Analysing and networking

European Metropolitan Report

Posted on 13. October 202313. October 2023 by Diana Maria Ramirez Daza

As part of the Metropolis Observatory’s methodological framework, Bürogemeinschaft Gauly & Volgmann (bgh.), 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...

Concept for the participatory development of a smart city strategy Osnabrück

Posted on 12. September 202214. April 2023 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...

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

Posted on 23. November 20217. September 2023 by Diana Maria Ramirez Daza

Bürogemeinschaft Gauly & Volgmann (bgh.) 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...

Elaboration of an intermunicipal learning network for Ukrainian cities and municipalities

Posted on 15. July 20217. September 2023 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...

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 201814. April 2023 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...

SWOT analysis for Halle 14 at the Baumwollspinnerei [Leipzig]

Posted on 4. March 201714. April 2023 by Sofiya Chuhuyevets

As part of the EU program ”SECOND CHANCE. From industrial use to creative impulses” the Halle 14 e.V. became a partner to 8 other actors from 5 European cities. In the frame if this project, the potential revitalization of former...

Study on the status of municipal land use planning in Serbia

Posted on 3. March 201714. April 2023 by Sofiya Chuhuyevets

As part of the GIZ project "Strengthening Municipal Land Management in Serbia", bgh. was in charge of an on-site mission to study the state of local land-use planning in August 2010. Overall, this project aimed to strengthen the competences of...

Feasibility study on the transferability of the Leipzig´s self-user model to other municipalities

Posted on 1. March 201714. April 2023 by Sofiya Chuhuyevets

bhg., in the person of Astrid Heck, cooperated with the Selbstnutzer Kompetenzzentrum für Wohneigentum GmbH on conducting a feasibility study on the transferability of the Leipzig “self-user model” to other municipalities. It implied the training of owners of heritage-listed buildings...

Concept study Coopstadt [Leipzig]

Posted on 27. February 201714. April 2023 by Sofiya Chuhuyevets

The project "koopstadt - Stadtentwicklung Bremen Leipzig Nürnberg” “Coopstadt - urban development Bremen, Leipzig, Nuremberg" is based on the cooperation between three cities, Leipzig, Bremen and Nuremberg. They came together to elaborate innovative solutions for topics of urban development between...

HausHalten e.V. [Leipzig]

Posted on 26. February 201714. April 2023 by Sofiya Chuhuyevets

The main goals of the association HausHalten e.V., founded in 2004, are to secure endangered old buildings in important urban areas by finding new users on a non-commercial basis and to preserve the buildings’ value. Astrid Heck was a co-initiator...

Cities’ Network South Caucasus [Caucasus, Germany]

Posted on 5. January 201714. April 2023 by Sofiya Chuhuyevets

The Cities' Network South Caucasus is part of the Caucasus Initiative of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH support the partnership between Caucasian cities and German cities: Sumgayit (Azerbaijan)...