super power is that I am very discipled.
You can learn from me how to write proposals, how to lead projects and how to create a safe and good working environment.
The project I am most proud of is OpenHeritage.
You can check out the types of work that I do at www.mri.hu.
You can reach me at szemzo@mri.hu
Panelists:
I am an art historian and archaeologist; I do research and teach about art, material culture, and cultural heritage.
My superpower is that I can reconstruct stories about people based on old walls, inscriptions, images, and objects.
You can learn from me how to present these stories in a way that it is interesting and relevant to very diverse people.
The projects I am most proud of are my PhD research on early modern funeral monuments and OpenHeritage.
You can read about the latter at openheritage.eu and about me at https://people.ceu.edu/dora_merai.
I am interested in your experiences, ideas, and questions! In my academic work, I like to stay close to practice, to develop and discuss our understandings of the processes of heritage production. Looking at urban contexts, my focus is on the myriad ways we define what heritage is and what heritage does, and on the formal and informal governance structures through which heritage is produced.
My superpower is: I am involved and kind, but don’t shy away from (getting or asking) hard questions!
You can learn from me how to tweet.
The projects I am most proud of are:
My PhD because of the persistence it took
Open Heritage because it is so very relevant at the moment, but also so much fun!
Website referring to my work: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/apl/staff/profile/loesveldpaus.html#background
Contact details: Loes.veldpaus@ncl.ac.uk
I am Thomas Dönnebrink, live in Berlin – and as a member of the www.hof-praedikow.de community - soon in the village of Prädikow, one hour east of Berlin, and work as a freelancer about the collaborative economy, transformation and social innovation.
My superpower is being a curious generalist trying to connect people, ideas and dots around transformation on a social, organisational and personal level towards a sustainable future.
You can learn from me how to look at things from different angles or do things in a different way.
The project I’m most proud of is being the Initiator and Founding CEO of the Embassy School in Izmir, Turkey, www.ds-izmir.com
Websites referring to your work/project: www.hof-praedikow.de, www.supermarkt-berlin.net and www.ouishare.net
Contact details: thomas@hof-praedikow.de or thomas@ouishare.net
I am a researcher interested in investigating under what conditions urban actors bearing different resources and identities can collaborate in the sustainable (socially, economically, environmentally) governance of resources, services, infrastructures.
My superpower is to conciliate academic research and applied experimentation
You can learn from me how urban regulations can build socially, environmentally, economically sustainable governance arrangements for promoting neighbourhood-based development leveraging on cultural heritage as a commons.
The project I’m most proud of is The Rome Collaboratory.
Website referring to my work: https://co-roma.openheritage.eu
I am director and founder of Urbasofia, a Romanian Company focusing on urban and regional planning questions, with a special geographical focus on the Danube area and South-Eastern Europe.
My superpower is my curiosity. Despite 20 years of working experience, I still want to learn what’s going on, what’s new, which are the new leading ideas in urban planning. I like meeting people, listening to them and trying to share my experience.
Special skill of my superpower is that I do not want to educate anyone, but simply “get and transfer” experience and knowledge through a dialogue.
You can learn from me:
• How to finance complex processes of urban regeneration/development (especially financing linked to EU funds)
• How to manage a participatory planning process
• How to manage a company working at high level in applied research connected to urban and regional development/planning issues
• …several years ago, you could learn from me even how to play football and tennis…now I am just pathetic about these last points, but still a good piano player…and you can learn from me how to make wine (this is really a no mistakes/complex process!)
The project I am most proud? The one I am currently designing…the next one I am going to implement (currently I am working a lot on nature-based solutions and cultural heritage).
Many of the projects I took part in are available on www.urbasofia.eu
Contact details: pietro.elisei@urbasofia.eu or skype (pietroelisei)
I am an architect and urbanist working in the field of adaptive heritage re-use and culture, examples include the Sinfonia Varsovia Centrum and Nowy Teatr. I am also part of the Open Heritage project team co-managing the Praga Heritage Lab.
My superpower is solution finding and problems solving.
You can learn from me how to approach the transformation of heritage buildings and spaces for cultural activities.
The project I’m proud of is the Nowy Teatr venue, the pre-war waste company garage that was transformed into an arts centre and popular local public space.
Website referring to my work: Nowy Teatr www.nowyteatr.org and Sinfonia Varsovia Centrum www.sinfoniavarsoviacentrum.pl
12.45-13.45 Lunch
13:45-17:00 Time to explore! Field workshops
Praga is known for its strong community ties, industrial heritage and vibrant arts scene. Located on the right bank of the Vistula river, Praga largely missed out on the rapid transformation the entire city underwent starting in the 1990s. Long flying under the radar, this neighbourhood is now one of the sites where the future of Warsaw is emerging.
Participants dived straight into local debates and conflicts, meeting activists, policy makers and experts involved in shaping this unique neighbourhood. Is there a different path that Praga can follow, learning from the mistakes of many European cities? Can this experience of transformation resonate with others, facing similar challenges in their neighbourhoods?
The workshops served to showcase different aspects of urban regeneration in Warsaw, with a focus on Praga, and brainstorm together about possible ways forward.
Open Jazdów is a colony of wooden houses set in a green area right in the middle of the city. Built in 1945 for people working on Warsaw post-war reconstruction, the houses were initially planned as temporary and over the years their number considerably diminished. In 2011, the city administration wanted to demolish the remaining houses, and this trigged a local movement of inhabitants and activists wanting to protect this unique place. Since then a lot has happened, most of the houses are still standing today, and many of them are used by non-profit initiatives. The whole area has become very popular, offering lots of activities and a chance to escape the hustle and bustle of the city. The participants found out more about the complicated legal situation of this place, the ongoing discussions with the city administrations and revitalisation plans. Participants' expertise was needed to discuss best strategies for community-managed spaces to build trust-based relationships with the local government.
The workshop was organised by Open Jazdów - Partnership for Osiedle Jazdów.
Creativity Centre New Praga is an ambitious investment project currently implemented by the City of Warsaw to create a space for creative industries and strengthen the image of Praga as a home for creative people. In order to determine how the place can best serve the local community, the city worked with a local NGO Zmiana (Change) Foundation. The Foundation is very well rooted in the neighbourhood and successful in creating vibrant community meeting spaces (so-called Samozwańcze Domy Kultury, Self-Appointed Cultural Centres), despite difficulties in securing a permanent location. The participants found out more about the plans for the Creativity Centre, lessons learned from other similar projects (including the conference venue) and challenges of combining top-down and bottom-up logic. Participants' expertise was needed in exploring ideas for successful public-private-civic partnerships that are financially viable and respect the needs of the local community.
The workshop was co-organised by the City of Warsaw (Economic Development Department) and Zmiana Foundation. The City of Warsaw is a partner in INTERREG Central Europe Forget Heritage project focused on the revitalisation of abandoned historical sites to create spaces for creative industries and culture.
Targówek Fabryczny (Factory Targówek) is a place just ahead of a big change. Located 7km from the centre of Warsaw and yet feeling remote, with plenty of land still available, Targówek Fabryczny is a very interesting setting to discuss the future of urban peripheries. The participants found out more about the fast changing social mix of this area and the challenges of creating a sense of community among people coming from very different social and economic backgrounds. Participants' expertise was needed in discussing how the district can work together with businesses, including developers, to ensure the future development will benefit all inhabitants.
The workshop was co-organised by the District of Targówek, Centre for Culture and Activation and Monopol Warszawski Association. The District of Targówek is a partner in URBACT Transfer Network ComeIn focused on mobilising communities around shared heritage to combat social isolation.
Local work and related traditions form an important part of Praga heritage. The economic transformation of the last decades led to many local workplaces closing down, resulting in a number of societal problems. Organisations like Open Door (Otwarte Drzwi) help those in need by offering activities connected with work as a form of therapy and a source of self-esteem. Since 1995 the association has implemented over 300 projects that included over 80.000 people. Open Door is actively looking for ways to manifest its value to public bodies on local and city level. It is also exploring the role of space and aesthetics in connecting various groups of Praga dwellers. The participants found out more about the work and challenges faced by the Open Door association. Participants' expertise was needed to discuss possible ways to strengthen the cooperation with city and district authorities, as well as to map values connected with tangible and intangible heritage, which Open Door nurtures in Praga.
The workshop was organised by PRAGA LAB (part of the OpenHeritage project) in cooperation with the Open Door Association.
As the organisers of the workshop describe it, Centrum Praskie Koneser opened in 2018 has changed the image of Warsaw Praga district beyond recognition. A modern lifestyle centre of the capital, integrating as many as ten different functions, was created in the former industrial grounds of the 19th-century Vodka Factory. Fashion, gastronomy, culture, art, residential, office and hotel buildings coexist here in the vicinity of inviting public spaces and integrate various groups of users.
The workshop was organised by the Liebrecht & wooD Group specialists who shared the history of the facility's revitalisation with workshop participants. They told the story of the gradual integration of the place in the urban tissue and revealed how they had implemented the idea of placemaking in the daily functioning of the centre.
19:00-22:00 Praga after hours: evening event
After a long day of focused discussions it’s time to continue the exchange in a less formal atmosphere. There was good food, interesting people and... some surprises.
Skład Butelek, 11 listopada 22, 03-436 Warsaw
8:30-9:00 Registration & Coffee
9:00-9:30 Opening and reflections from Day 1
9:30-10:00 Reclaiming the city for people. Lessons from Lisbon
Lack of affordable housing, social exclusion and gentrification, spurred by capitalist logic of maximizing profits, are challenges few cities in Europe are immune to. Luckily, an increasing number of cities are looking to pursue an alternative vision of urban development, built on community empowerment, common good and respect for nature. Lisbon is at the forefront of this global movement, and the participants had a chance to hear more about their experience so far and plans for the future.
Paula Marques, Lisbon Deputy Mayor, will share Lisbon's experience in addressing urban poverty and present the city's landmark programme, BIP/ZIP.
BIP/ZIP is a strategy to address urban poverty implemented by the City of Lisbon since 2006. Led by Lisbon’s Body of Housing and Local Development, BIP/ZIP promotes partnerships in the city’s neighbourhoods. Its main components are a map of priority neighbourhoods to target for poverty reduction, and a grant system – said to act like a start-up fund for social initiatives – for local NGOs working in these priority zones. These components are enhanced by local task forces supporting regeneration processes, and a collaborative platform for local stakeholders. Read more about the programme here.
Can initiatives similar to BIP/ZIP become part of the solution to the challenges that European cities face? Paula Marques will discuss Lisbon’s experience so far, plans for the future, and lessons learned.
10:00-12:00 Room full of ideas: grab your seat!
Establishing a community land trust, seeking to fund your activities or curious how to set-up a sustainable business model for an old factory turned community centre? These and many more questions were addressed in a series of conversations with experts and practitioners from across Europe.
Experts included:
I am Policy Officer at the European Commission (Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture) where I am responsible for managing initiatives related to the role of culture in cities and regions, access to culture via digital means as well as support to cultural and creative sectors.
My superpower is connecting the dots – tell me your idea for your cultural project and I’ll tell you where to look for inspiration, ideas, contacts and, last but not least, funding
You can learn from me how to navigate the (sometimes) muddy waters of European Union’s cultural policy – strategies, projects, funding, networks.
The projects that I supervised on behalf of the European Commission and I am most proud of are Culture for Cities and Regions (funded by Creative Europe) and European Culture Forum 2017 (main bi-annual event of the European Commission devoted to cultural policy).
Website referring to my work: https://ec.europa.eu/culture
Twitter: @M_W_Hofman
Contact details: maciej.hofman@ec.europa.eu
I am an urbanist and spatial planner, and my passion is to research community-led development, how it changes the practices of urban development, and what skills and techniques can make place-makers, city-makers and community activists even more effective in their interactions with other stakeholders.
My superpower is to enable people to become more effective in what they do, by helping them to reflect on their and other’s (often fuzzy and organic!) practices, and by bringing inspiring metaphors and nice and clarifying theoretical concepts.
You can learn from me how to improvise without losing your head / to apply improvisation skills in your practice as urban change maker, how to make sense of the undecipherable actions and logics of other stakeholders you encounter, and how abstract theory can be fun and helpful in very practical situations.
What I am most proud of are the projects in which theory and practice are combined, the academic articles I have written on civic initiatives and spatial planning, and the community-led projects I evaluated, mentored and initiated myself in my hometown Rotterdam.
Websites referring to my work:
http://planning.ugent.be/en/
https://nl.linkedin.com/in/beitske-boonstra-a1209a3
www.becomingplanner.nl
Contact details: Beitske.Boonstra@UGent.be
I am Joep de Roo, founder of Eurodite, an EU oriented company that works on improving regions and cities all over Europe. With the Amsterdam based company ‘Linkeroever’, I am involved in actual transformation of areas, mostly through ‘programming’ (instead of ‘blueprint planning’). I often act as team leader or advisor on strategy and finance.
My superpower is that, when it comes to development issues, I combine a holistic overview with a practice-oriented approach, having impact ‘on the ground’ and on strategic policy levels.
You can learn from me how to build an inclusive business model within your transformation process. In my session we will look at your stake- and shareholders, your ‘programming-mix’, your cost-benefits-risk triangle and encourage you to act before you think.
The project I am most proud of is the initiation of the transformation process of the Halele Carol Factory in the centre of Bucharest in 2012.
For an overview of all projects go to https://eurodite.eu/projects/ and https://linkeroever.nl/nl/projecten/
Contact details: deroo@eurodite.eu
I am working as a manager, researcher, and editor.
My superpower is curiosity to explore and change.
You can learn from me what participatory governance means and what is needed for practicing participatory governance of cultural resources (such as abandoned spaces, civil initiatives, cultural and social actions, civil-public partnership, sharing responsibility, building trust, having possibility to question the rules of the game, etc.).
The project I'm most proud of is “Approaches to Participatory Governance of Cultural Institutions”
Websites referring to my work/project are:
https://kulturanova.hr/
http://participatory-governance-in-culture.net/
http://conference.participatory-governance-in-culture.net/
Contact details: dea.vidovic@kulturanova.hr
I am an architect, urbanist, city maker and placemaker interested in promoting and giving technical support to local based communities.
My superpower is adapting to the circumstances and radicalising solutions
You can learn from me how to start, provide technical support, finance and stimulate bottom up processes, with no previous conditions or beyond standards.
The project I'm most proud of is the ones I'm engaged now.
Website referring to my work: https://ateliermob.com/
I am responsible for London CLT's role in the interreg funded project, SHICC - Sustainable Housing for Inclusive and Cohesive Cities. I have a background in Urban Studies and have recently undertaken training on community led organising - the backbone of London CLT's community led strategy.
My superpower is keeping an eye on the bigger picture even when stuck in details, baking cardamom buns, and riding two adults around on a bicycle!
You can learn from me how an urban community land trust has been successful in one of the world's most expensive cities, how it is truly citizen led, and how London CLT works together with five partners across the UK, Belgium and France to build the movement and support the development of CLT's across the north-west Europe region.
The project I am most proud of are London CLT's many recent achievements from completing it's first housing project to launching new campaigns together with local citizens (not my work, but the work of many dedicated people!).
Websites referring to my work: London CLT www.londonclt.org and SHICC www.nweurope.eu/projects/project-search/shicc-sustainable-housing-for-inclusive-and-cohesive-cities/
Contact details: stephanie@londonclt.org, +4531779179
I am a human being
My superpower is believing that luck is an attitude in possession of brave, confident and idealist people, who see difficulties and challenges as possibilities and not as problems
You can learn from me how to launch a crowdfunding campaign for funding your initiative/project
The project I am most proud of is the next one.
Websites referring to my work:
o Tree Agency
o LinkedIn
Contact Details:
o Telephone: +32 488 47 62 35
o Emails: luigi.dellasala@eurocrowd.org; luigidellasala@gmail.com; luigi@tree-agency.com
I am a heritage manager specialising on heritage diplomacy and the conservation and management of contested heritage. I also conduct fieldwork as well as archival research on architectural heritage at risk and hope to mobilise more people to be involved in understanding and preserving global cultural heritage.
My superpower is embracing challenges.
You can learn from me how to manage creative as well as research-based strategies to preserve heritage, especially of contested heritage sites, and how to find ways for communities to embrace and preserve heritage, regardless of the ethnic or religious community that built it and of its original function. The public sector, civil society and private enterprises can all contribute to this.
The project I’m most proud of is “Heritage Skills Build Capacity and Peace”.
Website referring to my work: www.koruproject.com
Contact details: bpekol@gmail.com, +90 533 311 7766
I am director and founder of Urbasofia, a Romanian Company focusing on urban and regional planning questions, with a special geographical focus on the Danube area and South-Eastern Europe.
My superpower is my curiosity. Despite 20 years of working experience, I still want to learn what’s going on, what’s new, which are the new leading ideas in urban planning. I like meeting people, listening to them and trying to share my experience.
Special skill of my superpower is that I do not want to educate anyone, but simply “get and transfer” experience and knowledge through a dialogue.
You can learn from me:
• How to finance complex processes of urban regeneration/development (especially financing linked to EU funds)
• How to manage a participatory planning process
• How to manage a company working at high level in applied research connected to urban and regional development/planning issues
• …several years ago, you could learn from me even how to play football and tennis…now I am just pathetic about these last points, but still a good piano player…and you can learn from me how to make wine (this is really a no mistakes/complex process!)
The project I am most proud? The one I am currently designing…the next one I am going to implement (currently I am working a lot on nature-based solutions and cultural heritage).
Many of the projects I took part in are available on www.urbasofia.eu
Contact details: pietro.elisei@urbasofia.eu or skype (pietroelisei)
I have a degree in Political Science with a sociological focus. I have been working at the Cascina Roccafranca, a Turin neighbourhood and a social and cultural centre which encourages the active participation of citizens, since 2006. I manage social and cultural projects for all age groups. I take care of projects for children and families, educational projects for schools, inclusion projects for foreigners and minorities, cultural promotion projects for young people and adults. Since 2017, I have been working on CO-CITY, a project for urban regeneration and management of urban commons by active citizens in agreement with the municipality.
My superpower is the ability to relate to people, catch their needs and desires and help them realize their ideas. Moreover, I am a well-organized person, though still kind and friendly.
You can learn from me how to work for the development of the local community and to encourage people to participate actively. I also know how to manage a project, how to achieve desired results and how to help people to turn an idea into a project.
The project I am most proud of is Leggermente.
Websites referring to my work: www.cascinaroccafranca.it
Contact details: stefania.demasi@collaboratori.comune.torino.it
I worked as a banker with commercial banks for 20 years as well as with GLS Bank, which is committed to sustainability goals, for 12 years.
Since 2002 I am responsible and active for Stiftung Trias (Trias Foundation). Our objectives are non-speculative handling of land, self-organized and sustainability.
My special abilities are: financing of civic projects, safeguarding idealistic aims of projects, and group building.
You can learn from me how to take the step from dreaming to practice – if you are willing to take over responsibility and financial obligations.
One of the projects I am most proud of is “ExRotaprint” in Berlin. A former printing machine manufactory transformed to a place for artists, not for profit organizations and craftsmen.
In OpenHeritage, we are converting a former manor into a colorful project for leaving and working, called “Gut Prädikow”.
Contact details: rolf.novy@stiftung-trias.de
I am a researcher interested in urban heritage regeneration through practice based on cultural, participative and innovative practices, and I am a member of FedercasaLAB, a research laboratory focused on public housing regeneration. My main focus is to investigate how and under what conditions these processes can be upscaled and integrate in a sustainable and equitable city development.
My superpower is to keep together architecture, urban planning and people
You can learn from me how integrate territorial resources to build innovative projects by considering socio-cultural, environmental and economic externalities
The project I’m most proud of is OpenHeritage
Website referring to my work: https://openheritage.eu/
My superpower is to see collaboration, where there is conflict.
You can learn from me how to artistically trigger and start urban regeneration processes.
The project I’m most proud of is creating an economic system, that includes bees (yes, bees) as stakeholders.
Websites referring to my work: www.zku-berlin.org / www.hausderstatistik.org / www.allesandersplatz.berlin / www.beecoin.de http://goteo.cc/
I am a researcher interested in investigating under what conditions urban actors bearing different resources and identities can collaborate in the sustainable (socially, economically, environmentally) governance of resources, services, infrastructures.
My superpower is to conciliate academic research and applied experimentation
You can learn from me how urban regulations can build socially, environmentally, economically sustainable governance arrangements for promoting neighbourhood-based development leveraging on cultural heritage as a commons.
The project I’m most proud of is The Rome Collaboratory.
Website referring to my work: https://co-roma.openheritage.eu
I am a culture anthropologist. I design formats for involvement of experts and residents with diverse backgrounds. I conduct participatory planning processes and public consultations as well as facilitate learning processes . I run non-institutional participatory museum that takes up the topic of housing models in Poland from the second half of the XX century and diverse experiences of inhabiting.
My superpower is generating chaos and then managing it.
You can learn from me how to twist the logic of ‘the only right way of doing/understanding things’
The project I am most proud of is the Museum of Housing Estates [MoM].
Websites referring to my work: www.mom-lublin.pl
Contact Details: p.paga@mom-lublin.pl
I am experiencing urban environments in several ways – mostly via researching, but also via practicing architecture/urban planning and art, applying participatory approaches.
My superpower is to combine several fields, approaches, and points of view in a single project.
You can learn from me how to do trials and errors in interpreting urban environments and (re)making public spaces. My main focus is on the 20th-century urbanities, and transformations they’ve undergone until now.
The project I’m most proud of is yet to come, and it would be not a project, but rather a contribution to a process of urban production. The main aim is the continuation after a project is completed, be it a public space, event or a single statement. In the current research I attempt to shift emphasis from what? (to design/implement) to how? (to design/implement), increasing capacities of actors, objects, and environments.
Website referring to my work: https://www.lvivcenter.org/
Contact details: n.mysak@lvivcenter.org
I am Olivier Schulbaum.
My superpower is Digital Commons building and progressive engagement.
You can learn from me how to design and deploy participatory processes, agile methodologies and open source tools for urban collaborative governance. Let’s play together to find a process that works for your participation, no stress just a few cards and a canvas!
The project I’m most proud of is the Civic Crowdfunding Platform goteo.cc, which I co-founded and has become a EU open standard for distributing funds for the benefit of the urban and rural commons, with greater transparency, participation, and accountability at its core.
Websites referring to my work: platoniq.net / wotify.eu / goteo.cc
Contact details: olivierschulbaum@platoniq.net
I am a sociable team player.
My superpower is sensitivity to what other people are thinking and feeling.
You can learn from me how to mediate between residents and local authorities and involve citizens in activities for the benefit of their community.
The projects I'm most proud of are "Urban-Regeneration-Mix" URBACT Transfer Network and the Area Revitalization Programme in the City of Lodz.
Contact details: jo.brzezinska@uml.lodz.pl, +48 42 272 61 82
I am, among other things, an activist and cultural manager currently working on boosting Brussels’s citizen initiatives financially and structurally; and a culture of peace and non-violence promoter. I’m also a mother and interested on how women are occupying public space.
My superpower is my intercultural communication skills, understanding people’s needs and providing tailor-made support to contribute to reach their goals/projects (from an Urban Folk festival to a Zero Waste herbalist).
You can learn from me how to make your project known by making a crowdfunding campaign, long-lasting partnerships and out of the box communication strategies, how to manage a cultural project, organise participatory processes and to enhance projects coordinated by young people.
The projects I’m most proud are the ones where people around me and I learned things, went beyond our comfort zone and have made long lasting relationships. Like this, this or this.
Websites referring to my work: www.growfunding.be and www.cargocollective.com/margo_marin
Contact details: marga@growfunding.be, +32 484 410489 Facebook: @MargoCalle
I am from Messolonghi, a historic part of Greece surrounded by a unique natural environment. Driven by the value of freedom and the love to nature, I participate in citizens' initiatives by organizing programs about urban planning, active participation, protection of nature. My educational background is in law, European studies, public consultation, creative communication, non-formal education for adults and teenagers. I work as a lawyer and cultural manager.
My superpower is team-spirit. I do believe that everything happens because of collective intelligence and the cooperation of active personalities.
You can learn from me how to organize public consultation, engage the community and communicate with people from different sectors. I can share my experience in projects (Imagine the city, Actors of Urban Change, Roots are Routes).
For the question which is my favourite project, I would say that every idea is special, full of passion, energy and a team to work on it. The project I'm proud of - currently- is the one I am newly involved: create a sense of community in the city of Messolonghi. Being a part of the Community Council of Messolonghi, I focus my efforts on urban regeneration, active citizenship and participation in decision-making procedures.
Websites referring to my work:
https://imaginethecity.gr/fantasou-tin-poli-mesolongi-2013/
https://www.actorsofurbanchange.org/projects/speak-up/
https://rootsareroutes.org/en/
https://www.startgreece.net/fellows/olga-daskali
Contact details: olgadaskali@gmail.com Facebook: @olga.daskali
I am co-founder of Sociality, a digital communications cooperative based in Athens, Greece. I was born and raised in Messolonghi, a peculiar town built around a magical lagoon, and as a teenager, I was one of the volunteers who run our community radio station. I follow and contribute through my profession to social organisations and movements, supporting both formal and informal teams in communicating their vision and values.
My superpower is connecting the dots. I believe that creativity and intelligence is not binary and you can find a lot of solutions by looking at other people's problems.
You can learn from me how to navigate through the digital media landscape, how to focus on your unique identity and involve the people you want to reach. I can share with you my thesis that being obsessed with your target audience is the only real road you can travel.
The project I'm most proud of is ppCITY, a research project to develop an integrated public participation platform that combines data collection, geographic information systems, and public participation tools for citizens engagement.
Websites referring to my work:
https://sociality.gr/en
https://ppcity.eu/
https://www.actorsofurbanchange.org/projects/speak-up/
Contact details: spytzo@gmail.com
12:00-13:00 Panel discussion: Funding a Co-Operative City
The money question is the cold shower being served to changemakers and dreamers across the world. Should we be afraid of it? Is it possible to have neighbourhoods and projects that are sustainable, just and financially feasible? Participants found out more about new legal and financial models being implemented across Europe.
Moderation:
I am an urbanist, researcher, activist and policy advisor.
My superpower is my intimate knowledge of different contexts and different positions in urban power relations across Europe.
You can learn from me how to build participatory processes, how to shape public-civic cooperation, as well as how to help civic initiatives strengthen their structures.
The project I’m most proud of is Funding the Cooperative City, a research initiative that brought together various community-led urban development projects across Europe and built a strong network around this theme.
Website referring to my work: https://eutropian.org, https://cooperativecity.org/
Contact details: levente.polyak@eutropian.org
Panelists:
I am working as a manager, researcher, and editor.
My superpower is curiosity to explore and change.
You can learn from me what participatory governance means and what is needed for practicing participatory governance of cultural resources (such as abandoned spaces, civil initiatives, cultural and social actions, civil-public partnership, sharing responsibility, building trust, having possibility to question the rules of the game, etc.).
The project I'm most proud of is “Approaches to Participatory Governance of Cultural Institutions”
Websites referring to my work/project are:
https://kulturanova.hr/
http://participatory-governance-in-culture.net/
http://conference.participatory-governance-in-culture.net/
Contact details: dea.vidovic@kulturanova.hr
I am Joep de Roo, founder of Eurodite, an EU oriented company that works on improving regions and cities all over Europe. With the Amsterdam based company ‘Linkeroever’, I am involved in actual transformation of areas, mostly through ‘programming’ (instead of ‘blueprint planning’). I often act as team leader or advisor on strategy and finance.
My superpower is that, when it comes to development issues, I combine a holistic overview with a practice-oriented approach, having impact ‘on the ground’ and on strategic policy levels.
You can learn from me how to build an inclusive business model within your transformation process. In my session we will look at your stake- and shareholders, your ‘programming-mix’, your cost-benefits-risk triangle and encourage you to act before you think.
The project I am most proud of is the initiation of the transformation process of the Halele Carol Factory in the centre of Bucharest in 2012.
For an overview of all projects go to https://eurodite.eu/projects/ and https://linkeroever.nl/nl/projecten/
Contact details: deroo@eurodite.eu
I have a degree in Political Science with a sociological focus. I have been working at the Cascina Roccafranca, a Turin neighbourhood and a social and cultural centre which encourages the active participation of citizens, since 2006. I manage social and cultural projects for all age groups. I take care of projects for children and families, educational projects for schools, inclusion projects for foreigners and minorities, cultural promotion projects for young people and adults. Since 2017, I have been working on CO-CITY, a project for urban regeneration and management of urban commons by active citizens in agreement with the municipality.
My superpower is the ability to relate to people, catch their needs and desires and help them realize their ideas. Moreover, I am a well-organized person, though still kind and friendly.
You can learn from me how to work for the development of the local community and to encourage people to participate actively. I also know how to manage a project, how to achieve desired results and how to help people to turn an idea into a project.
The project I am most proud of is Leggermente.
Websites referring to my work: www.cascinaroccafranca.it
Contact details: stefania.demasi@collaboratori.comune.torino.it
My superpower is to see collaboration, where there is conflict.
You can learn from me how to artistically trigger and start urban regeneration processes.
The project I’m most proud of is creating an economic system, that includes bees (yes, bees) as stakeholders.
Websites referring to my work: www.zku-berlin.org / www.hausderstatistik.org / www.allesandersplatz.berlin / www.beecoin.de http://goteo.cc/
13:00-13:30 Closing & next steps
13:30-14:30 Lunch
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
European Secretariat, Leopoldring 3, 79098 Freiburg, Germany
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