GreenPlace

Restoring “forgotten” urban areas into valuable places FOR and WITH residents

Edited on 27/04/2026

01/06/2023 31/12/2025

Ongoing
  • Action Planning Network
  • Participative governance
  • Climate action
  • Nature-based solutions
  • Urban renewal
  • Greening urban economies

GreenPlace is an URBACT network consisting of ten partners who aim at developing a set of activities for "recycling" unused urban areas, using social participation tools. The project takes into account not only the regional specificities and conditions of each of the partners but also introduces greenery as a key factor in limiting climate change in urban areas. 

 

GreenPlace

PARTNERS

Lead Partner : Wroclaw - Poland
  • Nitra - Slovakia
  • Vila Nova de Poiares - Portugal
  • Boulogne sur mer Développment Côte d'Opale - France
  • Löbau - Germany
  • Bucharest Metropolitan Area Intercommunity Development Association - Romania
  • Onda - Spain
  • Quarto d'Altino - Italy
  • Limerick - Ireland

Network Contact

Timeline

Study visit on 22-23 October in Wrocław (Poland)

 

A group of people posing for a picture in form of a tram with tram depot building in the background

Final Core Network Meeting 23-25 September in Limerick (Ireland)

 

GreenPlace project partners gathered for a rooftop photo in Limerick

Study visit on 11-12 June in Wrocław (Poland)

 

A group of people posing in front of the greenery in Wrocław's Botanical Garden

Core Network Meeting 13-14 May in Vila Nova de Poiares

 

A group of people poses for a photo in front of a stone windmill with wooden sails, set against a mountainous landscape and a cloudy sky.

Study visit on April 7 in Löbau (Germany)

 

Online Core Network Meeting on 4 March
 

Study visit on 17 October in Nitra (Slovakia)

 

Fifth Core Network Meeting on 15-16 October in Nitra (Slovakia)

 

Online study visit on 24 September in Löbau (Germany)

 

Study visit on 20 June in Bucharest (Romania)

 

Fourth Core Network Meeting on 18-19 June in Bucharest (Romania)

 

Second and Third Core Network Meeting on 11-14 March in Onda and Cehegin (Spain)

 

Lead Expert site visits in November in Cehegin (Spain), Onda (Spain), Boulogne sur mer Développement Côte d’Opale (France)

 

a color photo of four people smiling, holding a string in an office

Lead Expert site visits in September in Limerick (Ireland) and Loebau (Germany)

 

a group of people standing in the Town Hall, Loebau, Germany

Lead Expert site visits in October in Quarto d’Altino (Italy), Bucharest Ilfov (Romania), Nitra (Slovakia), Vila Nova de Poiares (Portugal)

 

 

First Core Network Meeting on 26-27 September in Wrocław (Poland)

 

a group of people standing on the Market Square in Wrocław

Stories

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  • A conference participants posing for the picture in front of GreenPlace backdrop.

    GreenPlace in Wrocław: Two and a Half Years of Co-Creation

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  • GreenPlace partners posing for a photo at the Limerick City Hall

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