On 8 April 2024, the DASH project held its Mid-Term Meeting. The meeting was attended by Dr Desislava Kolarova, Project advisor in charge of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Staff Exchanges for the European Research Executive Agency, as well as DASH member representatives. It was a fruitful meeting in which progress to date was presented and the project’s future discussed.
The Serbian Urban Planners Association (SUPA) and the Republic Geodetic Authority organized their 20th international scientific-professional conference "Urbanism and Sustainable Development", which took place in Novi Pazar (Serbia), from 9 to 11 May, with over 200 participants from Serbia, Republic of Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Croatia and Sweden. Zlata Vuksanović-Macura, Ivana Momić and Aleksandar Jevtić attended the conference as DASH members.
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 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)
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
