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Country: Malta

Contact Information:  [email protected]

Website Address: Website Link

Type of Best Practice: Collection of civic engagement and public consultation related to green city elements

Basic Abstract of the Best Practice: The Valletta Design Cluster within the Valletta Cultural Agency is a community space for cultural and creative practice situated in the renovated Old Abattoir (Il-Biċċerija l-Antika) in Valletta. The project supports design and entrepreneurship having a positive social impact, taking collaborative creative approaches as the key to achieve benefits for individuals, communities and society at large.

Thematic Area: Healthy public space

Thematic Sub-Category: Buildings & environment, Tourism Adapted to Climate Change, Smart city solutions and tools, Green Urbanism related to improving social relations

Type of Actor/Agent: Gobierno

Typology of Green Urban Site: Creativity centre

Green City Elements "Sustainable Mobility": Urbanismo Verde

Green City Elements "Renewable & Alternative Energy Sources": Green Urbanism, Integrated Photovoltaics in Urban Environment, Energy Efficiency in Urban Planning

Green City Elements "Water as Natural Resource": Water Recovery and Reuse, Irrigation, Buildings and Climate Change, Green roofs and walls

Green City Elements "Buildings & Environment": Buildings and Climate Change, Green roofs and walls, Shading facilities, Green areas and Heat Island Effect, Bee-friendly gardens

Green City Elements "Tourism Adapted to Climate Change": Adapted Touristic Facilities

Green City Elements "Behavioural Adaptation to Extreme Weather": Olas De Calor

Green City Elements "Waste Management": 3Rs and 7Rs, Conscious Consumption, Short Supply Chain

Green City Elements "Smart City Domains for the Citizens in Green Cities": Smart People, Smart Environment, Smart Living

Green City Elements "Smart City Solutions and Tools": Citizen Engagement, Co-creation in Urban Planning

Green City Elements "Better Consumption & Production": Pobreza Energetica

Green City Elements "Energy Efficiency": Energy Efficiency in Buildings

Target Groups: Citizens

If yes to previous question - what was the type of consultation tool used? : Focus groups, Stakeholder interviews, Proper public engagement

"Were any e-tools used, including social media?" : No

" Any weblinks to the consultation exercise, best practice or e-tools?" : Zammit, A., Azzopardi, C., & Attard, D. (2015). Assessing the relationship between community inclusion and space through Valletta 2018 cultural infrastructural projects on various community groups. Theme 3 community inclusion & space: evaluation & monitoring research findings 2015, 28-44.

Level of Scale of Innovation for the Urban Greening Project: 4

Abstract of Elements of Innovation: """• User-centred on-site consultations with future users and communities; • The establishment of small green roof in the Capital Valletta; • Promotion of green roofs when planning for new urban development areas; • The establishment of new working spaces for creativity and innovation; • Establishment of social hub and place of rest in a dense and historically empoverished slum area; • Planting 'seeds' for serenity, greenery and social exchange in an otherwise densely built city. "" "

Expected Impact: High

Approximate Budget and Source of Money: Unknown

Was a Needs Analysis Undertaken?: Yes

Environmental Benefits: Temperature & Climate control, Flooding & water Quality, Increased biodiversity, Improved environmental resilience

Material / Economic Benefits: Limiting impact of heatwaves by reducing urban temperatures, Increased cultural significance, Well-being benefits (such as people’s perception of increased biodiversity and improved visual quality of the environment), Creationof green jobs and business opportunities, Improved visual quality of the environment

Challenges Encountered: Public challenges since the community was apprehensive and feared loosing this space in the neighborhood.

Any teaching material/resources developed specific to public consultations and urban greening? : Yes

If yes to previous provide link and upload to basecamp folder please. : Mostly reports on the methods and results. Valletta 2018 Foundation (2018). The impacts of the European capital of culture: final research report. Cremona, V. A. (2017). Mapping culture and cultural interaction in view of Valletta 2018 European Capital of Culture (ECoC). In V. A. Cremona (ed.), Capitalising on culture? Malta and the European capital of culture (pp. 1-13). Msida: Malta University Publishing.https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/20063

Personal Skills Required: Low

Non-Discriminatory Principles: Yes

Transferability Potential: High