UHub’s projects have been presented at Urban Future & NEB Festival

UrbanizeHub talked about our citizen-centered projects at two international events: Urban Future 2022 and the New European Bauhaus Festival. Grațian Mihăilescu and Mihai Ioniță were invited along with leaders in sustainable development of cities to present some of our initiatives through which we shape cities for people. Urban Future 2022 brought together global leaders, mayors, …

Shaping the vision for future: How will the Romanian cities look like in 2050?

UrbanTalks Oradea – Romanian City 4.0 is one of our most successful editions. We managed to bring together development experts, entrepreneurs, government officials and mayors from the West region of Romania who spoke about the challenges of the development process and the opportunities for the future. The book ”Romanian City 4.0”, which also gave the …

Urban Innovation Hackathons : Chances for Ideas that Shape the Cities

UrbanizeHub encourages public initiatives and challenges the people to come up with solutions for better cities. We present in this article the projects proposed during the Urban Innovation Hackathons, a contest organized in two important Romanian cities, and we hope that more people will participate in our future hackathons. Between October and November, UrbanizeHub implemented …

UrbanizeHub Believes in People Shaping Cities for the People

UrbanizeHub’s project, People Shaping Cities for The People, concluded this November in Oradea. We are glad to announce that we had 35 speakers coming from sectors such as public administration, NGOs, EU Parliament or business. The aim of People Shaping Cities for the People was to empower the citizens to play a more active role …

The community is growing through Urban Talks

The fourth edition of Urban Talks conference took place on the 10th of May at POINT Hub in Bucharest, following an innovative partnership between UrbanizeHub Romania, the World Bank and the Dutch Embassy. On the 11th and 12th of May, at Mindspace Pipera, the event continued with an Urban Innovation Hackathon: 5 mixed teams of …

Urban Talks | Green citizens for smart cities: How electronic waste can be reduced through education

Andreea Idriceanu Calev, RoRec Communication Manager, spoke at Urban Talks at Cluj Innovation Days about the insane amount of electronic waste suffocating the Earth and how we can reduce the level through education and perseverance.   As we grow more and more dependent to our gadgets and various household appliances, we fail to realize that we …