How culture can support society: Creative Europe projects in pursuit of societal impact and more
Our guest today is David Herman, an Amsterdam-based freelance project developer who has extensive experience in Creative Europe projects. We have talked to David about cultural projects funded by the EU but also about how a trained pianist would end up working on EU projects. We will start with a personal question for once. You […]
FUTURE PROOF CITIES – Daring to invent participatory democracy every day
Interview with Christophe Gouache Christophe Gouache is a designer, researcher and combattant for co-creation and participative design, and our interviewee this month. Among various projects he acts as Lead Expert of Active Citizens URBACT Action Planning Network, concentrating on the topic of forms of citizen participation in governance – this is why we contacted him […]
How a small eu programme can support municipalities to fulfil their roles in green transition?
In the month of COP26, a lot of attention is on world leaders – and rightly so: we need a global political leadership that equals the challenges of the climate emergency. But while focus on prime ministers and presidents is correct, it is hardly enough: a lot will depend on local political leadership – mayors, […]
FUTURE PROOF CITIES – Shaping a dynamic world with circular building design
Interview with Dr. Elma Durmisevic Future proof cities apply circular building processes, creating reversible and transformable building structures right from the design phase. Dr Elma Durmisevic has been working on this transition since the early 2000s, as founder of the Laboratory for Green Transformable Buildings (GTB Lab) and as lead expert in various projects linked […]
Towards a more sustainable daily commute
… How a UIA project in Szeged paves the way to new forms of going to work Every morning, billions of people around the world wake up, have breakfast, dress up and leave to work. But how do you commute to your workplace? As transport is one of the greatest sources of CO2 pollution, people […]
New ways of youth inclusion in democratic processes
Participation in democratic processes has been a focal challenge in the last decades, as generations are becoming apathic to politics. If we want to turn back the tide, citizens are to be provided with new ways of having their say in their lives. In this article we will investigate the current European and international trends, […]
FUTURE PROOF CITIES – An innovative solution for digital mental wellbeing
nterview with Eszter Kostenszky and Balázs Humayer 1 July is Semmelweis Day in Hungary, celebrating the achievements of healthcare professionals. So our topic in July is health and in particular mental health. This month, we have talked to Eszter Kostenszky, from our friends at Grants Europe, who talked about how mental health appeared in EU-funded […]
Finding our cities’ way back to the world’s ecosystems
The effects of losing the biodiversity and environmental integrity are omnipotent in our lives, and they scream for a New Deal with mother nature. The UPSURGE project proposes to enter this new deal by using Nature Based Solutions to tackle the diverse urban challenges related to climate change. BURST is part of this endeavour as […]
FUTURE PROOF CITIES – How to Pay It? Social Innovation Bonds As An Innovative Solution to Financing
Interview with Maria Chiara Pizzorno This May, we are focusing on social innovation. But for municipalities, it is a challenging topic: implementing social innovation cannot be achieved without the right financing tools. This month, we have talked to Maria Chiara Pizzorno, an ad-hoc expert in the URBACT network SIBDev. SIBDev is implementing a good practice […]
Prospects of a greener and more sustainable tourism
Sustainable tourism is slow and green – since the 2010s, there is no debate about it. The last decade strengthened this standpoint as the consequences of climate change have entered our lives more evidently than before, making it a must to go green in every aspect. Additionally, the 2020-2021 pandemic pushed us to focus on […]