Interactive session: Citizens’ Engagement through Culture Urban Hubs

An important part of the Urban Lab program is a workshop that will blend the knowledge of participating experts and the experience of Serbian and guest cities, enabling all participants to learn from the challenges of others and generate in synergy the recommendations for unlocking unconventional models for better implementation of citizens and stakeholders’ participation in healthier city-making and more inclusive public space production.

Your knowledge and experience are, therefore, valuable to help us recognize and raise awareness of the obstacles we all face and to ensure the emancipation and education of both experts and citizens for the implementation of such practices!

11.00 – 11.20

Introductory presentation: euPOLIS Guide to Citizens’ Engagement through Culture Urban Hubs Unlocking hidden local potentials for participatory urban transformation.

Facilitators: Maja Lalić, Aleksandra Malušev

11.20 -12.50

Interactive part / World café session: Bridging the gap in participatory urban planning

Table 1: Existing institutional tools for citizens’ participation in our cities?

Which are put to use, which are “on paper”, which are successful?

Facilitators: Ranko Božović, Milena Zindović

Table 2: Gaps in reaching and engaging stakeholders in reality?

What are the biggest challenges and obstacles in implementing participatory urban planning in reality? Legal framework, lack of political will, authorities’ motivation, lack of knowledge, funds, etc.

Facilitators: Anja Ranđelović, Morten Rask Madsen

Table 3: Recommendations for institutional improvements of participation of citizens and other stakeholders

Facilitators: Nataša Đurić, Ewa Domaradzka

Table 4: Mapping of proven nodes of trust to successfully reach and engage citizens and specific stakeholders. Recommendations for activating and partnering with existing trust nodes that can bridge the institutional gaps.

Facilitators: Maja Lalić, Juliana Uribe Aguado

Hybrid Session via Mentimeter with online participants from the Clustering Sister project

Facilitators: Aleksandra Malušev, Emmanuel Sardis

12.40-13.00

Closing session Workshop Conclusions

Tables Facilitators Sum Up

The results of the workshop will be integrated into the disseminating and educational documents that euPOLIS experts are developing as a legacy to be further integrated into the participating cities’ strategic documents. The final form of the document will be publicly available to domestic and international public for further upgrade, while all the participants will be credited as contributors.

Moderators:

Maja Lalić Mikser

Žaklina Gligorijević Kontura Beograd

Morten Rask Madsen BYspektrum

Aleksandra Malušev Mikser

Ranko Božović EnPlus

Milena Zindović EnPlus

Nataša Đurić Mikser

Ewa Domaradzka Robert Zajonc Institute for Social Studies, University of Warsaw

Anja Ranđelović Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Belgrade

Emmanuel Sardis National Technical University of Athens