Urban Voices Podcast

In this first episode developed for the project “CAMINA”, Ileana Toscano, UIA expert, introduces the Novel Collective Narrative of Almería’s Cultural Landscape developed by CAMINA as the milestone foundation of the whole project. For this podcast, Ileana interviews Pablo Macías Bou, expert in innovation and urban design, founder and CEO of Khora Urban thinkers, partner of CAMINA. Ileana and Pablo walk through the Innovative Collaborative Narrative presenting the relevant activities developed by the project.

CAMINA is a holistic initiative aimed at reconnecting the city of Almeria, in Andalusia, Spain, with three neighbourhoods, that represent the splendour past of the ancient city and that nowadays have lost the central position in the city life. CAMINA is fostering a new approach to promote Cultural Participation and Inclusion in Almeria by focusing on three neighbourhoods: Almedina, La Chanca-Pescaderia and the Centre. The project’s innovation results from the rediscovering of the culture and the cultural heritage of Almeria, as a tool to positively impact the social integration of the people living in the fringes.

The project acronym “CAMINA” means “WALK!”, which is the paradigm of the project innovation. CAMINA is willing to promote the connection between the three neighbourhoods and Almeria citizens through cultural urban walks. By walking through cultural heritage sites, “cultural nodes” and cultural events taking place in public spaces CAMINA encourages the citizens of Almeria to be part of their cultural heritage and the ancient neighbourhoods.

“The art of walking” allowed to write the Novel collaborative Narrative of Almeria, created by local testimonials and experts to bridge the diverse and multicultural communities living in the city.

This series of 3 episodes drop on the recent report published on the UIA website and the 10 case studies that explore the jobs and skills of our green future. This first session focuses on skilling and reskilling for a green economy.

Listen to the experience of 2 pioneers cities in this field narrated by Anamaria Vrabie from the City of Cluj Napoca (Cluj Furture of Work) and Andrea Patrucco from the City of Milan (Open Agri). This discussion is moderated by Eddy Adams, UIA expert.

This series of 3 episodes drop on the recent report published on the UIA website and the 10 case studies that explore the jobs and skills of our green future. This first session focuses on supporting new green sectors.

Listen to the experience of 2 pioneers cities in this field narrated by Carles Ferrero, Director of Innovation from the City of Viladecans (Vilawatt project) and by Eeva Pihlajaniemi and Terhi Jantunen from the City of Lappeenranta (Urban Infra Revolution). This discussion is moderated by Eddy Adams and Pr. Costas Cartalis, UIA experts.

This series of 3 episodes drop on the recent report published on the UIA website and the 10 case studies that explore the jobs and skills of our green future. This first session focuses on skills forecasting for a climate neutral economy. 

Listen to the experience of 2 pioneers cities in this field narrated by Joe Crawler, Skills Intelligence Lead for Greater Manchester Combined Authority (IGNITION project) and Andries van Vugt, from Organiq, partner of the Passport4Work Project, Eindhoven. This discussion is moderated by Eddy Adams and Ronald Lievens, UIA experts. 

In this first Zoom-in for the UIA project CUP4Creativity, Levente Polyak visits a pop-up event in the future Adaptér, to learn about the art & tech center under construction in the heart of Újbuda, Budapest's 11th district. 

CUP4Creativity builds on the district’s current dynamic as a new cultural centre, by generating new connections between cultural producers, artists, creatives, technology initiatives, businesses and residents. One of the key objectives of CUP4Creativity is the establishment of a new cultural institution, Adaptér (a wordplay connecting “adaptation” and “space”) to bring together art and technology in a user-friendly manner. This new institution will act as an entrance point to the local cultural and technology ecosystems, positioned as a hub in a broader network of spaces, a kind of a “decentralised FabLab” at the neighbourhood scale.

What are the needs and demands for upscaling of CoGhent project? What will be the « upscaling readiness » at the end of project and the conditions of transfer of its outcome to other cities?

Talking to Pieter-Jan Pauwels and Olivier D’Huynslager the 2 « fathers » of the CoGhent project this 30 min. podcast discusses how they see the project they imagine and created in the face of this UIA Up-scaling key-challenge!

In this first Zoom-in for the UIA project DARE, Levente Polyak explores the digital platform conceived to support the transformation of Ravenna's Darsena area. DARE is a non-conventional urban regeneration project that instead of focusing uniquely on the physical environment, invests in the skills of its inhabitants and the digital knowledge infrastructure of the area.

In the course of the project’s three years, the Ravenna Municipality is cooperating with the Darsena’s residents, businesses, initiatives and institutions to create an inclusive, accessible digital framework for the area. This framework will help the Darsena's population, users and visitors to better understand their area, develop new skills, improve their quality of life and become protagonists of their neighbourhood. DARE’s digital platform is conceived as a database to combine data coming from various sources, ranging from sensors and statistical data to historical data, visual materials and even stories, to support this process. 

The first Zoom-in of Cluj Future of Work is on Pata-Rât, a Roma settlement located near the city landfill which is one of the main focus of the urban Innovative Actions project.

This podcast explores the IGNITION project approaches on how innovative financing models  for local authorities to increase and maintain greenspace and nature-based solutions can be developed in a way that they fit well and are broadly applied.

UIA Expert Levente Polyak presents in his podcast how the project transforms one specific neighbourhood of the city – Victoria. 

The GreenQuays project in Breda aims to develop and establish nature-inclusive quays. Although it was not in focus when developing the project, this podcast explores, if these quays, at the same time, could be health-inclusive for citizens.

Health benefits are among the many additional benefits that nature-based solution can potentially offer. UIA expert Birgit Georgi discusses the options and the team’s journey for including positive health impacts together with the project partners and collaborating external partners.

What has been the motivation for the different partners to include health benefits in the development of the quays? What are the lessons learned for combining a nature-inclusive design with a health-inclusive design? How will GreenQuays measure the health impacts and how can the results be used? Has the collaboration with external partners, such as the regional health service, supported new ideas, and has it vice versa impacted their work? Check it out in the podcast.