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How Can a Local Library Spark Positive Change in Its Community?

For us, libraries are not just a place to rent books, they represent knowledge and tradition, they are a unique “spot” surrounded by stories and emotions. By providing access to many different types..

Apr 30, 2020

engagement

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Measuring the Immeasurable — Shape Tomorrow Today: The Case of Skopje

Change is real, it requires work, and we must understand that it’s a process. The most noticeable change resulting from this innovative experiment is the shift in the policymakers’ mindset,...

Apr 30, 2020

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Measuring the Immeasurable — A Public Space Profile of Skopje

The United Nations has established a number of key goals and targets in recent years to address the challenges of rapid global urbanization. In addition to the objectives set at the World Summit in...

Apr 30, 2020

public spaces

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Measuring the Immeasurable — Sustainable Development Goals and Public Space in Cities

Quiz time! 1: What is the most significant landmark in human history to have occurred in the past decade? The arguments could go on forever over the answers to this, but future historians will...

Apr 30, 2020

sdgs

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Skopje Thermal Map — the warmest hotspots in the city and measures to tackle the problem

Designing a Thermal Map of Skopje To detect the heat islands in Skopje, it was necessary to create a detailed thermal map of the city. A goal that was rather challenging, though. However, the...

Apr 30, 2020

heat islands

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Analysis of the effects of urban heat islands in Skopje

Working with Skopje’s Innovation Lab has led to some surprising technical solutions to development challenges but none more so than our latest project — using a paraglider and a thermal camera to...

Apr 30, 2020

heat islands

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Redesign of Green Public Spaces in Skopje

The United Nations predicts that by 2050 almost 80% of the world’s population will live in cities, while the population is likely to exceed 11 billion by the end of the 21st century (EEA 2016). The...

Apr 30, 2020

public spaces

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SKOPJE’S FIRST THERMAL MAP! Are Urban Heat Islands Real?

How I became part of this project? After more than four years of doing researches all over the World as a GIS and Remote Sensing researcher, a chance was given to me to be a part of a project...

Apr 30, 2020

heat island

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The use of drones by local governments: collecting data for monitoring rivers and streams

New technologies are revolutionizing the use of remote sensing in riverine landscapes, greatly increasing our ability to identify and address the main causes of water pollution. These causes include..

Apr 30, 2020

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Co-designing the cities of the future, impressions from the Cities2050 conference

“Innovation in the public sector is a trending new wave, one which brings us closer to co-creating with citizens and events such as these are a wonderful opportunity to look at the future of cities,..

Apr 30, 2020

co-design

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A New Approach to Governance is being tested in the City of Skopje through a User-Centered Design & Innovation Lab

At a time when many countries are facing economic difficulties, government institutions have to look for new ways to sustain and improve public services with fewer resources, while also addressing...

Apr 30, 2020

City of Skopje

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Generation Unlimited — Youth Challenge: The Bootcamp

A three-day journey fueled by entrepreneurship, creativity, and innovation! As you probably already know from our previous blog, Generation Unlimited — Youth Challenge is an inclusive designing...

Mar 29, 2019

education

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How Can a Local Library Spark Positive Change in Its Community?

Apr 30, 2020

engagement

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Measuring the Immeasurable — A Public Space Profile of Skopje

Apr 30, 2020

public spaces

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Skopje Thermal Map — the warmest hotspots in the city and measures to tackle the problem

Designing a Thermal Map of Skopje To detect the heat islands in Skopje, it was necessary to create a detailed thermal map of the city. A goal that was rather challenging, though. However, the...

Apr 30, 2020

heat islands

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Redesign of Green Public Spaces in Skopje

Apr 30, 2020

public spaces

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The use of drones by local governments: collecting data for monitoring rivers and streams

Apr 30, 2020

drone

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A New Approach to Governance is being tested in the City of Skopje through a User-Centered Design & Innovation Lab

At a time when many countries are facing economic difficulties, government institutions have to look for new ways to sustain and improve public services with fewer resources, while also addressing...

Apr 30, 2020

City of Skopje

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Measuring the Immeasurable — Shape Tomorrow Today: The Case of Skopje

Change is real, it requires work, and we must understand that it’s a process. The most noticeable change resulting from this innovative experiment is the shift in the policymakers’ mindset,...

Apr 30, 2020

public spaces

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Measuring the Immeasurable — Sustainable Development Goals and Public Space in Cities

Quiz time! 1: What is the most significant landmark in human history to have occurred in the past decade? The arguments could go on forever over the answers to this, but future historians will...

Apr 30, 2020

sdgs

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Analysis of the effects of urban heat islands in Skopje

Apr 30, 2020

heat islands

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SKOPJE’S FIRST THERMAL MAP! Are Urban Heat Islands Real?

How I became part of this project? After more than four years of doing researches all over the World as a GIS and Remote Sensing researcher, a chance was given to me to be a part of a project...

Apr 30, 2020

heat island

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Co-designing the cities of the future, impressions from the Cities2050 conference

Apr 30, 2020

co-design

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Generation Unlimited — Youth Challenge: The Bootcamp

A three-day journey fueled by entrepreneurship, creativity, and innovation! As you probably already know from our previous blog, Generation Unlimited — Youth Challenge is an inclusive designing...

Mar 29, 2019

education

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How Can a Local Library Spark Positive Change in Its Community?

Apr 30, 2020

engagement

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Measuring the Immeasurable — Sustainable Development Goals and Public Space in Cities

Quiz time! 1: What is the most significant landmark in human history to have occurred in the past decade? The arguments could go on forever over the answers to this, but future historians will...

Apr 30, 2020

sdgs

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Redesign of Green Public Spaces in Skopje

Apr 30, 2020

public spaces

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Co-designing the cities of the future, impressions from the Cities2050 conference

Apr 30, 2020

co-design

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Measuring the Immeasurable — Shape Tomorrow Today: The Case of Skopje

Change is real, it requires work, and we must understand that it’s a process. The most noticeable change resulting from this innovative experiment is the shift in the policymakers’ mindset,...

Apr 30, 2020

public spaces

Blog

Skopje Thermal Map — the warmest hotspots in the city and measures to tackle the problem

Designing a Thermal Map of Skopje To detect the heat islands in Skopje, it was necessary to create a detailed thermal map of the city. A goal that was rather challenging, though. However, the...

Apr 30, 2020

heat islands

Blog

SKOPJE’S FIRST THERMAL MAP! Are Urban Heat Islands Real?

How I became part of this project? After more than four years of doing researches all over the World as a GIS and Remote Sensing researcher, a chance was given to me to be a part of a project...

Apr 30, 2020

heat island

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A New Approach to Governance is being tested in the City of Skopje through a User-Centered Design & Innovation Lab

At a time when many countries are facing economic difficulties, government institutions have to look for new ways to sustain and improve public services with fewer resources, while also addressing...

Apr 30, 2020

City of Skopje

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Measuring the Immeasurable — A Public Space Profile of Skopje

Apr 30, 2020

public spaces

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Analysis of the effects of urban heat islands in Skopje

Apr 30, 2020

heat islands

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The use of drones by local governments: collecting data for monitoring rivers and streams

Apr 30, 2020

drone

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Generation Unlimited — Youth Challenge: The Bootcamp

A three-day journey fueled by entrepreneurship, creativity, and innovation! As you probably already know from our previous blog, Generation Unlimited — Youth Challenge is an inclusive designing...

Mar 29, 2019

education