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Do you know how to inventory and monitor your vacant buildings and flats in your city?

This was the key question the participants of the ALT/BAU meeting in Riga, June 2019 tried to answer. Together they exchanged and discussed their practices and solutions.
ALT/BAU Lead Expert Nils Scheffler and Martin Neubert, in charge of the ALT/BAU network, give you an overview.

It’s all about MARKETING!

Do you know how you can support the reactivation of vacant buildings through marketing, promotion and communication activities?

The partners of the ALT/BAU network have found the following solutions.

Transnational Meeting in Vilnius, 9-10 July 2019

The City of Vilnius hosted the project’s Transnational Meeting on 9-10 July. Representatives from the partner cities participated in the two-day gathering made of workshops, presentations, field visits and round table discussions. The venue for the first day of the meeting was the City’s Municipality, while the Vilnius Tech Park was the venue for the second day of activities.

Talking houses in Gyergyószentmiklós / Gheorgheni

The Armenian heritage of Gyergyószentmiklós/Gheorgheni is visible on the buildings located in the downtown area. The exterior of the building, however, shares only part of the full story; the rest lays untold behind the gates, doors, and the people inhabiting the spaces inside. A civilian group is seeking to change that for a day and is inviting all open-minded inhabitants and citizens to visit these Armenian houses, because on September 7, all doors will be open to everyone curious to hear about the history and stories related to these homes.

5 URBACT lessons to improve Placemaking in your city

From methodology to strategic planning and including a gender perspective, Jon Aguire Such shares the secrets of placemaking, URBACT style.

REFILL@LILLE: Policy Design Labs and URBACT exchange networks

How civil servants from Lille Metropole benefited from the experience of URBACT REFILL network to shape a roadmap to set their temporary use policy.