Posts Tagged ‘Make better cities’

Making a city together

The first Wetopia Academy in Cape Town From 18 to 27th October 2019 we started the first Wetopia Academy during ‘Open Design Afrika’ in Cape Town (ZA). With interventions and workshops in the townships, inspiration days with local and international ‘Wetopians’ and a learning program for policy makers, we actively stimulate new ways to make […]

By Joke Quintens, on December 19th, 2019 at 19:31

Urban regeneration through cultural heritage: three cities’ stories

Cécile Houpert, Project Officer at EUROCITIES, takes a look at three cities taking part in the EU funded ROCK project. What have Bologna (IT), Lisbon (PT) and Skopje (MK) got in common? Apart from being major European metropolises and hotbeds of culture and heritage, the three cities are part of the EU funded ROCK project […]

By Cecile Houpert, on December 12th, 2019 at 18:47

Amarante: improving the city with pioneering actions

How can a small city like Amarante (PT), located less than one hour from medium-sized urban centres such as Braga (PT) or Guimarães (PT), or even from the metropolitan area of Porto (PT), become a competitive economic centre with the well-being for its citizens at its heart? Thanks to a number of innovative actions, Amarante […]

By Ana Resende, on May 23rd, 2019 at 10:32