On May 29- 30, 2019 project partners met for the second Transnational Seminar in Dubrovnik (HR).
In the first day project partners and ULG representatives met to discuss the questions related to “Spaces, access, funding programmes & economic sustainability”. It was opened by the Deputy Mayor of Dubrovnik Ms.Jelka Tepšić, who highlighed the challenges of Dubrovnik - space is the most valuable asset in city.
“All civic organizations and initiatives need a space for their activities. Therefore, a diversity of strategies is needed to secure spaces for civic use, whether it is municipal building or when they are not available, in private properties”, stressed ACTive NGOs’ Lead expert Levente Polyak in his presentation. We were lucky to have Daniela Patti as the Ad-hoc expert in this Transnational Seminar. She gave inspiring presentation on municipal policies to support social economy.
Afternoon was devoted to the ULG presentations form Brighton and Hove (GB) as well as Espoo (FI) partners.
Further on, project partners worked hard to give feedback on the timelines of their Transfer Plans. The day was concluded by the Project Steering Committee meeting, during which project network outputs, communication and budget issues as well as a time plan of next activities were discussed.
Next morning started with the site visits, where the partners visited Youth Centre - a place where children and youth attend various events devoted to arts, technologies and other related subjects organized by local NGOs. The group also attended the Gučetić Summer Villa - a place which is owned by municipality, needs huge renovation works, but with the support of the municipality it will become an attractive place for civic participation in Dubrovnik.
After the inspirations of the site visits participants got involved in discussions on the challenges of civic spaces Dubrovnik are facing in Peer review session. Useful potential solutions came up during the discussion.
Afternoon was devoted to the ULG presentations form representatives of Riga (LV), Santa Pola (ES) and Syracuse (IT). Presentations were followed by session of the vox-pops workshop.
In total, more than 30 stakeholders participated in the second Transnational Seminar. Great experiences were shared by ACTive NGOs partners within those 2 intensive days.
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