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International & EU projects

Urban Expert supports, in addition to developing and applying for EU projects, a large number of municipalities and institutions in implementing international projects and thematic city networks. A selection of projects can be found here.

Studies & Expert opinions

Expert Support

Studies & Expert opinions

Evaluation

Evaluation of Horizon 2020 proposals: Transforming historic urban areas into hubs of entrepreneurship and social and cultural integration
2019

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Client: European Commission

  • Evaluation of Horizon 2020 proposals
  • Drafting of evaluation reports
  • Coordination of the evaluation results with the other evaluators
  • Elaboration of the consensus evaluation reports

(Re) Making the City
2018

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Client: URBACT

  • Identification and preparation of good-practice examples for the website (Re) Making the City
  • Development of a template for the presentation of the good-practice examples
  • Development of the website structure
  • Presentation of the results at international conference

Integrated strategic urban development planning in the Russian Federation
2017

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Client: STRELKA KB

  • Development of guidelines for integrated strategic urban development planning

Community-led urban strategies in historic towns (COMUS)
2017

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Client: Council of Europe

  • Elaboration of the publication “Principles for heritage based urban development of small and medium-sized heritage towns in countries in transition”
  • Analysis of project documents
Study: Urban Agenda in Latin America

Towards the new Urban Agenda in Latin America
2016

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Client: GIZ – German Development Cooperation

  • Systematisation and analysis of GIZ projects in Latin America in the sector „Urban and Climate “ 
  • Elaboration of the report “Contributions of GIZ to Environmentally Sustainable and Resilient Urban Development in Latin America”
  • Elaboration of the presentation for the Habitat III conference in Quito

Sustainable regeneration in urban areas
2014-2015

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Client: Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini; URBACT

  • Co-author of the publication “Sustainable regeneration in urban areas”
  • Preparation and participation at study visits
  • Elaboration of the IBA Hamburg case study 
  • Presentation of results at international conference 
Urb.Energy – Energy Efficient and Integrated Urban Development Action 2011
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Client: DV e.V.

Content support for the Urb.Energy manuals and policy recommendations regarding

  • Integrated urban development approaches targeting energy efficient residential areas
  • Holistic strategies for energy efficient refurbishment of the housing stock and renewal of the energy supply system 

Integrated urban development of the Upper Silesian mining region and its municipalities
2007

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Client: Silesian Union of Municipalities and Districts; URBACT

  • Field trip and analysis of the current situation and challenges of four neighbouring municipality districts in the Upper Silesian region
  • Elaboration of report with recommendation for an integrated urban development of the four neighbouring municipality districts 
International & EU projects

Expert Support

Expert of URBACT

Promoting sustainable urban development – URBACT Expert
2007 – current

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Client: URBACT

  • Professional support of URBACT projects and city networks
  • Participation in advisory meetings
  • Preparation and moderation of URBACT workshops and seminars
  • Preparation of case studies and articles
E-Co-Housing: Gardening

E-Co-Housing – Co-creating a Regenerative Housing Project Together with the Community
2022 – 2023

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Client: City of Budapest – Zugló; UIA

  • Preparation and implementation of study visits and interviews
  • Guidance and advice to Zugló
  • Capturing and sharing knowledge and lessons learnt through publications (‚‚web article‚ and ‚journal‘)

International World Heritage Managementplan Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge/ Krušnohoří
2022

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Client: Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Sachsen / Welterbe Montanregion Erzgebirge e.V.

  • Conception, preparation, moderation and documentation of three workshops with German and Czech representatives in preparation of the international world heritage management plan

Nature without borders in the Lower Oder Valley (INTERREG V A)
2021-2022

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Client: Nationalpark Unteres Odertal

  • Conception, preparation, moderation and documentation of analog and digital events and workshops to strengthen cross-border nature preservation 

Cultural heritage in action (EU initiative)
2020 – 2022

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Client: EUROCITIES

  • Identification and assessment of innovative practices within cultural heritage in the field of participatory governance and adaptive reuse
  • Preparation, moderation and provision of expertise of 4 online and 2 city peer learning visits about good cultural heritage practices in the field of participatory governance and adaptive reuse
  • Analytical document about innovative approaches and lessons learnt of the peer-learning visit

Yes, we rent! – Reactivating private empty flats for affordable rental housing
2020 – 2022

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Client: City of Mataró; UIA

  • Preparation and implementation of study visits and interviews
  • Guidance and advice to project and project partners
  • Capturing and sharing knowledge and lessons learnt through publications (‚web articels‚ und ‚zoom-ins‘)

ALT/BAU – Reactivation of vacant residential buildings & flats (city network)
2018 – 2020

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Client: City of Chemnitz; URBACT

  • Lead Expert of the URBACT transfer network
  • Development of the guidebook for the reactivation of vacant residential buildings and a good-practice brochure 
  • Elaboration of the transfer study and the working programme
  • Conception, preparation, moderation and documentation of the network meetings / workshops
  • Support of the partners
    • transfering and adapting Chemnitz good-practice example and involvement of local stakeholders
    • elaborating and implementing the transfer plans
Expert of UIA

Promoting innovative Urban Actions – UIA Experte
2017 – 2023

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Client: UIA – Urban Innovative Actions

  • Professional support to UIA cities
  • Preparation of case studies and articles
ROCK – Cultural Heritage leading urban futures: Member of Multi-Actor Advisory Board

ROCK – Cultural Heritage leading urban futures (EU Horizon 2020)
2017 – 2020

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Client: City of Bologna

  • Member of the Multi-Actor Advisory Board
  • Feedback to White Paper “Partnership on culture and cultural heritage in the Urban Agenda for the EU”
  • Support of the preparation, implementation and follow-up of a training webinar on mentoring methodology
USE-IT! – Unlocking Social and Economic Innovation Together”

USE-IT! – Unlocking Social and Economic Innovation Together
2017 – 2020

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Client: City of Birmingham; UIA

  • Preparation and implementation of study visits and interviews
  • Guidance and advice to project and project partners
  • Capturing and sharing knowledge and lessons learnt through publications (journals and zoom-ins)
Expert for the URBACT III network “sub>urban: Reinventing the Fringe”

sub>urban: Reinventing the Fringe (city network)
2017 – 2018

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Client: City of  Antwerp; URBACT

  • Development of a template for the integrated action plans for the project partners
  • Guidance and feedback to the project partners for the elaboration of the integrated action plan
  • Workshops about integrated action plans
International trilateral park project „Border Parks – in harmony with nature“ (Germany, Poland, Belarus)

International capacity development for the use and protection of natural resources in the Banhine National Park (Mozambique) and in the Lower Oder Valley National Park (Germany)
2017

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Client: GIZ – German Development Cooperation

  • Design, preparation and moderation of a 2-days workshop about problems, challenges, need for support and solutions
2nd Chance: Waking up the sleeping giants
2nd Chance: Waking up the sleeping giants: Reactivation of larger vacant buildings (city network) 2015 – 2018
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Client: City of Naples; URBACT

  • Lead expert of the URBACT city network
  • Development of a guidebook for the reactivation of larger, vacant buidlings and of a good-practice compilation.
  • Supporting partners developing a strategy for the reactivation and reuse of larger, vacant building embedded in the city and neighbourhood development context
  • Elaboration of the baseline study and working program
  • Design, preparation, implementation, documentation of network meetings and workshops 
  • Supporting partners to implement Local Support Groups and develop Local Action Plans
Culture for cities and regions: Study visit Dundee
Culture for Cities and Regions (EU Initiative) 2015 – 2017
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Client: EUROCITIES

  • Preparation, participation, content-wise support, documentation of ‚peer study visits’ to cities and regions with good experience within culture & urban development
  • Preparation, participations, content-wise support, documentation of ‘coaching visits’ to cities and regions to develop recommendations for the further development of their cultural (heritage) strategy, exploring new ideas and solutions.
URBACT: Urban Markets - excursion Turin
URBACT Markets: Markets as driver of sustainable urban development” (city network) 2014 – 2015
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Client: City of Barcelona; URBACT

  • Lead Expert of the URBACT city network
  • Elaboration of the handbook „Urban markets: heart soul and motor of cities“ and of an editable presentation  to locally promote the Local Action Plans of the partners
  • Design, preparation, implementation, documentation of network meetings and workshops
  • Supporting partners to implement Local Support Groups and Local Action Plans

International trilateral park project „Border Parks – in harmony with nature“ (Germany, Poland, Belarus)
2014 – 2015

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Client: Federal state of Brandenburg

  • Analysis and update of objectives and activities of the trilateral park project
  • Design, preparation and moderation of project and steering group meetings
  • Investigation and preparation of EU funding programs for the trilateral project activities
  • Elaboration of an EU funding application (INTERREG V B)
Strategy for the integrated urban development of the Upper Silesian mining region and its municipalities
SURE: Fostering diversification of local economies by using innovative socio-economic methods of Urban Rehabilitation in deprived urban areas 2011
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Client: City of Eger; URBACT

  • Briefing paper and presentation about the integrated preservation and socio-economic regeneration of historic neighbourhoods
  • Study and site visit to the SURE target area in Larnaca, Cyprus; facilitating a reflective workshop with project partners
  • Report on the challenges and opportunities faced by the municipality in Larnaca regarding the socio-economic regeneration of the target area with reference to the historic value of the neighbourhood
UNEP-JCEP Sustainable Urban Development and Liveable Garden Community - China Program

Sustainable Urban Development and Liveable Garden Community (SUC)– China-Programm
2010 – 2012

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Client: UNEP, JCEP (China)

  • Expert-meeting of the „SUC experts group“
HerO - Valletta excursion
HerO – Heritage as Opportunity: Sustainable Management Strategies for Vital Historic Urban Landscapes (city network) 2008 – 2011
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Client: City of Regensburg; URBACT

  • Lead Expert of the city network
  • Elaboration of a guidebook for the development of integrated world heritage management plans and of a good-practice compilation as final output of the project
  • Supporting partners developing their Integrated World Heritage Management Plans
  • Elaboration of the baseline study and working program
  • Design, preparation, implementation, documentation of network meetings and workshops
  • Supporting partners to implement the Local Support Groups and Local Action Plans
Redis: Restructuring districts into Science Quarters (city network) 2008 – 2010
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Client: City of Magdeburg; MDKK GmbH

  • Consulting and supporting the reporting towards the program level
  • Consulting and supporting the elaboration of the final project application and working program
  • Contact person for the MDKK and the municipality of Magdeburg
Hist.Urban - Urbino
Hist.Urban – Revitalisation of small and medium sized historic towns to promote a sustainable urban development (city network) 2006 – 2008
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Client: DV e.V.

  • Application, project management and content-wise coordination of the project 
  • Moderation and expert advice for the working group “Planning and Management of Integrated and Implementation-oriented Urban Development Processes” under consideration of built-cultural heritage
  • Design, preparation, implementation, documentation of network meetings and workshops
  • Development of public relation material

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