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We invite you to our open Webinar – on the 19 of October. The KINETIC project, funded under Positive Energy Districts and Neighbourhoods Joint Call for Proposals, PROJECT NUMBER: 43971918
KINETIC (Knowledge Integration of Neighbourhood in Energy Transition led by Inclusive Communities) aims to innovate in planning Positive Energy Districts (PED). The project will deploy context-based research on how to create energy-efficient neighbourhoods, exploring options for sourcing sustainable energy at the local level, and different frameworks of creating Local Energy Communities. Local actors are empowered as the main drivers for sustainable transformations, assessing consuming behaviours, developing mitigation measures to ensure energy-efficient neighbourhoods, and exploring suitable energy infrastructures and frameworks.
We invite researchers, academia, public administration, cities, NGOs, industry, or any urban actor interested in the sustainable planning of cities and neighbourhoods to participate in the KINETIC Kick-off Event on 19 October 2022.
In case you wanted to know what we’ve been up to in the last months and what the future holds for our DanuP-2-Gas project, please find out by reading our newsletter.
Below you can watch the presentation video of the HARMONIA project. Further details about the project can be found by accessing this link https://urbasofia.eu/en/harmonia/
You can now find and download the ISTER Common Benchmarking Toolkit directly from our website! This toolkit may be of interest to you if you are a public authority, policy maker or any other urban actor interested in the protection, valorization, management and sustainable use of the Cultural Heritage and more specifically of the Cultural Routes. It will take you from understanding if and to what extent your cultural route meets a set of criteria for fulfilling its potential in different stages, through an in-depth understanding of the eligibility criteria that have to be met in order to receive the “Cultural Route of the Council of Europe certification”, straightforward to the importance, criteria to be met, policy guidelines, practical methods and best practices applicable for five priority fields of action set by the European Council:
Cooperation in research and development
Enhancement of memory, history and European heritage
Cultural and educational exchanges for young Europeans
Contemporary cultural and artistic practice
Cultural tourism and sustainable cultural development
At the end you will find a set of recommendations specific for each country part of ISTER project which are based on the results and findings of the first round of capacity building workshops in relation with the documentation made for each field of action.
Click on the image below to see the sixth newsletter of the DanuP-2-Gas project. The newsletter contains the latest news about the physical meeting of the partners that took place at the end of September, but information about the activities carried out so far, as well as those that will take place.
Urbasofia
has recently presented ISTER project at the 1st international conference of the
Interreg Danube project “Living Danube Limes”. The presentation focused on the
potential of Roman Routes for linking people and places as well as past and
contemporaneity. More specifically, the emphasis was put on how museums support
and enhance storytelling starting from the Roman routes, and in this regard,
specific ongoing and future activities were detailed during the presentation.
ISTER
project was also presented by the lead partner, as a real-world example within
the workshop “Cultural
heritage, cohesion policies and wellbeing: a virtuous circle” at
European Week of Regions and Cities (#EURegionsWeek). The presentation focused
on the story behind ISTER project, on the steps made so far for its development,
as well as on the contributions it makes on societal well-being in terms of quality
of life, social cohesion, and material conditions.
A series
of conclusions and recommendations were outlined by the end of the workshop
based on the knowledge and rich
experience of Urbasofia, HERIWELL Consortium and ESPON EGTC. You can read some
of them below:
We need to increase awareness
and capacity among policymakers and stakeholders to mainstream Cultural
Heritage. In this sense, a very concrete step to do it is the mutual learning programs,
in which policymakers and stakeholders can exchange experience on what works
and what doesn’t work in the field;
We need
strategic plans based on CH, that respond to the problems of relaunching the
economies, but also to the need to innovate them. These plans must be based on
a broader definition of sustainability;
Sustainability
must consider the impact of the cultural dimension in interaction with the
society (community), the economy (business), and the environment (correct use
of limited resources);
It is important to have a systematic
approach: start by knowing the problems, mapping, evaluating, diagnosing,
making a strategic document and taking action.
Some questions should be raised when involving
stakeholders: Who is the subject we want to involve?, What is the urban
context?, Why and where they should be placed in the process? And how do we work
with them?;
When
are talking about the „who”, we should start looking also on those who are
marginalized, at those who are not involved now.
Workshop on “Cultural heritage, cohesion policies and wellbeing: a virtuous circle” during #EURegionsWeek 2021 – OCTOBER 13
Dear colleagues and friends,
We are delighted to invite you to the workshop “Cultural heritage, cohesion policies and wellbeing: a virtuous circle” which will take place on October 13, 2021 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM, in the framework of the #EURegionsWeek 2021.
The session will address the challenge of aligning policies across European cultural heritage territories, in order to contribute to territorial development and foster societal well-being.
It will highlight concrete examples and case-studies on how cultural heritage can act as a catalyst for societal well-being, territorial competitiveness and sustainable growth.
It will highlight the contribution of EU funds to unlock the potential of cultural heritage for territorial development and wellbeing.
It will bring together heritage experts, public institutions and civil society stakeholders in a multi-disciplinary dialogue.
Structure of the workshop:
Setting the theoretical background: key concepts
The contribution of cohesion policy to unlocking the potential of cultural heritage
The way forward: Recommendations for future policy actions
How to register?
Register to the workshop now! To do so, simply access the official EUWeek page. Please, note you have to create a profile to register. This will only take you a few minutes.
We very much look forward to welcoming you to this inspiring Workshop!
