SP SINERGISocial Integration through Urban Growth Strategies
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SINERGI Project

Activities & Workshops

Thematic seminars, workshops and public lectures held across the partner cities between 2014 and 2015.

Working sessions across four cities

SINERGI brought partner cities, universities, civic organizations and social groups together in a series of working meetings. Each gathering took the exchange of knowledge and good practices a step further, with host cities presenting their own experience of urban growth and social integration.

The programme combined thematic seminars, thematic workshops and public lectures. Discussions centred on inclusive and exclusive city conditions and on urban regeneration strategies, with the results feeding into the joint development of urban growth strategies.

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Programme of events

Seminars, workshops and lectures held in Turin, Zagreb, Skopje and Lisbon.

  1. 24–26 March 2014

    Kick-off Meeting

    Turin, Italy

    The opening meeting of the project, hosted in Turin with the Politecnico di Torino and the City Hall.

  2. 15–17 July 2014

    1st Thematic Seminar

    Zagreb, Croatia

    Held with the City Office of Strategic Planning and Development, with sessions at ZgForum.

  3. 3–5 December 2014

    1st Thematic Workshop

    Skopje, Macedonia

    A working workshop in the lead city, bringing together municipal offices and academic partners.

  4. 14–16 April 2015

    Lisbon Thematic Seminar

    Lisbon, Portugal

    Focused on housing and local development policies, with visits to Paços do Concelho and the Faculty of Architecture.

  5. 30 June – 2 July 2015

    Second Thematic Workshop on Urban Regeneration Strategies

    Mirafiori Sud, Turin, Italy

    A workshop examining urban regeneration strategies in the Mirafiori Sud area of Turin.

  6. 18–19 November 2015

    International Scientific Conference “Inclusive / Exclusive Cities”

    Skopje, Macedonia

    A scientific conference on inclusive and exclusive city conditions, held alongside the final project gathering.

  7. 18–20 November 2015

    SINERGI Final Conference

    Skopje, Macedonia

    The closing conference of the project, which also saw the opening of the Urban Center of four Cities in Skopje centre on 18 November 2015.

Public lectures

International experts contributed keynote lectures during the project meetings.

Dr. Mark Schoonderbeek

Department of Architecture, TU Delft (The Netherlands). On 19 November 2015, during the second day of the SINERGI Final Conference in Skopje, he delivered the keynote lecture “Complexities and Simultaneities: on (the mapping of) in/exclusive border conditions”.

Alessandro Armando

Invited among the international experts contributing a public lecture to the project programme, alongside other speakers from partner institutions.

Shared themes

Lectures and discussions returned to the mapping of inclusive and exclusive border conditions and to the ways urban regeneration strategies can support social integration.

Events at a glance

Date Activity City
24–26 March 2014Kick-off MeetingTurin, Italy
15–17 July 20141st Thematic SeminarZagreb, Croatia
3–5 December 20141st Thematic WorkshopSkopje, Macedonia
14–16 April 2015Lisbon Thematic SeminarLisbon, Portugal
30 June – 2 July 2015Second Thematic Workshop on Urban Regeneration StrategiesMirafiori Sud, Turin, Italy
18–19 November 2015International Scientific Conference “Inclusive / Exclusive Cities”Skopje, Macedonia
18–20 November 2015SINERGI Final ConferenceSkopje, Macedonia

Further details on the project’s aims and organisation are set out in the About and Structure sections.