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KAIRÓS THEMATIC WARM-UP#2 by ad-hoc expert Matthias Ripp

The second KAIRÓS warm-up webinar showed the potential and role of community involvement in heritage-based urban regeneration and how this is connected to urban resilience and sustainability.

KAIRÓS THEMATIC WARM-UP#1 by ad-hoc expert Matthias Ripp

The online meeting showed common challenges and potential of cultural heritage for urban development and regeneration.

Meet the partners: interview with Tadej Žurman

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An important partner in the field of circular economy activities for Nigrad is also Mr Tadej Žurman, who is also an ULG member. Mr. Žurman, otherwise a lawyer, is acting as project coordinator and has successfully prepared and participated in several EU-funded circular economy projects.

 

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The Helsinki Design Ladder, the first time a design ladder of this kind has been applied to an entire city.

Meet the partners: interview with Giorgos Michailidis

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KRAKOW TRANSNATIONAL MEETING – PART 2

The Covid-19 pandemic took Krakow partners to the decision of hosting online their Transnational Meeting last year but left all partners with the desire to travel to the Polish city and see with their own eyes the wonders that have been created in terms of community urban gardens. Well, the Krakow team set themselves in the quest of completing what, in their opinion, was an “unfinished business”: the possibility to welcome all partners in Krakow before the end of the project’s lifetime so that they could see what has been implemented in their city during RU:RBAN.