Community Update

The ETOM-NEB-Lab, which was introduced to the NEB Community in November, is a collaborative laboratory that is focused on trans-European Modernism. The goal of the lab is to create and develop transnational cooperation, establish best practices and capacity-building initiatives, and establish a decentralized and recurring EUROPEAN TRIENNIAL OF MODERNISM festival.

Both, NEB Community partners and external entities, are welcome to apply for an advisory board role or to become a project partner. By becoming a project partner, an entity can:

✅ attend official Lab meetings
✅ contribute to national and transnational research platforms
✅ participate in the General Assembly

To learn more about the project, you can watch the recording of the project pitch or check project's presentation on the NEB platform. For any inquires about the project, please contact Rober K. Huber or Eszter Davida. 

The Access City Award, which is a part of the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, celebrates cities prioritising accessibility. Tübingen in Germany was recognized with a Special Mention this year for aligning its development with the principles of accessibility and the New European Bauhaus. To know more about it, please visit our LinkedIn page. 

The JRC-managed observatory on deforestation and forest degradation went online last week. It will help protect and restore the world’s forests and ensure that Europeans consume deforestation-free products. The observatory is structured around three main components: global forest monitoring, production and trade of commodities, and EU tools for forest monitoring. It will support the EU’s new rules on deforestation-free products, laid down to guarantee that the products placed on the EU market or exported from it do not originate from deforested land or have not contributed to forest degradation. Find more information about the observatory on this website. 

Application period for EIT Community NEB Catalyse programme, a start-up accelerator for ventures working to implement NEB values across Europe, has been extended to 19 January 2024. It was previously mentioned in the last Community Update that the call would close on 4th January, which was incorrect. We apologize for any inconvenience this might have caused.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has released its global sustainability report for 2023. The report discusses the current state of the world's green and sustainable real estate, as well as investor interest in acquiring and developing it. Around 4,600 real estate and construction professionals from over 30 countries were surveyed for this year's edition. You can download a digital copy of the report from their website.

Daniela Rizzi from ICLEI recently participated in a roundtable discussion in the framework of Nature of Cities initiative delving into two topics close to her heart: the New European Bauhaus and co-creation. 

Daniela invites you to carve out a moment to delve into this insightful discussion. In essence, the discussion highlights that novel projects can spotlight (1) community-centred greening and (2) art-engaged transdisciplinary co-production that can pave the way for transformative change. The emphasis on nature-based solutions holds immense potential, fostering public agency in nurturing their local environments.

First of all a reminder: this Wednesday the Chapter becomes a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO). If you are interested in learning more about DAO's and their use for community-based projects, join the free online work session this Wednesday from 12:00 to 14:00 (CET).

The Beautiful, Together project had two new work sessions, one on 20 November and the second one today, on 11 December. 

On 20 November the team met at SLRB's premises with members of different departments of the SLRB's team, Housing Europe, Creative District and Livepods. Livepods gave a presentation on how to collect citizen experiences related to works of art in public spaces to inspire the design of new public spaces and for learning and monitoring purposes.

The outcomes:
✅ Project team will organize a half-day meeting in January with selected social housing companies (SISPs) who could be interested to introduce the methodology as part of their engagement activity for SLRB's ‘collective 101%’ programme.  Team hopes to have one or two demo cases to work with.
✅ Brussels Chapter works on a proposal for a satellite event during the NEB Festival.
✅  The Chapter deepens the use of sensemaking methods in a new working session with Creative District for one of their projects. This is the second session we held today [11 December], more information available on the Chapter's website.

For continuous updates and to join the Chapter, please visit https://brussels.neb-chapter.eu.