Making Com.Unity

A conversation with Miguel Brito, Head of Local Development Department at the City of Lisbon, who explores with us the meaning of the 10th anniversary of the Bip/Zip Programme and how it had a concrete impact on Lisbon and in the cities of the network that shared this model

A conversation with Sam Hurulean, member of the project team at the City of The Hague, who explores with us the connection between the implementation of the Community-Led Local Development scheme and the topics related to energy transition and housing

A conversation with Léa Retournard and Valentin Mousain, executive project managers on social inclusoon and urban regeneration at Lille Metropole, to explore the connection between the action carried out in the framework of Com.Unity.Lab and the French urban policy and its impact on neighbourhoods, cities and metropolitan area

A conversation with Rossella Ferorelli, architect and consultant for the City of Bari, who highlights the projects carried out in Bari to contrast poverty in deprived areas and the actions started to tackle the effects of the pandemic emergency

A conversation with Iben Andersen and Anne Andersen, respectively urban designer and architect in charge of the EU projects at the City of Aalborg, on the strategies of active involvement of residents and stakeholders in the local development plans and on the value of the exchange with other European cities in the framework of the Com.Unity.Lab network

A conversation with Katerina Bonito and Ondrej Dostal, stategic planning specialists at the City of Ostrava, who share some interesting stories on the post-industrial and architectural heritage of the city and how it has still an impact on today's life, in particular in the area of Dubina which was at the core of the actions carried out with Com.Unity.Lab

A conversation with Miglena Gerasimova, urbanist and sociologist at SofiaPlan, who highlights the contribution to the Program for Sofia, the Integrated Territorial Investment Strategy for 2021-2027 of the Bulgarian capital, and the actions carried out in the framework of Sofia's participation to Com.Unity.Lab

A conversation with Magdalena Gnip-Scigocka and Anna Szadkowska, experts in the Municipality Social Participation Office and coordinators of Com.Unity.Lab in Lublin, highlighting the most interesting actions carried out by the largest city in Eastern Poland, which focused on mapping data and involving stakeholders and local community

A conversation with Daniela Patti, lead expert of the URBACT Transfer Network Com.Unity.Lab, who shares with us how she contributed to transfer the Bip/Zip model to other cities, and how the active involvement of local actors can be crucial to contrast the poverty in urban areas