Second side event co-organized by Arnika at the Seventh Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention.
Agenda: Conflict between private and public interests ▪ Experience of the public in the Czech Republic, Serbia, and Ukraine ▪ Regional cooperation ▪ Participative approach for reusing vacant urban spaces ▪ Creating tools for generating the commons ▪ Discussion
Presentations & Speakers:
Mark Gottdiener, Professor at Buffalo University (USA):
Introductory word: The contradiction at the heart of urban planning: Participation in the production of space
Michal Lehečka, AutoMat (Czech Republic):
Bright prospects? Participatory planning and large developments in Prague
Iva Čukić, Ministarstvo Prostoru (Serbia):
The democratization of urban planning in Belgrade
Yegor Firsov, Office for the Environment (Ukraine):
How Kyiv community fights for green zones and access to water
Jorge Mosquera, AGORA:
Participative approach for recovering and reusing vacant or underused urban spaces
Yilmaz Vurucu, Eutropian:
gE.CO Living Lab: Creating tools for generating the commons
Find the presentation of the speakers also in the attachments (see below)