Welcome to the cooperative city
What is the Magazine about?
Our new book, “The Power of Civic Ecosystems: How community spaces and their networks make our cities more cooperative, fair and resilient” collects from 15 countries over 50 inspiring practices of civic ecosystem-building, ranging from municipal policies to strategic design methods and citizen initiatives. Available for free download.
Gradual space: Room for Diversity in the Future of Urban Public Spaces
Article by Levente Polyak for publicspace.org, a project by the CCCB. In 1748, the Italian architect Giambattista Nolli published an ichnographic plan of Rome, documenting every building
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PlaceCity participatory interventions with students for better school spaces
As part of the European project called PlaceCity, placemaking for sustainable, thriving cities Nabolagshager established a collaboration with H20 High School in Grønland, Oslo to
Gender equal cities: How to improve women’s experiences in public spaces?
Sally Kneeshaw, Gender Equal Cities lead for URBACT, found through her work that whilst most people are generally aware of societal gender inequality, not many
Public procurement with social impact
Local communities and their local governments have two possible ways to cooperate. One is centred upon the use of public procurement for social purposes. The
Neighbourhood Mothers – from the target group to actor
Neighbourhood Mothers (Naapuriäiti in Finnish) is a social inclusion programme that is reaching out to women who moved to Finland and encouraging them to become
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.
