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Description
The working title of the project is Genius Loci - Urban Neighborhood Planning.
The Challenge: Strong communities that nurture their identity through the district’s urban plan are at the heart of civil society.
Genius Loci - Neighborhood Planning is a research and development project that will create a new urban plan in the Sanciai community which can be disseminated throughout Lithuania.
TASKS:
1. Democratize civil society planning processes.
2. Strengthen civil society by developing a local urban plan.
3. Learn together and cocreate together;
4. To meet and exchange knowledge and experience.
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Summary of the results
During the visit meetings with three Norvegian organizations were held, discussing on heritage destruction, preservation and restoration, analysing local problems, presenting Kaunas project concept, discussing possible joint activities. A lot of attention were putted to analyse and understand socio-cultural context of both sides in other that good practices of how to mobilise active citizens, how to reconcile the interests of all: protecting cultural heritage and allowing the city to continue to develop in a new way could be adjusted. A project application together with Norwegian partners to ACF Fund Lithuania has been submitted.