Cooperative City

Cooperative City is a research, policy and advocacy organisation helping civic involvement in urban transformation processes, a small nonprofit enterprise specialised on collaborative urban development practices in Europe, with particular attention to local development and social inclusion of marginalised groups. Cooperative City, as a Hungarian partner organization of Eutropian GmbH, works with NGOs, community groups, social enterprises, municipalities and EU institutions in developing services, policies and organisational models, as well as in fundraising, designing cooperation, governance and communication within local and international ecosystems. Cooperative City is experienced in facilitating workshops with a diversity of stakeholders, moderating events, coordinating local and international knowledge transfers and education programmes, and designing cooperation processes. In its research, CC looks into innovative urban cooperation practices and regularly publishes its findings in Cooperative City Magazine. In its advocacy work, CC promotes citizen- and community-led urban initiatives by giving them additional visibility, connecting them to broader local and international networks and bringing them into inter-sectorial discussions about urban transformation. In policy projects, CC works together with municipalities and international institutions to develop innovative and inclusive urban policies based in citizen engagement/participation, empowerment and co-creation.