Interview Jon Bilbao, Councillor for Housing and President of the Bilbao Municipal Housing Association. The city of Bilbao is promoting one of the two pilot experiences of the Opengela project. The Otxarkoaga neighbourhood has set up an office to help the neighbourhood throughout the process
The three municipalities will benefit from the funds of the Berpiztu programme, through which the Department of Territorial Planning, Housing and Transport will allocate 17 million euros to strengthen urban regeneration actions in neighbourhoods in the Basque Country between 2021 and 2023. Opengela is taking
Five entities from Croatia, Spain and Romania have been selected to bring the Opengela model to their respective regions. The Replication call launched last October by FEDARENE, the European Federation of Energy and Environment Agencies and Regions, has resulted in the selection of five European
This forum, organised by the Basque Government and UN-Habitat at the end of November, stressed the need to recover cities, focusing on social and environmental aspects. The Euskal Hiria congress held its twentieth edition this year. It is a classic event for experts in territorial
The director of Territorial Planning and Urban Agenda of the Basque Government and coordinator of Opengela, presented the urban regeneration project being developed in the Basque Country to the International Union of Property Owners (UIPI). The conference held at the Palacio de Villasuso in Vitoria-Gasteiz
Representatives of COAVN Gipuzkoa visit the Otxar Opengela in Otxarkoaga (Bilbao) Coinciding with World Architecture Day, on 4 October, representatives of the Gipuzkoa branch of the Official Association of Architects of the Basque Country (COAVN) visited the Otxarkoaga (Bilbao) and Txonta (Eibar) neighbourhoods, the pilot
Interview – JON IRAOLA, MAYOR OF EIBAR Jon Iraola, mayor of Eibar The mayor of Eibar, Jon Iraola, knows the Opengela project first hand. Until he took office in March, he was the councillor for Works, Town Planning and the Environment at the Town Council, in charge of managing
Opengela will participate on 19 October along with other European projects in the conference ‘Urban Regeneration in Southern Europe: a recovery tool with a high social impact’. The conference, organised by Housing Europe, will be online and will feature urban regeneration projects from Spain and
During November and December, the Bilbao neighbourhood office will become a classroom to prepare professionals in technical and organisational aspects for tackling rehabilitation and urban regeneration projects. This course is closely linked to the Opengela programme, as its main objective is to provide transversal and
To celebrate World Architecture Day on the first Monday in October, the Gipuzkoa branch of the Official Basque-Navarrese Architects’ Association (COAVN) has drawn up a programme to highlight the importance of building renovation and urban regeneration. As a central event, it has organised a guided
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 846707.
Address: Avenida Pau Casals, No. 16, Otxarkoaga, Bilbao (In front of Plaza Kepa Enbeita)
Telephone: 946 85 19 32
E-mail: otxaropengela@vvmm.bilbao.eus
Address: Calle Txonta No. 3, ground floor, Eibar
Telephone: 688 77 97 37
E-mail: txontabulegoa@eibar.eus
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