Annual Meeting Gent, 27-29 June 2012
27-29 June representatives from the Similar Cities Network discussed the network and the cooperation. They do this once every year, apart from bilateral exchanges between some of the cities. According to the meeting's theme Urban development and culture they exchanged project presentations about examples in their city. This happened inside the meeting room as well as outside. A bicycle tour led along examples in Gent, for example the former Winter Circus building that's now being transformed into a new cultural function
The (temporarily) re-use of industrial heritage is a theme the cities share. Of special interest are grass root initiatives and the changing role of the city government in these kinds of city development. This will be the theme of a project proposal that Utrecht will start developing. In Autumn specialists from the cities are being invited to come to Utrecht to discuss the proposal. But of course also to visit interesting sites and the people and organisations involved. This project gives the network the possibility to focus on this certain theme in which specialists can exchange knowledge and experience. Not only the best cases, but also the bad ones. Within this network we want to learn from each others successes and failures, that is one of the assets of this network.
27-29 June representatives from the Similar Cities Network discussed the network and the cooperation. They do this once every year, apart from bilateral exchanges between some of the cities. According to the meeting's theme Urban development and culture they exchanged project presentations about examples in their city. This happened inside the meeting room as well as outside. A bicycle tour led along examples in Gent, for example the former Winter Circus building that's now being transformed into a new cultural function
The (temporarily) re-use of industrial heritage is a theme the cities share. Of special interest are grass root initiatives and the changing role of the city government in these kinds of city development. This will be the theme of a project proposal that Utrecht will start developing. In Autumn specialists from the cities are being invited to come to Utrecht to discuss the proposal. But of course also to visit interesting sites and the people and organisations involved. This project gives the network the possibility to focus on this certain theme in which specialists can exchange knowledge and experience. Not only the best cases, but also the bad ones. Within this network we want to learn from each others successes and failures, that is one of the assets of this network. 
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