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Ukrainian Urban Forum 2023 in Vinnytsia

Ukrainian Urban Forum 2023 in Vinnytsia

Ukrainian Urban Forum is an annual event for exchanging experience and networking for activists, researchers, representatives of authorities, and all those interested in the fair and sustainable development of Ukrainian cities. The main goal of the Forum is to deepen the discussion on the development of cities in Ukraine and strengthen professional and informal ties in the community.

“Common home” is the main topic of this year’s forum, in which we want to emphasize the importance of a comfortable home for everyone. Housing is one of the key issues for the recovery and development of Ukrainian cities, and the problem of the lack of affordable and quality housing became more acute during the full-scale war.

Lectures on housing policy, panel discussions on urban planning, regional development, and the impact of war on various social groups await you. In addition, during special workshops, we will try to understand together how to adapt international experience in the social housing development of social housing for Ukrainian context, and we will also discuss the importance of involving residents in urban renewal.

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When? July 28-29, 2023
Where? Vinnytsia (we will inform registered participants of the exact location)
Working language of the event: Ukrainian with simultaneous English translation

Forum is organised by Cedos think tank supported by the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Ukraine. The main local partner of this year’s forum is the Institute of Urban Development, an organization that studies the best urban development practices and promotes their implementation in Vinnytsia.

The partners of this year’s Forum include the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ukraine, Vinnytsia City Council, Agency for Spatial Development (Vinnytsia), Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF), Integrated Urban Development in Ukraine II project implemented by the German government company Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH with financial support from the governments of Germany and Switzerland, Association for Participatory Community Development, Vidnova Fellowship, Mistosite Urban Platform, Khmarochos Urban Magazine.

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The first Ukrainian Urban Forum in a modern format was held in Kyiv in 2018, and its topic was the question «What is a fair city?». One of the important features of the forum is its traveling component — every year the event is held in a new city which allows for the development of a network of regional partnerships. That is why in 2019, at the invitation of local activists, forum was held in Zaporizhzhia, and the topic was «People. City. Plant.» In 2020, due to the pandemic of the coronavirus disease, the forum switched to a hybrid format. In order to highlight the socio-economic problems of Ukrainian cities, we chose the topic of the forum as the question «Market decides?» and launched an eponymous podcast. In 2021, the project continued to exist in the forms 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 the Ukrainian city and what it can be «The Day After Tomorrow». In 2022, due to the start of a full-scale Russian invasion, the Cedos team decided to cancel the Ukrainian Urban Forum. However, already in 2023, the Ukrainian Urban Forum is returning again and going to Vinnytsia to talk about the restoration of cities, namely housing and how we can create a «Common Home» together.