UrbSpace team meeting in Italy

The 4th meeting of international team UrbSpace was organized in italien cities of Milano and Asti, on April, 19 - 21, 2010.

Project UrbSpace - enhancing the attractivity and quality of urban environment is supported by Central Europe Program and financed by European Regional and Development Fund.

At the meeting there took part also Ekopolis Foundation as one of 13 partners from 8 countries. The Ekopolis Foundation is devoted to the topic of public spaces since 2005 with the Public Spaces grant program .

At the meeting there were presented pilot projects, which are actually in the phase of analyses and planning. At the same time there was organized the study tour to the model area near the town of Rho.

On Wednesday, April 21, there was organized the 1st topical workshop UrbSpace focused on the principal objectives, activities and results of Urbspace project and the joint strategy as a tool for a sustainable open spaces planning. The workshop was organized for principal stakeholders and decision makers - public institutions, experts, urban planers, architects, politicians - all persons involved in urban space planning.

The origins of the UrbSpace project lie in REC's work on the urban environment and spatial planning along with practical experiences of Ekopolis (Slovakia) and Nadace Partnerstvi (Czech Republic). The latter organisations succesfully developed a programme called "Spaces",based on good practice in European cities. The idea of the project is to build further upon this experience. REC Slovakia decided to offer to take on the Lead Partner role for the new project and together with the Ekopolis Foundation, the Nadace Partnerství (Czech republic) began the process of extended European partner search. The aim was to find partners with a range of interests, cultures, experiences and needs.

For more information: www.urbanspaces.eu