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Ukrainian Urban Forum 2024 in Chernivtsi

Ukrainian Urban Forum 2024 in Chernivtsi

Since 2018, Ukrainian Urban Forum has been facilitating the exchange of experience and networking among activists, researchers, government officials, and all those interested in the equitable and sustainable development of Ukrainian cities. The main goal of the forum is to deepen the discussion on urban development in Ukraine and to strengthen professional and informal ties in the community.

We are pleased to announce that the Ukrainian Urban Forum 2024 will be held in Chernivtsi! This is the sixth edition of the forum, and this year we want to focus on the interaction between society and space, and will talk about how to create fair and accessible cities.

When? September 13-14
Where? Chernivtsi
How? A two-day offline event
Working languages of the event: Ukrainian with simultaneous English translation
Participation in the forum is free of charge. Register to participate

The main topic of this year’s forum is “Society and Space”. Over the course of two days, we will be discussing the relationship between the social and spatial development of Ukrainian cities. The Forum’s cross-cutting topics will include the update of housing policy and the development of social housing in Ukraine, planning for an inclusive and sustainable urban future, mobility and public transport, and prospects for the development of education in urban studies and planning.

The forum will combine vertical formats of panel discussions and presentations with horizontal activities, including walks, workshops, and informal networking. In addition, Ukrainian Urban Forum 2024 will be a platform for meeting and sharing experiences among representatives of grassroots initiatives, local governments, research institutions, and international organizations.

Ukrainian Urban Forum continues to be a traveling event, and this year, at the invitation of our local partners, the event will take place in Chernivtsi. Forum participants will have the opportunity to explore the city, meet local activists, and learn about Chernivtsi’s development priorities for the coming years.

This year’s forum will be held with the support of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Ukraine. The main local partner is Chernivtsi City Council. The main media partner is the urban platform Mistosite.

Program details and other partners of the forum will be announced later.

If you would like to become a partner of the event or have ideas and topics you would like to discuss at the forum, please contact us at urbanforum@cedos.org.ua.

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The first Ukrainian Urban Forum in a modern format was held in 2018 in Kyiv. Its topic was “What is a fair city?” One of the forum's important features is its traveling component: each year, the event takes place in a new city and allows for the development of a network of regional partnerships.

That is why, in 2019, the forum, which was held in Zaporizhzhia at the invitation of local activists, had the theme “People. City. Plant.”

In 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic, the forum switched to a hybrid format. In order to cover the socio-economic problems of Ukrainian cities, we chose the question “Will the Market Solve?” as the topic of the forum and launched a podcast of the same name.

In 2021, the project continued to exist in the form of online discussions, a podcast, a series of articles, and tours in Lviv, Kyiv, and Ivano-Frankivsk. These activities encouraged the community to discuss the future of Ukrainian cities and what it might look like “After Tomorrow.”

In 2022, as a result of the outbreak of the full-scale Russian invasion, the Cedos team decided to cancel Ukrainian Urban Forum. However, in 2023, Ukrainian Urban Forum is already back and heading to Vinnytsia to discuss urban renewal, the right to housing, and how we can create a “Common Home” together.