ACTive NGOs: Building community spaces for cultivating local ecosystems

The final event of the ACTive NGOs URBACT network “Building community spaces for cultivating local ecosystems” takes place on 7-8 April to present the network’s journey, exchange and learning trajectory to local and European audiences. The meeting, originally planned to take place in Brighton and Hove, takes participants on a virtual journey to explore civic initiatives, community venues and social engagement projects in the East Brighton area with the help of their protagonists.

The first day of the event (7 April), open to all interested persons and organisations, will introduce the ACTive NGOs project and share its results through a series of interviews, discussions and presentations. The project’s trajectory, connecting methodologies of stakeholder mapping, ecosystem building, civic spaces, governance, economic resilience and capacity building will be presented in a soon-to-be-published book.

The second day (8 April), limited to ACTive NGOs network partners and ULG members, will focus on the next steps of the local projects, aiming to enhance their impact and disseminate their results.

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Registration is open until 12.00 (CET) on 5th of April 2021. All those registered will receive a Zoom link after registration closes

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Agenda:

Day 1 – 7th April, Tuesday (CET)

10.00-10.20 Welcome and icebreaking ( Irina Vasiljeva, City of Riga, Lead Partner; East Brighton Cllr Williams; Laura Colini, URBACT Programme Expert

10.20-10.40 Designing a learning trajectory: insights from the ACTive NGOs project. Levente Polyak, Lead Expert

10.40-12.00 How far have we got? Expedition into the civic networks of ACTive NGOs partners: Riga, Brighton and Hove, Dubrovnik, Espoo, Santa Pola and Siracusa

12.00-12.30 Break

12.30-13.00 How to transfer methods of public-civic cooperation? Stories from the upcoming book “The power of civic ecosystems. How community spaces and their networks make our cities more cooperative, fair and resilient“

13.00-13.50 Exploring East Brighton’s citizen initiatives: virtual journey across community assets and solidarity networks

13.50-14.00 East Brighton virtual journeys and quiz

Day 2 – 8th April, Wednesday (CET)

10.00-10.15 Welcome and icebreaking

10.15-10.30 Towards a greater impact: planning the next steps...

10.30-11.30 How to build on the results to project the future? Workshop with Liat Rogel, service design expert

11.30-12.00 Break

12.00-13.00 Towards a more participatory message. Workshop with Simone d’Antonio, communication expert

13.00-13.30 Steering Committee meeting for ACTive NGOs project coordinators

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ACTive NGOs is an URBACT Transfer Network that brought together the municipalities of Riga, Brighton and Hove, Dubrovnik, Espoo, Santa Pola and Siracusa that have all worked on creating new platforms for public-civic cooperation in their cities.

If you have any questions about the event, please contact us:

Irina Vasiljeva - ACTive NGOs Project Coordinator - irina.vasiljeva@riga.lv

Indi Hicks - Brighton & Hove City Council Community Engagement Officer - indi.hicks@brighton-hove.gov.uk