Bilbao City Council and the Basque Government are carrying out an ambitious urban regeneration plan in Uretamendi, one of the 25 neighbourhoods belonging to the Opengela programme. This initiative seeks to improve the living conditions of its inhabitants by rehabilitating housing; promoting accessibility; renaturalising degraded
ManagEnergy, the European Commission’s initiative for regional and local energy agencies, has published an article on its website exploring how the Basque Country is transforming its older neighbourhoods into models of inclusive and climate-resilient living through the Opengela programme. As they explain, “with 30% of
Opengela Roadmap and Opengela Communities are two tools created by Cíclica and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), with funding from the Basque Government. With this method it is possible to work on a hypothesis of what will happen to each building in the Basque
The authorities in the Aldakoenea building Two years ago, the transformation of part of Beraun (Errenteria), one of the 21 neighbourhoods belonging to the Opengela programme, began. As a result, 63 homes have been completely refurbished and the public space has been urbanised and improved.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3LpIHkGP3k Since September 2023, the European BIRTUOSS project develops the Opengela model, created in a previous project (HIROSS4all, funded by the Horizon 2020 programme), and explores social, economic and environmental aspects. It also explores ways to scale up the rehabilitation of buildings to the urban
Works in Olasogain Berritzen (Elgoibar) Neighbourhoods in the Basque Country that are undergoing urban regeneration through the Opengela model (including a neighbourhood office) can already see how investments and works are making progress in their buildings. In Alava, for example, Amurrio City Council has approved
The European conference Basque4SC presents a new report on the Basque Urban Agenda with a focus on the themes of ‘Climate-resilient, diverse and inclusive cities’. The Opengela project stands out as a benchmark programme in urban regeneration with offices in 25 municipalities. Opengela, the programme
EU Peers has compiled and published a series of success stories of Integrated Home Renovation Services (IHRS) across Europe. These examples, as they say, ‘serve as crucial resources, not only inspiring other IHRS providers, but also offering guidance to external parties interested in supporting the
Juan Carlos Abascal, Vice-Minister of Housing and Urban Agenda of the Basque Government, took part in the session ‘The New European Bauhaus and the Urban Agenda beyond Architecture’. The Hibridalab space in Vitoria-Gasteiz has hosted this Friday the session ‘The New European Bauhaus and the
The former BBK kindergarten in Otxarkoaga The former BBK kindergarten in Otxarkoaga (Bilbao) will be fully refurbished to become a Research and Innovation Centre for Urban Regeneration in collaboration with the UPV/EHU. The facility, which is currently in disuse, is part of the building complex
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 846707.
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