ECF initiated Build the City to highlight innovative civil-public partnerships in broader Europe that have solved urban challenges. The 26 practices highlighted in this publication are civil-public partnerships based on principles of the commons, i.e. enabling citizens and governments to share power, co-design and co-shape legislation, management or collective action for the common good. Download a copy of the Build the City Magazine and join the conversation on ECF Labs.
Read MoreBuild the City Towards a Practice-Based Manifesto
On 25 February, we have launched our Build the City, Towards a Practice-Based Manifesto
during our Co-creating the City event at Pakhuis de Zwijger. Download your copy now and join the conversation on our dedicated Lab.
Build the City: perspectives on commons and culture
Published in the frame of ECF's Idea Camp 2015, Build the City: perspectives on commons and culture rediscovers, reframes and reconsiders previously published historical, artistic, participatory and theoretical perspectives on the subject by a wide variety of authors from different geographical and professional backgrounds.
Read MoreAn unprecedented experiment in political economy and participatory democracy: The Teatro Valle experience and its legacies. An essay by Massimiliano Mollona
Teatro Valle Occupato was awarded the ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture (PMA) in 2014. We invite you to read this essay by theorist and writer Massimiliano Mollona.
Read Morewonderlab Kiev 2014 - a report
Between 12-17 May 2014, the interactive WONDERLAB moved from wonderland´s headquarter to Kiev's CANactions festival, and established an urban laboratory dedicated to social tendencies in architecture and urbanism.
Read MoreRemixing Europe: unveiling the imagery of migrants in European media
REMIXING EUROPE is a publication unveiling the imagery of migrants in European media. It is a Doc Next Network publication, produced in the framework of Remapping Europe, A Remix Project Highlighting the Migrant’s Perspective. This investigative and artistic project explores the tools and concepts of remixing media as a method to re-view, re-investigate and re-consider prevailing imageries of migrants in European societies.
Read MoreLocal Cultural Policies Handbook – Steps, Tools and Case studies
This publication pulls together new methodological tools and diverse practical experiences from civic participation in local cultural policy development from across Turkey.
Read MoreCPRA 2010: European Capitals of Culture and Everyday Cultural Diversity: A Comparison of Liverpool (UK) and Marseilles (France), March 2013
This publication is the result of the 7th Cultural Policy Research Award in 2010.
Read MoreÇanakkale 2010 – A Story of a Year
This publication tells the story of an unusual year-long civic project that took place in the Turkish city of Çanakkale in 2010, carried out by Anadolu Kültür, who have been closely involved with the European Neighbourhood programme since 2005.
Read MoreCPRA 2009: Governing urban diversity? An exploration of policy tools for cultural diversity in five European capital cities
This publication is the result of the 6th Cultural Policy Research Award in 2009.
Read MoreCPRA 2008: Evaluating the socio-economic impacts of selected regenerated heritage sites in Europe
This publication is the result of the 5th Cultural Policy Research Award in 2008.
Read MoreGuide to Citizen Participation in Local Cultural Policy Development for European Cities
Guide to Citizen Participation in Local Cultural Policy Development for European Cities, by Jordi Pascual and Sanijn Dragojevic, published by Interarts Foundation (Barcelona), ECUMEST Association (Bucharest) and ECF in 2007.
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