Agents of Coexistence

Project period: June 2023 – December 2025 Project team: Dialogue Centre - Michaela Kováčik Huľuková, City of Banská Bystrica / Department of Participation and Innovation in Open Governance - Soňa Kariková Project partners: Municipalities - Aarhus (Denmark), Breda (Netherlands), Quart de Poblet (Spain), Gdansk (Poland), Budaörs (Hungary), Kekava (Latvia), Iasi Metropolitan Area (Romania) Funding: URBACT IV programme (European Regional Development Fund), City of Banská Bystrica

The Agents of Coexistence project is part of the European URBACT IV network, which brings together 9 cities from different countries.

The project aims to introduce and strengthen democratic innovation focused on developing open and participatory local governance.

In cooperation with the City of Banská Bystrica's Department of Participation and Innovation in Open Governance, Dialogue Centre is involved in:

• facilitating the local group of residents who co-create the Agents of Coexistence Action Plan;
• co-delivering selected activities of this plan:
  • participatory drafting of the statute of the Open Governance Council of the City of Banská Bystrica;
  • a series of workshops “How to Work Strategically with Polarisation”.

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