Scaling up – new financial mechanisms for City Making

During this session the Re:Kreators, an European city makers network, presents best practices and discusses mechanisms for new financing possibilities for city making. Traditional funds are often either highly competitive or too big scaled for smaller initiatives. Especially initiatives on a local scale are the driving forces behind social, inclusive and participatory area development in Europe. Discover together with Re:Kreators how to create new funding opportunities for civil society initiatives.

During the European Summit in Amsterdam in May 2016 city makers from all over Europe came together to formulate a joined Urban Agenda. One of the networks contributing to this European agenda is the Re:Kreators network; an international network bringing together parties working on areas such as Holzmarkt in Berlin and ZOHO in Rotterdam. These are parties varying from cultural change-makers to public developers, thinkers and do-ers, who take initiative in new forms of area development and city making that fit 21st a top down meets bottom up approach. Rotterdam based Stipo is one of the founders of the Re:Kreators network

1 – New ideas in City Making

Re:Kreators aim is to extend the network to 200 members in Europe. The power of the network can stimulate having an impact both on the level of the individual city, but also nationally and on a European scale. We share our passion with networks such as ECF and the City at Eye Level. We work together with the New Europe network in preparation of the summit in Athens in 2017.

2 – Financing City Making.

One of the focus points for the Re:Kreators is to find new financial mechanisms for Re:Kreators.

All over Europe we can recognize a decrease of the welfare state and public services. In this social infrastructure gap often small scaled civic initiatives are taking over public services in their local context. As they are focused on a local level this civil society projects are based on the needs of the community. But funding is crucial for these initiatives. The traditional funds are often either highly competitive or too big scaled for smaller initiatives. Therefore we want to create new funding opportunities for civil society initiatives, because especially initiatives on a local scale are the driving forces behind social, inclusive and participatory area development in Europe.

The day before the conference we invite innovative financial parties to explore new financing possibilities for City Makers. During the City Maker conference we present best practices and discuss mechanisms.

Workshop host: Hans Karssenberg (Stipo)
Time: 15.00 – 16.30 uur
Location: depart from the Schouwburg