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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.

About Forum

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

The main topic of this year’s forum was “Society and Space”. Over the course of two days, we discussed the relationship between the social and spatial development of Ukrainian cities. The Forum’s cross-cutting topics included 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 combined vertical formats of panel discussions and presentations with horizontal activities, including walks, workshops, and informal networking. In addition, Ukrainian Urban Forum 2024 became 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 travelling event, and this year, at the invitation of our local partners, the event took place in Chernivtsi. Forum participants had the opportunity to explore the city, meet local activists, and learn about Chernivtsi’s development priorities for the coming years.

Forum materials

Recording of the live stream of events in the main hall:
day 1 here;
the 2nd day here.
Check out photos from the Ukrainian Urban Forum 2024: bit.ly/4e9XTDx.

This year’s forum was 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. Among this year’s forum partners are UN-Habitat, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ukraine, and Ukraine – the Netherlands Urban Network (UNUN).

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

Photos by: Karyna Novak and, SaVa

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Partners

Ukraine — the Netherlands Urban Network (UNUN)

The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ukraine

Previous forums

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.