The OP-ACT Project is Holding its Final Conference in Leoben, Austria, on November 8, 2012
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17 February 2015After three years of work and exchanges, the OP-ACT Project is coming to a close. Its Final Conference is taking place in Leoben, Austria, on the 8 November 2012.
The OP-ACT Project
OP-ACT, Options of actions, brought together an impressive eleven European cities from ten different countries to work and exchange on the strategic positioning of small and medium sized cities. Led by the city of Leoben in Austria, the project tackled the specific issues of demographic change, advanced de-industrialization and job losses in small and medium size cities, in the context of the current economic downturn.
The main focus was given to the implementation of a sustainable and efficient financial and economic structure within the cities, in order to overcome problems related to the economic crisis. Moreover, to counteract the problem of declining population figures (urban shrinkage), the need was stressed to providing attractive social and living conditions to attract new inhabitants and to satisfy existing inhabitants expectations. Last but not least, the image building of a sustainable city was brought up, something that can also be achieved through better cooperations within a city between culture and tourism or education facilities and local enterprises.
The OP-ACT Final Conference
The OP-ACT Project is holding its Final Conference in Leoben, Austria, on the 8 November 2012.
The author Harry Gatterer will be give some insights on future trends during this event. Harry Gatterer, born in 1974, founded the Lifestyle Foundation in Kufstein/Austria in 2002. Under his leadership, it evolved into a young and trend-oriented hotspot of ideas for company, product and graphic design. The Lifestyle Foundation develops trend and future concepts for companies of the consumer industry. Harry Gatterer became an entrepreuneur at the early age of 20, when he founded the “Wohnatelier Kufstein/Kitzbühel” (a living and design studio) with three business partners. The objective of his work is to shape the future with creativity, “zeitgeist” and significance.
Find more info here and register now at urbact@leoben.at
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