What is the Magazine about?
Cooperative City Magazine brings its readers the stories of collaborative urban development processes in different areas in Europe.
It is a project run by Eutropian, a company and association developing collaborative planning processes in various cities in Europe.
From tragedy to transformations: how Serbian youth revived direct democracy
Over the past months, Serbia has experienced significant political and social turbulence. The student-led mass protests that have swept across the country were sparked by a devastating event: the collapse
From tragedy to transformations: how Serbian youth revived direct democracy
Over the past months, Serbia has experienced significant political and social turbulence. The student-led mass protests that have swept across the country were sparked by a devastating event: the collapse of the canopy at the recently renovated Novi Sad railway station, a disaster that claimed the lives of 16 people—among
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The fight for hope: How Quarticciolo’s boxing gym is empowering youth
In Quarticciolo, one of Rome’s most marginalised neighbourhoods, a humble boxing gym is transforming the lives of its youth. Established in 2015 by a group
The 15-minute city at night: towards a holistic urban vision
How can cities function seamlessly both day and night? What happens when the 15-minute city concept meets the night-time economy? Can decentralising nightlife create safer,
Reviving the Donaukanal: Transforming Public Space Through Urban Swimming
The Schwimmverein Donaukanal (SVDK) exemplifies how social design can transform urban environments through community engagement. The initiative began as a small social design research project
Wide space: Fighting for a vision of solidarity in Quarticciolo, Rome
Quarticciolo, a historic and working-class district of Rome, is undergoing significant transformation. While the Italian government promotes the Caivano emergency decree—focused on security, control, and
Placemaking
What kinds of financial support and solidarity structures are needed to help community-led development projects flourish?
Gamification
How to make digital interaction more engaging and fun? We explore the use of digital games to experience and design your city.
Urban commons
How can urban commons strengthen communities and help face the upcoming social and economic challenges? Produced in cooperation with the gE.Co project.
Manifesto to Action
We advocate for existing knowledge, policy recommendations and financial resources to be geared towards the strengthening of social and solidarity economy practices throughout Europe.
Solidarity City Vienna
Solidarity City Vienna is a platform of Cooperative City. It promotes and strengthens social and solidarity economy practices, mapping 12 initiatives that focus on social inclusion, fair employment, participation, sustainable food systems, ethical consumption and responsible tourism.
magdas HOTEL: Changing the world while sleeping
This retro-style hotel next to the famous Prater park is the first hotel in Austria that is run as a social business. It is dedicated to the integration of people with a refugee background and helping them overcome barriers at the job market.
Bikes and Rails: Co-housing with solidarity and an environmental mission
Self-managed and affordable, ecological and inclusive, Bikes and Rails' concept provides for buying houses collectively through private financing, freeing them from the market in the long term and thus securing affordable housing.
Zukunftshof: An agricultural city laboratory at the edge of Vienna
A former farm at the southern edge of Vienna’s Favoriten district, Zukunftshof brings innovative urban agriculture, water management and sustainable energy production closer to the people, integrating old traditions and former residents in new urban developments
