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Validated for Ad-hoc Expert roles

Maciej Zacher

  • Poland

  • Polish, English
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Availability :
Available for Ad-hoc expertise missions

Validated Expert info

Expert can perform Ad hoc expertise missions at network and programme level in relation to:

 

1. The design and delivery of (transnational) exchange and learning activities

 

2. Thematic expertise:
> Mobility
> Strategic Urban Planning
> Urban Design

 

3. Methods and tools for integrated and participatory approaches:
> Integrated and participatory design of strategies
>

 

Summary

"Better cities start with better conversations."

I am a public sector urban designer working at the intersection of policy, spatial design, and community engagement. Based in Skawina, Poland, I lead and coordinate projects that make public spaces safer, greener, and more inclusive — especially for children and everyday users.
With experience in local government, academia, and European cooperation projects, I turn strategic ideas into on-the-ground actions — from safe school routes to rainwater systems — always rooted in community co-creation.

💬 I can support you in:

  • Designing child-friendly, walkable, and human-scale public spaces
  • Coordinating local actions in EU-funded projects (URBACT, Interreg, Civitas)
  • Developing and implementing Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs)
  • Facilitating participatory planning, co-creation processes, and public workshops
  • Activating communities through placemaking and low-cost urban interventions
  • Integrating green-blue infrastructure and nature-based solutions into planning
  • Delivering talks, peer-learning sessions, and public space walkshops

🌟 Selected projects

  • URBACT Schoolhoods – Lead of the local project “Safe, green and happy ways to school” (Skawina, PL), part of a transnational network with 8 cities (budget ~€85,000)
  • The Last Safe Kilometre – Local initiative to design safer and more sustainable school travel
  • Skawina Catches Rainwater – Green infrastructure and community activation project
  • Coordination of Municipal Revitalization Program for Skawina for 2016–2022 and 2023–2030
  • Local coordination or support for URBACT RiConnect, Interreg Low Carb, PIM Urban Mobility Network, Civitas SUMPs-Up

🌍 International experience & expertise

  • Speaker at: Placemaking Week (Amsterdam, Chattanooga, Valencia), Walk Bike Places, Future of Places (Stockholm), WUF10 (Abu Dhabi)
  • Leader in Placemaking Europe, Placemaking X, Placemaking Poland
  • Committed placemaker and practitioner, actively promoting community-led spatial change

💡 Let’s work together!

  • Need help launching a local pilot or mobility strategy?
  • Want to activate public space through placemaking or green infrastructure?
  • Looking for a grounded expert who works from planning to implementation?

Let’s collaborate to make places not only livable, but lovable.
Open to mentoring, peer review, project partnerships, and joint urban missions.

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