International Conference “Regenerating Places, Reimagining Futures” Held in Resita

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The international conference “Regenerating Places, Reimagining Futures” was held in Reșița, Romania, from 23 to 25 April 2025, bringing together more than 120 participants from 10 countries. The event was organized by MKBT, Reșița Municipality, Iskriva Institute and Banat Mountains Integrated Territorial Investments Association, within the framework of the Interreg Danube projects ReInd-BBG and NONA, with the aim of exchanging experiences and strengthening cooperation in the fields of urban regeneration, brownfield revitalization and investing in industrial heritage renewal.

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Over the course of three days, representatives of local and regional authorities, urban regeneration experts, investors, civil society organizations and academia discussed the challenges and opportunities related to the transformation of post-industrial small and medium-sized towns across the Danube Region.

Special attention was given to good practice examples and transformation experiences from towns undergoing the regeneration of former industrial areas, multi-stakeholder governance, as well as to financing models for urban regeneration, public-private partnerships and opportunities provided by European funding instruments and programmes, including Interreg, Just Transition and the New European Bauhaus initiative.

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As part of the conference, participants also visited the Mociur–Triaj–Valea Țerovei area (pilot site within ReInd BBG project), where ongoing plans and activities for the revitalization of this important post-industrial area were presented, as well as other industrial heritage sites undergoing transformation – in Reșița and the surrounding region

The conference contributed to knowledge exchange, networking among relevant stakeholders and the advancement of activities within the ReInd-BBG project, with a particular focus on building collaboration networks and developing sustainable models for industrial heritage regeneration across the Danube region.