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DUST’s Consortium Meeting in Katowice

DUST’s Consortium Meeting in Katowice

This October 2024, our team took part in DUST’s Consortium Meeting in Katowice, Poland. As the project enters its final phase, consortium partners got together to review the project’s progress and discuss the next and final steps towards creating a sustainable, inclusive, and democratic transition across Europe, with citizen participation at its core.

The ISOCARP Institute held a session on DUST’s dissemination and exploitation strategy, presenting various initiatives centered on strenghtening the bridge between research and the project’s audience. Among them, the use of engaging, accessible digital storytelling tools and exhibitions, tailored policy briefs and open access publications.

Ensuring DUST’s dissemination and exploitaton of results is essential in this phase, as it helps consolidating the project’s achievements and ensures lasting sustainability. We’re excited about the upcoming months!

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Read more about DUST’s Consortium Meeting in Katowice here.

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SPADES Project Kick-Off Meeting

SPADES Project Kick-Off Meeting

Last week, we attended the Kick-Off Meeting of our new research project SPADES (Spatial Planning and Design with Soil), which looks to promote soil-inclusive planning, supporting the EU vision to achieve healthy soils by 2050. SPADES is a key project under the EU Mission A Soil Deal for Europe, aiming to restore all the soil health of all European soils by 2050. The project will strive to integrate soil considerations into the planning practice across the continent.

As one of the core partners of the project, our role will be to lead research activities to evaluate the potential of soil in spatial strategies, compiling inventories of practices for soil assessment and soil integration. We will also contribute to the uptake of best practices by the planning and design sector.

SPADES will enhance the effectiveness and sustainability of planning practices, directly echoing our mission of upholding professional excellence in planning and advancing sustainable planning practices. The ISOCARP Institute will strive to increase awareness at the global stage of the importance of soil in spatial planning. We are convinced that the new knowledge and tools developed by SPADES will benefit planners worldwide! 

During the Kick-off meeting, we moderated several interactive sessions to collect inputs from all partners to help us better frame our activities, and contributed to discussions on ensuring effective integration into a route-finder tool for planners.

We look forward to engaging with the ISOCARP members and the urban planning community in the coming months on the topic. In the meantime, you can deep-dive into the topic with our recently published brief! 

Follow SPADES on social media to stay up to date on the project’s latest news and advancements.