We are pleased to inform you that the 22nd annual Scientific-Professional Conference, "Urbanism and Sustainable Development," has successfully concluded. It took place from May 28 to 30 in Bajina Bašta, a small town in western Serbia.
The DASH project is pleased to announce its concluding international events, to be held in Belgrade and Čačak, Serbia, from 26 to 30 October 2026. The events will include the Final International Conference, the DASH project exhibition, the 4th DASH Thematic Workshop, site visits, cross-evaluation and networking activities.
In a second guest lecture organised for students of the University of Stuttgart, which took place on 27 November, Sónia Alves explored how theoretical perspectives can help make sense of urban change and housing system transformations.
On 23 October, Zlata did a guest lecture for students of Stuttgart University, in which she presented lessons from her own experience working on Roma housing and settlement transformation in Serbia.
In September, Domus Social organised a session of ‘Lá Fora’, a series of exchange sessions for staff members, in which they invited DASH participant Els Keunen from the University of Stuttgart to give a presentation about social housing in Germany.
The latest DASH deliverable, the cross-evaluation report for Germany, was submitted at the end of August 2025. It details the lessons learnt during the thematic workshop held in Germany in May 2025.
In August, Ivana Momic and Aleksandar Jevtic, members of the Serbian Urban Planning Association, visited their colleagues, urban planners from Braga and Porto. After recognising common goals and similar interests in social housing, SUPA’s members decided to visit them to gain insight into the planning documentation and planning practice.
As members of the Housing and Building Sector of a Portuguese cooperative, our research in Tübingen focused on two main perspectives: 1) the role of Dachgeno Wohnen Tübingen as an “umbrella” housing cooperative; and 2) the role of the state in the development of affordable housing through collective-ownership housing cooperatives.
A group of 37 students and lecturers from the University of Stuttgart spent a full week in Porto and Gaia to get to know the context and learn about affordable and social housing.
The 21st International Scientific and Professional Conference "Urbanism and Sustainable Development" took place in late May 2025 in Srebrno Jezero, Serbia. The conference was organized by the Serbian Association of Urban Planners (SUPA).