Dear colleagues,
Welcome! This is the third newsletter for the project “Revival of City Squares in Balkan Cities”.
About the project
The project “Revival of City Squares in Balkan Cities” began in January 2011. The project aims to contribute to the revival of city squares as viable public places that foster cultural identity and promote diversity through enforcement of public policies and active community participation. (read more)Database of organisations and actors dealing with issues related to public spaces in the Balkan/ SEE region
A database of organisations and actors dealing with issues related to public spaces in the Balkan/ SEE region has been created within the project “Revival of City Squares in Balkan Cities”. The project uses participative approaches and partnerships to build on the already reached achievements in Balkan/ SEE region and to secure active involvement of all relevant stakeholders.(read more)Workshop “SQUARE PLAY” - Skopje, 14-19 October 2011
The workshop “SQUARE PLAY” was the third and final in the series of regional workshops envisaged by the project “Revival of City Squares in the Balkan Cities”.The aim of this workshop was to encourage regional exchange of ideas regarding the discourse on city squares / public spaces and how they can be transformed into vibrant community places that meet community cultural, social and economic needs and foster new perspective and awareness, so that the idea of "city culture" (the way people think about public spaces and conceive them) can be developed.(read more)
The meeting of counterparts of the project “Revival of Town Squares of the Balkan Towns” in Skoplje
The meeting of counterparts of the project “Revival of Town Squares of the Balkan Towns” was held in Skoplje on 11 and 12 November 2011. The meeting was attended by the representatives of the counterpart non-governmental organisations which implement the project: Co-PLAN and Polis University from Tirana, EXPEDITIO from Kotor, as well as the host of the meeting – Coalition for Sustainable ... (read more)Planned activities
For the coming period, by the end of 2012, the following activities have been planned:- Consultative process on validation and support of guidelines with the key stakeholders (including public officials, segments of civil society and citizens) through meetings and round tables held in three towns, Tirana, Skopje and Kotor
- Elaboration of a set of viable guidelines on city square transformation, which will serve to local officials and policy-makers as a manual on city square transformation
- Development of local policy documents on city square transformation - policy papers containing the main points with regards to the process of transformation of open public spaces into places serving community needs
- Preparation of the publication “Roadmap for a Livable Cities”, summing up the project results and representing a useful tool and manual for formulating cultural and civic participative policies related to contemporary city squares.
- Organising of the Final Conference of the project
The Final Conference of the project scheduled to be held within the Tirana Architecture Week
The Final Conference of the project is scheduled to be held in October 2012 within the first Tirana Architecture Week. It will be a big closing event foreseeing to host an International exhibition of Contemporary Art inspired by the idea of Public Squareand four site-specific artworks created by two artists from different areas of the Balkan Region.(read more)
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