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 Latvia
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, Sigulda 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, Valka municipality, 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
Riga 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