Kulturanova is invited to participate at "River Banks as a Space for Citizens Integration", a two-day conference in Gdansk, Poland, 22-23 March 2010, organized by The River//Cities Platform,
in collaboration with the Baltic Sea Cultural Centre BSCC) and LAZNIA Centre for Contemporary Art. The River//Cities Platform is a partnership between cultural, environmental and political initiatives working towards developing their waterfront areas and riverbanks as cultural spaces.
The Platform works for the exchange of knowledge, competencies and expertise. Creating favourable conditions for artistic co-productions while commissioning, researcing and writing policy papers in the name of River//Cities are primary goals, as well as advocacy and lobbying authorities on all governance levels. Public space is a common good, an essential component in the integration and regeneration of society. Waterfront areas and rivers are especially important as they are at the core of our cities, connecting many important fields, such as the environment, transportation links, architecture, arts and culture. It is essential that our rivers and riverbanks are regenerated in a way that takes civic needs into consideration, while also respecting environmental demands. The conference gathers experts and representatives of river initiatives from around Europe, many of them already partners in River//Cities. Organisations and initiatives from Lisbon, Vienna, London, Warsaw, Berlin, Venice and Stockholm, to name a few, will all be present at the conference, to share their experiences and expertise, with a special focus on Gdansk and the Pomorskie region as it tackles its regeneration challenge. Read further at: http://www.river-cities.net
