Representatives of REGENERATE Illes Balears visit Otxar Opengela At a double technical conference held in Bilbao, both European projects exchanged experiences and good practices to be applied in their urban regeneration services. The experience gained in the two years of
Miguel de los Toyos, Deputy Minister for Territorial Planning and Urban Agenda of the Basque Government and Jon Bilbao, Councillor for Housing and President of Bilbao Municipal Housing, at Otxar Opengela The Deputy Minister for Territorial Planning and Urban Agenda
Interview – Miguel de los Toyos, Deputy Minister for Territorial Planning and Urban Agenda of the Basque Government Miguel de los Toyos, Deputy Minister for Territorial Planning and Urban Agenda of the Basque Government Miguel de los Toyos took office
The essence of the Opengela project is urban regeneration and, specifically, the refurbishment of buildings. Both Txonta, in Eibar, and Otxarkoaga, in Bilbao, are making progress in the work of the communities that have joined the programme. The first building
For the Opengela model to be replicated in any city, it is necessary to lay the foundations for the way the neighbourhood offices operate and for each one of them to be organised according to common requirements, beyond the particularities
Ignacio de la Puerta and Miguel de los Toyos, Director and Deputy Minister for Territorial Planning and Urban Agenda of the Basque Government The extraordinary contribution from the Basque Government’s Berpiztu programme will enable work to be carried out on
During the EU Green Week, regions and energy agencies are brought together to discuss renovation strategies. Opengela will present its urban regeneration project at ‘Deep Retrofit Community of Practice: Highly ambitious regions and projects across Europe’ web conference on 9
The agreement will create the Opengela Fundazioa, which will begin its work in 2021 to promote comprenhensive urban regeneration in neighbourhoods in the Basque Country, through local offices that will advise neighbourhoods. The actions aims to reduce the social inequalities,
In the neighbourhood offices linked to the Opengela project, the aim is to provide information regarding public aid which can be applied for, to help neighbourhoods with the paperwork involved in undertaking renovation work, to provide guidance on hiring professionals
The researcher Sonia De Gregorio has produced a report for the Basque Government with recommendations to be considered in this area. The report includes a pilot test on the actions in Otxarkoaga. Among the different perspectives that are applied to
