Analysing and networking

Capacity development on climate adaptation in Serbia

Posted on 15. January 202615. January 2026 by Ksenia Faust

Following bgh. Gauly & Volgmann GbR's long-term support to sustainable urban development in Serbia – lately to the "Socially Just City Initiative" (2023-2024) – we have been commissioned to continue our engagement in Serbian urban development. The current project supports...

Development and Implementation of the Klimainnovativ Community

Posted on 3. November 20259. January 2026 by Sofiya Chuhuyevets

As part of the EU Mission 100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities, the city of Leipzig is pursuing the goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and becoming climate-neutral by 2040. A central component of this mission is the...

Development of an Analysis as Foundation for the Update of the Integrated Urban Development Concept (INSEK) Filderstadt

Posted on 11. September 202511. September 2025 by Ksenia Faust

The City of Filderstadt commissioned bgh. Gauly & Volgmann to develop strategic foundations for updating their Integrated Urban Development Concept (INSEK). As part of the dynamic Stuttgart metropolitan region, Filderstadt faces complex challenges balancing growth pressure with preserving its five...

Integrated Urban Development in Namibia: Scenario Development and Urban Guiding Vision for Lüderitz and Aus

Posted on 11. September 202511. September 2025 by Ksenia Faust

The municipalities of Lüderitz and Aus in Namibia face major challenges: Planned large-scale industrial settlements in the field of green hydrogen production are expected to lead to rapid population growth and enormous spatial and social impacts. Within the framework of...

International learning networks for integrated urban development (D4UC)

Posted on 4. July 202511. September 2025 by Ksenia Faust

© BMWSB/Mario Tripodi As part of the project “Dialogues for Urban Change” (D4UC), bgh. Gauly & Volgmann supports innovative peer learning formats between German municipalities and partner cities in South Africa and Ukraine. The project, commissioned by the Federal Ministry...

Integrated community development concept (INGEKO) for the municipality of Wiedemar

Posted on 23. January 202524. January 2025 by Sofiya Chuhuyevets

Zwochau village in the municipality of Wiedemar Between 2023-2024 the municipality of Wiedemar developed its first integrated community development concept (INGEKO) with financial support from the Free State of Saxony. This concept is intended to help the administration, municipal council...

Digitalisation and civil society in Leipzig II

Posted on 7. January 202515. January 2026 by Sofiya Chuhuyevets

Civil society organisations play a central role in inclusion and social participation in Leipzig. Their work is often based on voluntary commitment and makes an important contribution to social cohesion. In order to make the opportunities of the digital transformation...

Review of the new GIZ project ”Integrated Urban Development in Lüderitz and Aus“ in Namibia

Posted on 27. November 202415. January 2026 by Ksenia Faust

bgh. Gauly & Volgmann supported the GIZ's new project “Integrated urban development in Lüderitz and Aus/Namibia” as technical lead. Namibia is currently preparing the large-scale production of “green” hydrogen (H2) based on renewable energies. The government is planning new H2...

Evaluation of the location development process of the National Park Municipality Association Herrstein-Rhaunen

Posted on 29. November 20232. December 2024 by Ksenia Faust

The Rhineland-Palatinate municipalities of Herrstein and Rhaunen merged in 2020 to form the Herrstein-Rhaunen National Park Municipality Association (VG HR). With the help of funding from the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry for Interior and Sport (MdI), an integrated location development process was...

European Metropolitan Report

Posted on 13. October 202327. November 2024 by Diana Maria Ramirez Daza

As part of the Metropolis Observatory’s methodological framework bgh. Gauly & Volgmann, in association with independent consultants Maria Mónica Salazar and Catalina Duarte, was commissioned to elaborate the European Metropolitan Report. This report is a part of a series of...

Concept for the participatory development of a smart city strategy Osnabrück

Posted on 12. September 202214. March 2024 by Sofiya Chuhuyevets

The city of Osnabrück wants to shape digitization in the spirit of sustainable, integrative urban development. To do so, a smart city strategy is being developed in an open and participatory process that involves all relevant stakeholders at an early...

Feasibility analysis: integrated urban development programme with a focus on social cohesion in marginalised Roma settlements in Serbia

Posted on 9. September 202219. December 2024 by Sofiya Chuhuyevets

bgh. Gauly & Volgmann in cooperation with Christoph Goldstein and Maya Kovac, has conducted a feasibility analysis for the development of an integrated urban development programme with a focus in social cohesion in Serbia with the aim to improve the...

Urban Development Agencies – Potentials for the Sustainable Management of Cities in the Global South

Posted on 23. November 20219. September 2024 by Diana Maria Ramirez Daza

bgh. Gauly & Volgmann has conducted a study that examines urban development agencies worldwide, taking into account local contexts and the different mandates and motivations for their establishment. It provides evidence on the extent to which UDAs are suitable as...

Elaboration of an intermunicipal learning network for Ukrainian cities and municipalities

Posted on 15. July 20219. September 2024 by Ilka Laux

In order to strengthen the exchange of professional knowledge between Ukrainian experts from the eight cities of Lviv, Chernivtsi, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Poltava, Podil District/Kyiv, Melitopol and Kharkiv in the field of integrated urban development, an inter-municipal learning network is being...

Integrated urban development concepts [Melitopol, Kharkiv]

Posted on 11. December 20204. September 2025 by Sofiya Chuhuyevets

Within the framework of the project "Integrated Urban Development in Ukraine II (ISU II)", Bürogemeinschaft Gauly & Volgmann (bgh.) supported the Ukrainian cities of Melitopol and Kharkiv in the elaboration of an integrated urban development concept (IUDC) on behalf of...

Review of the meeting venues of local committees of the City of Leipzig

Posted on 7. February 201914. April 2023 by Sofiya Chuhuyevets

The City of Leipzig decided to proclaim 2018 as „Jahr der Lokalen Demokratie“, Year of Local Democracy. Accordingly, the focus was on strengthening democratic values ​​and motivation for continuous participation. Thus a media campaign was launched and 24 brochures with...

Housing provision for disadvantaged groups [Ukraine]

Posted on 4. January 20187. March 2025 by Sofiya Chuhuyevets

In 2017, bgh. set up a working group with Iris Gleichmann to analyze the housing needs of disadvantaged groups (in particular internally displaced people from the post-conflict areas of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts) in selected cities in Ukraine. GIZ commissioned...

Potential study: seconding integrated experts to municipal partnerships in the context of flight and migration – opportunities and approaches

Posted on 7. April 201714. April 2023 by Sofiya Chuhuyevets

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has a project to strengthen the cooperation of municipalities: Jointly with GIZ, the Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM) in cooperation with the Service Agency for Communities in the one world...

Parkbogen Ost

Posted on 11. March 201714. April 2023 by Sofiya Chuhuyevets

The Parkbogen Ost is a visionary idea: A roughly 5 km long band with walking paths and cycling lanes and active areas surrounding the east of Leipzig. Due to the construction of the underground tunnel Leipzig City Tunnel, a section...

Balance sheet and strategy paper for a climate-friendly sustainable urban development in Leipzig

Posted on 9. March 201714. April 2023 by Sofiya Chuhuyevets

In 2011, the City of Leipzig set itself the goal of developing a balance and strategy paper on  climate-friendly sustainable urban development in Leipzig. As part of the project, bgh. supported the cross-departmental communication process. One of the main tasks...