Presentation of the Project House Potsdam in Montemor-o-novo
On April 27, 2024, Petar Atanackovic presented the work of the Project House Potsdam and the Association INWOLE in Cooperativa Minga’s space in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal.
Learning Network
Under the umbrella of a transdisciplinary approach – the combination of interdisciplinary, international and intersectoral collaboration – the integration of different types of knowledge is enabled. Through joint activities inspired by co-production and individual secondments, the DASH project establishes a strong learning network. Meeting, workshops and training, secondments, conferences, summer schools and exhibitions are the DASH tools of learning network.
ENHR CONFERENCE 2024 – Making Housing Systems work: Evidence and Solutions
DASH members Sónia Alves, Zlata Vuksanović-Macura, Rikke Skovgaard Nielsen and Lene Wiell Nordberg will participate in the ENHR CONFERENCE 2024 - Making Housing Systems work: Evidence and Solutions (Delft, Netherlands, August 26-30)
Évora – learning from history
On 3 April, the DASH team visited Évora. During the morning civil servants from the municipalities of Évora and Tubingen gave two presentations on urban history and housing strategies, while during the afternoon the team visited the Bairro do Legado do Operário, an affordable housing project built between the 1930s and the 1940s, which marked the first eastward expansion of the city core
Founding Community-led Housing Europe
On April 27, 2024, Petar Atanackovic presented the work of the Project House Potsdam and the Association INWOLE in Cooperativa Minga’s space in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal.
DASH Thematic Workshop at ULisboa
As announced in the previous newsletter, the DASH Thematic Workshop took place on 9 April 2024 at ICS-UL. This year's theme was "The role of the private sector in delivering below-market rent options". Keynote speakers included Nuno Travasso from DARQ - Coimbra University, who talked about access to the rental market in Portugal – specifically the affordable rent programme; and Patricia Canelas from Oxford University, who presented her findings on the governance of affordable housing through PPPs – specifically the limits of private/public dichotomies. If you missed it, check out their contributions on YouTube.
Affordable housing: the approach by Évora municipality (plus an interesting interview with Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza)
On April 10th, DASH members assembled at the Palácio D. Manuel for an exciting day in Évora. The day’s programme was organised by the Municipality of Évora, partner of the DASH project. It included a discussion with the President of Évora City Council; information about Évora's successful bid to become European Capital of Culture in 2027, as well as its activities related to the "1st Right" national housing programme; and was topped off with a visit to the Malagueira neighbourhood designed by Álvaro Siza.
Programme in Montemor
As part of the programme of DASH project activities that preceded the mid-term meeting and the thematic workshop, the hosts organised a working visit to Montemor on April 5. The goal was to get acquainted with the functioning of the Minga Cooperative, to discuss the project’s current obligations, to hear presentations about individual components of the cooperative, and to exchange knowledge about mechanisms for affordable housing.
DASH at the Planning, Law, and Property Conference in Munich
On 21 March 2024, Sónia Alves, on behalf of Julia Hartman and Filipa Cabrita, presented the preliminary results of the paper “Why the municipal matters: lessons from Germany and Portugal for addressing Europe’s housing crisis” at the 18th Annual International Conference of the Planning, Law, and Property Rights Association.
Joint meeting in Lisbon from 8 to 10 April 2024
After meeting up in Aalborg last year, this year the DASH team is meeting in Lisbon. And you can be part of this: on 9 April, ICS-UL is organising the second DASH thematic workshop, which is open to anyone interested.
Meetings at the Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, Serbia
From October to December 2023, Sonia Alves and Pedro Moura Ferreira conducted secondments in Serbia as part of the DASH project. This provided opportunities for joint discussions among Portuguese and Serbian researchers and practitioners about the provision of social housing within the two countries’ different social environments and historical contexts.