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Residents of the Slupsk city are only to a limited extent engaged in public issues and participate in public consultations very rarely. This makes it difficult for the city authorities to take decisions on shaping urban space. Planned investments evoke a reaction from residents too late, and then possible modifications to projects are too difficult to carry out. Despite the openness of the authorities and officials to the opinions of residents, the city lacks friendly solutions to facilitate the submission of ideas and concerns. The procedures for public consultation are too difficult and not very attractive to residents, who do not believe that their votes will be taken into account. That is why in this project we want to create good opportunities to involve residents in the process of making decisions about space in the city. Together with officials and residents, we will launch the ‘Our Common Space’ programme and select the areas to create recreational spaces with elements of blue-green infrastructure. We will invite experts in planning spatial solutions in a participatory way. We will involve anyone interested in designing specific solutions for selected spaces. We will encourage all residents to take action to maintain urban spatial order – we will learn together and develop standards for shaping, designing and maintaining urban spaces. The project is implemented in cooperation with partners from Iceland and Croatia.