URBACT programme seminar for Estonian and Latvian municipalities in Valga/Valka

URBACT programme – experiences of Estonian and Latvian cities and building new networks in the future

Date: 18 October 2018 Venue: Jaama 18, Valga railway station building, Estonia Language: ENGLISH

AGENDA 10:30 – 11:00 Registration. Welcome Coffee Information about URBACT call for Action Planning Networks Kadri Leetmaa, National Urbact Point of Estonia 11:00 – 11.30 Laura Cunska-Āboma, National Urbact Point of

Latvian and Estonian cities in URBACT networks: achievements/lessons learnt  Freight TAILS network (urban logistics), Jaagup Ainsalu, Transport Department, Tallinn City Government, Estonia  INT-HERIT network (cultural heritage), Inga Pole, municipality, Latvia 11:30 – 13:00  4D Cities network (health innovation), Siim Espenberg, Department of Business Development, Tartu City Government, Estonia  TechTown network (digital city and innovation), Dita Trapenciere, Skola6, Cēsis municipality, Latvia  Discussion

Transfer to Valka 13:00 – 13.15

Networking lunch 13:15 – 14:00

Walkshop in Valga/Valka: Public space and housing in shrinking small towns Jiri Tintera, City Architect, Valga City Government, Estonia 14:00 – 15:15 Gunta Smane and Jana Putniņa, , Latvia

Transfer back to Valga railway station 15:15 – 15:30

Presentations of urban experts  Participatory technologies and immersive realities for better cities 15.30 – 16:00 Gunita Kuļikovska, Vividly start-up/Augmented Urbans project, Latvia

 How to ‘translate’ global energy issues to local level actions and projects? 16:00 – 16:30 Martin Kikas, Tartu Regional Energy Agency, Estonia

NGO-House – URBACT Good Practice for transfer in Europe (From URBACT participants to a lead partner) 16:30 – 16:45 Zinta Gugane, Riga NGO-House, Latvia

Networking Coffee and discussion 16:45 – 17:15