A Booklet on sustainable spatial planning is aimed at the general public to help involve it into spatial planning processes, its content relates to an information platform of advocates of environment “Zagovorniki okolja”. The Reader is designed to explain how the idea of sustainable development is related to spatial planning and environmental protection, how the Slovenian spatial planning system is integrated into this framework and how the characteristics of a sustainable approach are reflected in the spatial planning practice.

Whole summary available in Slovene at the end of the Reader.

The publication is showcasing the first 15 Climate Pilot Actions from members of Mreža za prostor – Slovenian network of NGOs and initiatives in the field of sustainable urban planning. That is how we named small projects that offer practical solutions with concrete spatial impacts, have a high awareness-raising potential, can be scaled up or transferred to other environments, and support local community networking. These projects, although small in financial scope, allow for experimentation, explore new topics, test new solutions, and often go beyond the usual frameworks set by calls for proposals. The selection of projects is carried out in a process that could be described as networks’ participatory budget.

Short summaries of Climate Pilot Actions are available in the publication.

Jane’s Walk was started in 2007 to commemorate and celebrate the life and ideas of Jane Jacobs, and now has become an event hosted by cities around the world. Jane Jacobs’ call to ‘get out and walk’, to learn about your city and get involved, has inspired volunteer walk leaders to share and converse about their neighbourhoods and meaningful places. The Jane’s Walk event continues to grow globally and we are excited to see how well it has been received in Slovenia.

Summary available in Slovene.

The catalogue Cities to Cities #2: a catalogue of good practices of Slovenian cities for sustainable urban development builds on the approach of the first one, where we presented 13 of the 97 good practices of URBACT cities, but this time it highlights exclusively domestic good practices. As a National URBACT point, we want to share good practices among other Slovenian municipalities and inspire them to introduce new approaches to sustainable urban development.

At IPoP, we are in contact with many Slovenian municipalities and are often impressed by the solutions that municipalities come up with while facing challenges in the field and in caring for the quality of life of their citizens. Over time, we have come to realize that the practices of Slovenian municipalities are no less inspiring than the good practices of URBACT, and that a better knowledge of them could benefit other municipalities in Slovenia as well. Last but not least, the context in which these practices developed is probably much closer to Slovenian municipalities than those from more remote cities across Europe.

The catalogue is intended primarily for Slovene municipalities, so it is written in Slovene. But we do believe these good practices can be interesting for other cities around Europe, so we have written a short English description for each good practice.

The catalogue Cities to Cities #3: a catalogue of good practices of Slovenian cities for sustainable urban development presents 15 out of the 29 good practices of Slovene cities selected after an open call in the fall of 2020.

At IPoP, we are in contact with many Slovenian municipalities and are often impressed by the solutions that municipalities come up with while facing challenges in the field and in caring for the quality of life of their citizens. Over time, we have come to realize that the practices of Slovenian municipalities are no less inspiring than the good practices of URBACT, and that a better knowledge of them could benefit other municipalities in Slovenia as well. Last but not least, the context in which these practices developed is probably much closer to Slovenian municipalities than those from more remote cities across Europe.

Good practices offer solutions to different challenges Slovene cities are facing, from encouraging sustainable mobility to the management of construction waste, planning playgrounds together with children, solving the space constraints of cemeteries and the inclusion of vulnerable groups.

The catalogue is intended primarily for Slovene municipalities, so it is written in Slovene. But we do believe these good practices can be interesting for other cities around Europe, so we have written a short English description for each good practice.

The Tools for Learning – Tools for Sustainable Development handbook brings together eight tools that teachers and youth workers can use to support their learning and develop young people’s knowledge and skills in an inclusive way. Each of the tools, including a global climate conference simulation, cooking with food scraps and an urban walk, is firstly set in a contextual context and supported by implementation guidance, including ways to test knowledge and a rough outline of the skills learnt.

The handbook was prepared by Green Istria from Pula, Legambiente Lombardia Onlus from Milan and IPoP a part of the Tools for Learning – Tools for Sustainable Development project, implemented with the support of the ERASMUS+ programme.

Publication Spatial policies: about community challenges between Ljubljana and Seul hold a collection of papers, that offer various critical views on spatial and urban development, emphasise the meaning of thought-through public policies and their spatial effects on quality of life in the cities as well as it talks about innovative spatial practices in the context of world urban trends.

English abstracts of papers are available in the publication.