Civic eState

Pooling Urban Commons

Edited on 09/07/2025

04/04/2018 06/04/2021

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  • 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

  • Articles

    Layers of the old Piraeus station: connecting stories, place and data in Daring Cities

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  • Articles
    Badia del Vallès mass housing estate in Barcelona (ES).

    Shaping cities together: seven URBACT Good Practices reimagining the city through collaborative planning

    In cities throughout Europe, local authorities are working on urban planning that respond to local needs, whether affordable housing plans or green urban regeneration.

  • Articles

    De Lisboa a Cracóvia: 13 novos casos de cidades que promovem a igualdade de género

    Em toda a Europa e em outras regiões, as cidades estão a intensificar o seu compromisso com a igualdade de género. O URBACT apoia-as na transformação das suas ambições em ações concretas.