Topic: Ghent

Ghent’s urban food policy lands a United Nations climate action award

The city of Ghent’s urban food policy, Ghent en Garde, has been honoured with a United Nations Global Climate Action Award.Read more

15-09-2020|Comment|author: Simon Weedy

Gangmakers & Koplopers — children exploring, experiencing and imagining urban pathways

Gangmakers & Koplopers (Pace-setters & Front-runners) is a one-year pilot project currently running in various neighbourhoods in Ghent, Belgium. During a series of playful art and design workshops, various groups of children explore, experience and...Read more

15-06-2016|1 comment|author: Annelies Vaneycken

No cars allowed: The Ghent Living Street experiment

Lab van Troje, a local non-profit organization in Ghent, Belgium is preparing a fourth generation of ‘Living Streets’: an experimental project that invites citizens to conceive and implement more sustainable and livable solutions for the...Read more

15-04-2016|Comment|author: Sven De Visscher

Interview with the City of Ghent’s children’s ambassador, Elke Decruynaere

Elke Decruynaere, the Alderwoman of Education, Upbringing and Youth for Ghent, which is this year’s host of the Child in the City conference, talks about what action her city has taken to become more child-friendly –...Read more

13-04-2016|Comment|author: Marketa Vesela