The future of placemaking: Mapping the way forward for a better society

International Symposium, May 8th 2023, Museum of Architecture and Design, MAO, Rusjanov trg 7, Ljubljana

Placemaking refers to the inclusive process of creating and improving public spaces to promote health, happiness, and well-being for individuals and communities. Creating vibrant, accessible, and inclusive public spaces is crucial for building a sense of community and fostering social cohesion. Placemaking can help to create attractive, safe and welcoming spaces where people from diverse backgrounds can come together, interact, and build relationships. If properly designed, such places can also mitigate the challenges of contemporary societies, such as social alienation, mobility issues, impacts of climate change etc. Placemaking can also be an economic driver by attracting new visitors, supporting small businesses, and increasing property values.

This symposium aims to address various aspects of contemporary placemaking through the lectures of the invited speakers and by providing the podium for the exchange of thoughts and ideas on the ways forward for placemaking.

Due to the limited number of places at the venue please register at placemaking@uirs.si.

Alternatively, you can join online at (registration not needed in this case): LINK TO THE ONLINE EVENT.

We are looking forward to welcoming you!

Matej Nikšič, Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia; Neža Čebron Lipovec, University of Primorska; Tim Mavrič, Innorenew CoE; Zsuzsanna Varga, University of Glasgow; Pekka Tuominen, University of Helsinki

This symposium is organised as part of the COST Action CA18204 - Dynamics of placemaking and digitization in Europe´s cities (https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA18204/) training school METHODOLOGIES FOR RESEARCHING PLACE-MAKING PROCESSES IN CONTESTED HISTORIC SPACES” taking place in Ljubljana and Koper, Slovenia, from May 8 to May 12 2023, co-organised by the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, University of Primorska and Innorenew. Contact the above-mentioned e-address for more information on the programme of the symposium (May 8) and the workshop activities (May 9-12).

Programme

9:00 – 9:10 Introductions by representatives of COST CA18204 and local host

9:10 – 9:50 Janez Koželj: Pedestrianization, a catalyst for urban regeneration

9:50 – 10:30 Leandro Madrazo: A-Place - Linking places through networked artistic practices

10:30 – 11:00 Break

11:00 – 11:40 Neža Čebron Lipovec: Group memory-talk: a new ethnographic method in built heritage conservation between heritagisation and place-making

11:40 – 12:20 Zala Velkavrh: Urban Interventions

12:20 – 13:00 Branka Cvijetićanin: Pedestrian viewpoint or how space forms life narrative

13:00 – 13:30 Final discussion

Programme continues for COST Action CA18204 members and speakers, others can join upon a prior request sent to matej.niksic@uirs.si

13:30 – 14:30 Lunch at MAO

14:30 – 15:30 UNIVERSUM PLEČNIK: Between Workshop and Myth – guided tour of the MAO exhibition by Natalija Lapajne, co-curator 

15:30 – 17:00 Ljubljana bicycling tour guided by prof. Janez Koželj (the bicycles will be kindly provided by BicikeLJ)

SMOTIES Travelling Talks series Small Places, Great Ideas - Placemaking in Remote Communities

Public lectures in English on Monday April 17 2023 at 16:30, Urban planning institut of the Republic of Slovenia, Trnovski pristan 2, Ljubljana, followed by a social gathering

We are kindly inviting you to the lectures within the series of Traveling Talks, which are held in various European countries in the period 2020-2024 as part of the SMOTIES project. International project partnership deals with issues of co-creation of public spaces in small and remote places and the roles of the creative sector in these processes. More about the project at https://humancities.eu/smoties/. Everyone is welcome!

 

Public lectures in English on Monday April 17 2023 at 16:30, Urban planning institut of the Republic of Slovenia, Trnovski pristan 2, Ljubljana, followed by a social gathering

 

16:30    Nina Goršič, UIRS, Human Cities network: Introduction and project SMOTIES

16:40    Giulio Verdini, Westminster University: The Oasis of the future: climate adaptation as a strategy in rural Morocco

17:00    Urška Sešek, Smlednik:  The village garden of Smlednik

17:20    Valerija Pučko, Rodik:  The Mithycal park

17:40    Discussion, moderated by Matej Nikšič, UIRS

 

More about the programme

 

©Mitski park – photo by Jan Antonac, VSŠ Sežana

LET IT GROW, LET US PLAN, LET IT GROW – Nature-based Solutions for Sustainable Resilient Smart Green and Blue Cities

18 - 20 September 2023, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Urban planning institut of the Republic of Slovenia is a co-host of the 28th International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development in the Information Society Let it grow, let us plan, let it grow Nature-based Solutions for Sustainable Resilient Smart Green and Blue Cities. Call for papers is open until 15 April 2023. More about the conference.

New issue of Urbani izziv/Urban chalange journal scientific edition

volume 33, issue 2, December 2022

Before holidays, the new issue of the Urban Challenge was published, featuring six scientific articles and a book review.  You are kindly invited to read it (link) and submit your scientific contributions for the next issue. Wishing you a pleasant read! 

New issue of Urbani izziv/Urban chalange journal scientific edition

volume 33, issue 1, June 2022

In June, the new issue of the Urban Challenge was published, featuring five scientific articles and a  book review.

You are kindly invited to read it (link) and submit your scientific contributions for the next issue. Wishing you a pleasant read! 

Human Cities/Humana mesta/ - SMOTIES

Seminar, study visits, workshops, walk, Ljubljana and Medvode wider area, 29. 6. - 1. 7. 2022

We are inviting you to a number of events organised by Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia and the international network Human Cities - Smoties between June 29th and July 1st 2022 in Ljubljana and the wider area of Medvode.

WEDNESDAY June 29 2022:
Public Seminar: PUBLIC SPACES AND PARTICIPATORY DESIGN WITH
CREATIVE SECTOR – EXPLORING BEYOND THE URBAN

Venue: Ljubljana, Faculty of architecture, Plečnik Hall, Zoisova ulica 12, Ljubljana

Time	Topic	Speaker
13:00	Registration opens
14:00	Welcome	Matej Nikšič and Nina Goršič, Urban planning institute of the Republic of Slovenia, Smoties Ljubljana Matej Blenkuš, dean, Faculty of architecture of the University of Ljubljana
14:10	Keynote	Matthew Carmona, professor, University College London: Why do we need good urban design
14:45	Slovenian perspectives	Blanka Bartol, Ministry of the environment and spatial planning Petra Vertelj Nared, Urban institute of Ljubljana Anja Zorko, Centre for creativity
15:30	Q&A
15:45	Coffee break
16:00	Introduction to Smoties	Davide Fassi, Politecnico di Milano, Human Cities Smoties lead partner
16:15	EU Best practices review	Presentations of selected practice by Smoties partners: Anke Strittmatter, Austria: Dorfschmiede Gutenstein - "We make the world a village" Aljona Surzikova, Estonia: From waste to diamond. The story of Pram Museum Sara de Gouy, France: Yes. Frontage, minimum project to reveal vegetal Greece Mojca Senegačnik, Slovenia: Hiša na hribu / House on the hill – Introduction and future perspectives Iceland Paola Russo, Italy: A cielo aperto / Open air. The wisdom of time. Poland Portugal Josie King, United Kingdom: Cosmic Colliery, reaching for the stars in disused mine
17:20	Closing remarks

THURSDAY June 30 2022: VISITING SMALL PLACES IN MEDVODE MUNICIPALITY*

Venue: Fieldtrip and workshops, mainly by bus, some walking included

Time	Topic	Speaker
9:30	Bus departs from Ljubljana (departure location will be communicated by email to all registered attendees)
10:15	Short stop in Smlednik (The Village garden)	Urška Sešek
10:45	Bus departs from Smlednik
11:15	Welcome to Topol pri Medvodah Participatory workshop: The future of small places and their public spaces	Municipality of Medvode Local actors and residents moderated by Natalija Vrhunc
13:30	Lunch in Topol pri Medvodah
15:00	Getting-to-know Polhov Gradec Dolomites Appreciating the forest A mindful walk through the lush forests between Topol and Belo and reconsideration of the ways we live and form the community Bringing contemporary art and artists off the bitten tracks Art intervention at Pr'Lenart homestead	Zvonka Simčič, Mojca Senegačnik, Mojca Sfiligoj Vanja Ločniškar
18:00	Smoties exibition opening and performance
18:30	Meeting the locals and the culinary traditions of the remote place
20:00	Transportation back to Ljubljana starts (last ride by van at around 22:00)

* Obligatory registration

FRIDAY July 1 2022

Morning meeting place: Prešernov trg / Prešeren square, Ljubljana

Time	Topic	Speaker
9:00	Meeting Plečnik – Human-centered Urban Design UNESCO Nomination and Listing***	Tomaž Štoka, coordinator of working group nominating Plečnik's work at UNESCO, MAO
10:00	Technical meeting (Smoties partners only), end of session foreseen at 13:00 Venue: Plečnik House, Karunova ulica 4-6, Ljubljana
	When needed, in the afternoon the UIRS premises in Trnovski pristan 2 will be available for small group working sessions or individual meetings. *** Slovenian architect Jože Plečnik considerably changed the image of Ljubljana by his urban design and architectural interventions. His legacy has been recently listed as the UNESCO heritage due to the highly contextual and human-scale urbanistic approach (https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1643/). We will spend the early morning learning what was important to Plečnik when creating public spaces.

For the additional programme you may among others consider:

• BIO 27 – Super Vernaculars, Museum of architecture and design (MAO): https://mao.si/en/bio-27-super-vernaculars/
• Street festival Ana Desetnica: https://www.anamonro.si/25-ana-desetnica/
• Imago Sloveniae https://imagosloveniae.net/en/festivali/summer-in-old-ljubljana-town/

Please contact the organisers for any further information (Urban Planning Institute of the
Republic of Slovenia, info@uirs.si):

• Matej Nikšič, matej.niksic@uirs.si , 00386 31 368 334
• Nina Goršič, nina.gorsic@uirs.si , 00386 31 677 433
• Gurvan Seite, gurvan.seite@gmail.com
• Laura Daviaud, laura.daviaud@gmail.com 

The up-to-date programme is accessible at UIRS web-page:

https://www.uirs.si/sl-si/Novice/ArtMID/419/ArticleID/255/Humana-mestaHuman-Cities-SMOTIES

More information on Smoties: https://humancities.eu/smoties/

New issue of Urbani izziv/Urban chalange journal scientific edition

Volume 32, issue 2, December 2021

Just before the holidays, the new issue of the Urban Challenge was published, featuring five scientific articles, a book review, and a research project presentation.

You are kindly invited to read it (link) and submit your scientific contributions for the next issue!

'Women on stage. Discovering the artistic female contribution to the Art Nouveau'

Online lecture series

From January 2022, the Réseau Art Nouveau Network online lecture series, 'Women on stage. Discovering the artistic female contribution to the Art Nouveau', will begin.

Each month, a researcher will give a lecture on one or more women who have left their mark on the Art Nouveau style in Europe.

The lectures are free, but registration is required in advance for each lecture by sending an email to info@artnouveau-net.eu.

You will receive a zoom link that will allow you to attend the lecture.

Find all the info here.

Changing streets in changing cities: Providing streets for all?

Urbani izziv, volume 32, supplement, December 2021

A special issue of Urbani izziv / Urban Challenge journal has been published addressing the role of streets and other public spaces in fast-changing cities. Six international author groups from Europe, the Middle East and South America address the themes of accessibility for all, informal forms of mobility, walkability of housing neighbourhoods, socio-spatial justice, urban renewal, environmental efficiency and sustainable development. A special issue was published in connection to the City Street 4 online conference hosted in by the Urban Institute of the Republic of Slovenia and the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Ljubljana September 2020 in Ljubljana in cooperation with the University of Notre Dame-Louaize in Beirut. Enjoy the reading following the free-access link.

Successful pilot workshop in Kranj

On August 24, 2021, a workshop was held in the pilot area of ​​the city of Kranj.

Many residents of the pilot area of ​​the Drulovka residential neighborhood responded to the invitation and attended the workshop. Participants shared their thoughts, aspects, exchanged challenges they see in the space, and made suggestions and wishes that they thought would improve their stay in the neighborhood.

The workshop was organized in three thematic groups. As part of the first thematic group of green and sports areas, participants talked about children's playgrounds, sports fields, gardens, footpaths, urban equipment, plantings, etc., as part of the thematic group safety, participants focused on traffic and fire safety in the neighborhood, talked about vandalism, waste, illegal construction.

As part of the third group of 'social events', participants thought about cultural and sports events, daycare, various forms of socializing, etc. The groups were very active, the participants took turns in all thematic groups and showed excellent participation.

Development of evidence-based guidelines for designing green opens spaces to promote urban health through physical activity: Experience from Slovenia

Presentation of the poster at the 17th International Conference on Urban Health

This year’s theme of the 17th International Conference on Urban Health is »Transforming Our Collective Urban Future: Learning from Covid-19«. The conference will take place virtually from 6 to 8 July 2021 and will cover six topics related to the health and the urban environment issues: urban health inequities, transforming built environments, urban governance and public health systems, urban health over the lifecourse, climate change and urban health, urban health in Latin America and the Caribbean.

On Tuesday, June 6, 2021 at 3:30 pm , Dr. Vita Žlender will present a poster entitled »Development of evidence-based guidelines for designing green opens spaces to promote urban health through physical activity: Experience from Slovenia«. The authors of the poster and project member of the »Ven za zdravje« project (Ina Šuklje Erjavec, Vita Žlender and Jana Kozamernik) participated in the preparation of the guidelines for the Ministry of Health in 2019.

You can watch a short poster pitch here.

Abstract:
»Publicly accessible green open spaces such as parks, playgrounds and urban forests are key environments within urban tissue for promotion of physical activity and provision of many other public health benefits, including psychological relief and stress reduction, and the mitigation of various harmful factors such as excessive heat, noise, and air and water pollution. To expertly integrate spatial planning and public health topics, the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (UIRS) in 2017 launched the programme entitled »Ven za zdravje« (Going out to stay healthy) – Expert basis for spatial planning of green areas, aimed at promoting physical activity of citizens. The programme was based on the preparation of a comprehensive overview of diverse aspects relating to planning, improvement, and management of green areas to achieve healthy and quality living environment. Its purpose was to stimulate more quality-of-life oriented planning and development of towns and settlements in Slovenia and develop expertise for providing spatial determinants for an active and healthy lifestyles for citizens of all ages and social groups. Accordingly, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of current national legislation and documents related to public health, physical activity promotion and spatial planning. We also carried out workshops and discussions with relevant public health experts, decision makers and planners. The main outcome of the programme were guidelines for green space planning to support municipalities in devising relevant approaches and promote physical activity of the population. The proposed approach was tested on a pilot study in the municipality of Kočevje in Slovenia.«

The conference program can be found at the link.

Smart Cities 2021 Conference - Activities of European Cities for Achieving Climate Neutrality

Abstracts of papers can be submitted by 21 June, conference scheduled for 16–17 September 2021 in Ljubljana

In cities, traffic remains one of the biggest sources of CO₂ emissions not to have been curbed in recent years. The development of carbon-neutral cities raises the question of which approaches can be used to ensure a turnaround with respect to such emissions so as to preserve or even improve residents’ access to services in the future, thereby safeguarding their mobility. Changes in fuel consumption along with the development of information technologies in the planning, implementing, monitoring and communication with users hold the promise of playing an important role in this. Still, to achieve the ambitious goals concerning CO₂ emissions and the broader impacts of traffic on the quality of urban living, these changes alone will not suffice. In the light of these goals and the newly-available technologies, cities will need to reconsider how their residents will live, work and access key services. To achieve this, balanced development will be required, together with the strong intertwining of spatial, traffic and digital accessibility.

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Send us your contributions for the scientific Smart Cities 2021 Conference: Activities of European Cities for Achieving Climate Neutrality, scheduled for 16–17 September 2021 in Ljubljana.

Abstracts of papers can be submitted by 21 June at the conference’s website.

After the conference, we will publish the contributions in conference proceedings, whereas selected articles will be published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal ‘Urbani izziv’ (Urban Challenge).

More information.

Smart Cities 2021: "Activities of European cities for achieving climate-neutrality

International Conference

SRIP Smart Cities and Communities in cooperation with the Jožef Stefan Institute, the Urban Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, CER - Partnership for the Sustainable Economy of Slovenia and the Association of Municipalities of Slovenia invites you to a scientific conference entitled Activities of European Cities for Climate Neutrality. We have decided to hold a scientific conference in the light of Europe's efforts to become climate-neutral by 2050, led by new European Commission missions, including the '100 Climate-neutral cities by 2030 - for citizens' mission. In this mission, the Commission will support and promote 100 European cities on their path to carbon neutrality.

The topics of the conference will shed light on some of the issues facing and will be encountered by cities on their path to climate neutrality. Cities and their representatives will gain insight into possible proposals and solutions to the problems that await them in establishing climate neutrality.

The conference will address three topics, all three of which are equally important in achieving climate neutrality. The first topic concerns the production, storage and distribution of renewable energy sources, the second topic presents possible solutions to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, especially CO2, the highest among them. The third topic will address mobility, and how new forms of mobility can help reduce CO2 emissions.

The conference will host experts from various fields at four round tables/panels, which will shed additional light on the topics that await us on the path to achieving climate neutrality in the coming years.

Smart Cities 2021 "Activities of European cities to achieve climate neutrality"

Submission of abstracts for the scientific part: 9 May 2021

SRIP Smart Cities and Communities in cooperation with the Jožef Stefan Institute, the Urban Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, CER - Partnership for the Sustainable Economy of Slovenia and the Association of Municipalities of Slovenia invites you to a scientific conference entitled Activities of European Cities for Climate Neutrality. We have decided to hold a scientific conference in the light of Europe's efforts to become climate-neutral by 2050, led by new European Commission missions, including the '100 Climate-neutral cities by 2030 - for citizens' mission. In this mission, the Commission will support and promote 100 European cities on their path to carbon neutrality.
 

The topics of the conference will shed light on some of the issues facing and will be encountered by cities on their path to climate neutrality. Cities and their representatives will gain insight into possible proposals and solutions to the problems that await them in establishing climate neutrality.
 

The conference will address three topics, all three of which are equally important in achieving climate neutrality. The first topic concerns the production, storage and distribution of renewable energy sources, the second topic presents possible solutions to tackle greenhouse gas emissions, especially CO2, the highest among them. The third topic will address mobility, and how new forms of mobility can help reduce CO2 emissions.

The conference will host experts from various fields at four round tables/panels, which will shed additional light on the topics that await us on the path to achieving climate neutrality in the coming years.

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57th ISOCARP hybrid Congress "New Times, Better Places, Stronger Communities"

The deadline for abstract submissions is May 16, 2021

We invite you to submit the abstracts and papers for the 57th ISOCARP hybrid Congress "New Times, Better Places, Stronger Communities". The deadline for abstract submissions is May 16, 2021. For more informations see link.

Potentials of Innovative Tourism, Cultural Heritage and Creative Industries for the Green Recovery

transnational seminar/meeting, Urban planning institute RS as part of the project CREATOURES (INTERREG ADRION Programme), 23. 3. 2021 and 24. 3. 2021, online

Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (www.uirs.si) organized a Transnational seminar/meeting titled: Potentials of Innovative Tourism, Cultural Heritage and Creative Industries for the Green Recovery. The meeting was organized as part of the Project CREATOURES (INTERREG ADRION Programme).

The transnational CREATURES seminar took place online on the MS Teams platform on 23.3.2021 and 24.3.2021. We hosted several prominent keynote speakers such as:

• Pietro Elisei, PhD., President of the ISOCARP (International Society of City and Regional Planners),
• Aša Rogelj, M.Sc., Deputy director, Spatial Planning, Construction and Housing Directorate, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning of the Republic of Slovenia,
• Mart Grisel, M.Sc. Director, European Urban Knowledge Network,
• Gorazd Jenko, Senior expert, Government Office for Development and European Cohesion Policy,
• Petra Stušek, M.Sc., Managing director of Ljubljana Tourism
• Neda Rusjan Bric, Nova Gorica/Gorizia - European Capital of Culture 2025, head of the project and
• Anja Zorko, M.Sc., Director, Center za Kreativnost, Centre for Creativity

We welcomed 81 registered active participants on the first day and 57 on the second day. The event also hosted a Round table and a Group interview with stakeholders from different sectors. Since the project CREATURES wants to develop new creative and innovative tourist products, we also organized two interactive virtual Study tours (Metelkova city and Plečnik's Ljubljana).

About CREATOURES project

CREATURES project aims at preserving cultural heritage, promoting sustainable and experiential tourism in the ADRION Region by exploiting Cultural&Creative Industries’(CCI) potential, finding a right balance between innovation and conservation of the Adrion rich cultural heritage.

The Project will develop actions and tools for raising competencies, support decision making processes and test the solution proposed. Boštjan Cotič is managing the project at the UIRS. (bostjan.cotic@uirs.si)

https://creatures.adrioninterreg.eu/

http://www.uirs.si/sl-si/Raziskovanje/Projekt/id/554

About the Urban Planning institute of the Republic of Slovenia

The Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (UIRS) is the main national scholarly research institution in the field of spatial, regional and urban planning and related discipline. Founded in 1955 as a research and consultancy agency, UIRS was transformed into a public research organisation in 1993, a status which continues to apply to date. The UIRS currently comprises 26 researchers, four administration personnel and one librarian. The strongly interdisciplinary research group is made up of experts with a broad range of academic backgrounds. 

Launch of the “AlpPlan” alpine spatial planning network

The OpenSpaceAlps project and the Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association (ARL) join forces to support transnational cooperation in spatial planning

The Alpine region is characterised by successful collaboration in numerous cooperation platforms. There is, though, still too little coordination between states and regions in spatial planning. This is considered crucial for tackling alpine cross-border challenges, such as ensuring ecological connectivity or managing traffic. To facilitate exchange with key stakeholders in the Alpine area, the OpenSpaceAlps project is collaborating with the Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association (ARL) to jointly establish a spatial planning network: the “AlpPlan network”.

The network addresses experts, planners and decision-makers at all administrative levels as well as interested stakeholders from the private sector. The aim of the network is to facilitate the transnational exchange of experience on planning practices and instruments and thus to contribute to the enhancement of spatial planning in the Alpine region.

AlpPlan network kick-off meeting yields promising results

The kick-off meeting of the AlpPlan network took place as an online conference on 29/10/2020. Representatives from the planning practice, ministries and academia discussed the issue of safeguarding open spaces and the future orientation of the network. The discussants agreed that the network must work in close contact with the existing cooperation formats, such as the working groups of the Alpine Convention and EUSALP. As a main benefit of the network, the participants stressed the opportunity to work together on the concrete local and regional implementation of higher-level spatial planning strategies and objectives.

Join the upcoming activities

In 2021, the network is going to host a thematic conference as well as a special capacity-building seminar. In a Memorandum of Cooperation which is being prepared the future members will agree on objectives and working procedures of the network. Moreover, an online platform and a central contact point at ARL will facilitate communication within the network.

We look forward to your participation in the AlpPlan network activities!

For more information and invitations to events please visit the OpenSpaceAlps project website and subscribe to the AlpPlan network newsletter.

New issue of Urbani izziv / Urban Challenge journal

vol. 31, number 2, December 2020

The latest issue of Urbani izziv /Urban Challenge journal brings 5 scientific articles written by Slovenian and foreign experts in the field of urbanism, architecture and spatial planning.

The articles are fully accessible on the Urban Challenge website in Slovene and English language.

Wishing you a pleasant read!

Happy 2021!

Smoties - Human Cities

New activities dedicated to public spaces in small and remote places

Human Cities Network (http://humancities.eu/) was established in 2006 as a platform for interdisciplinary exchanges in the field of participatory revitalization of public spaces. It takes place within the EU Creative Europe program and in Slovenia with the organizational support of Motovila - Creative Europe Desk Slovenia (https://sl-si.facebook.com/CEDSlovenia/). The network is represented by 10 European partners, the activities in Slovenia are managed by the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (http://www1.uirs.si/en-gb/Home). In 2018, the partnership became global through its activities in Asia.

The new sequel to Human Cities begins in November 2020 with #Smoties activities. The next four years will be devoted to finding new forms of cooperation and taking on local partners to implement participation in innovative approaches aimed at better understanding and revitalizing public spaces in small and remote places. Are you ready to test your ideas about emerging forms of public life in remote places of our world? The journey begins, welcome to join and follow #Smoties (https://www.facebook.com/humancitiesEU/) for instant information!