International conference of the project "New ideas for old buildings", Ajdovscina (Slovenia), 29/9/2015

International conference of the project "New ideas for old buildings", in which one of the partners is Expeditio, will be held on September 29, 2015, from 15:30 to 19: 30h, in the Mladinskem centru in hostlu, Ajdovščina, Cesta IV. Prekmorske 61a, Slovenija.

In European cities, there are a lot of abandoned public buildings, especially in medium and small towns that are often faced with the economy in decline and reduced number of population. It often happens that buildings in public ownership remain abandoned, which represents multiplied loss for the city.

Seven small and medium sized European towns from the Baltic to the Balkans,which are facing the common problems of economic and social decline and are motivated to find efficient and democratic solutions for revitalising their towns and enhancing the quality of life of their inhabitants are dealing with this problems through the project "New ideas for old buildings". The project aims to increase involvement of citizens in decision-making of public property management and sustainable urban development and to identify concrete solutions to better utilize public property in partner cities. Through the exchange of good practice, experience and expertise of involved municipalities and partner NGOs, the goal is to develop a long-term experience-based platform for public property management in medium and small European towns.

This year's event is the first in a series of seven events that will be implemented by July 2017, starting from Pula (Croatia) via Belgrade (Serbia), Niksic (Montenegro), Oberhausen (Germany), Liepaja (Latvia) and, at the end, Maribor ( Slovenia). Interesting examples of revitalization of abandoned buildings will be presented by representatives of NGO Expeditio from Kotor, Kitev from Oberhausen, Ministarstvo prostora from Belgrade, Urban Institute from Riga, Green Istria from Pula and IPOP from Ljubljana as well as representatives from municipalities Ajdovscina, Niksic and Maribor.

Attendance at the conference is free of charge, but you should apply. Applications will be accepted until 28 September 2015 till 12 hours here.