Civic eState

Pooling Urban Commons

Edited on 09/07/2025

04/04/2018 06/04/2021

Closed
  • Transfer Network
  • Participative governance
  • Abandoned Spaces
  • Participation

The Civic eState network worked on new models of urban co-governance based on the commons. Two years of EU cooperation for promoting urban co-governance and experimenting public-community partnerships to enable inhabitants and local communities constitutional rights to self-organize and collectively act for the urban commons. The network outputs aim at guaranteeing the collective enjoyment as well as collective management of urban essential facilities, to secure fair and open access, participatory decision-making, sustainability and preservation for the benefit of future generations.

Summary

Partners

Lead Partner : Naples - Italy
  • Amsterdam - Netherlands
  • Barcelona - Spain
  • Gdańsk - Poland
  • Ghent - Belgium
  • Iași - Romania
  • Presov - Slovakia

Timeline

Kick-off meeting, Naples (IT)

Mid-term meeting, Iași (RO)

Transnational meeting, Prešov (SK) / Transnational meeting, Amsterdam (NL)

26-28 May 2021, Final Network Event (online)

Articles

  • Opening the Door to Talent: What Ten Cities Decided to Do Differently

    Final Network Article by Lead Expert Béla Kézy


  • News

    A Water Museum for Elche: a journey through the Memory of Water

    The City of Elche unveils a new cultural space dedicated to its valuable hydraulic heritage promoting citizen engagement with it.

  • Agents of CoExistence: final network report

    Across Europe, cities are searching for new ways to strengthen the relationship between public
    institutions and the citizens they serve. Local governments face growing expectations for
    transparency