{"id":6211,"date":"2026-04-23T11:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iskriva.net\/2026\/04\/23\/iskriva-institute-co-creates-the-conference-in-the-city-of-resita-romania\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T09:50:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:50:55","slug":"iskriva-institute-co-creates-the-conference-in-the-city-of-resita-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iskriva.net\/en\/2026\/04\/23\/iskriva-institute-co-creates-the-conference-in-the-city-of-resita-romania\/","title":{"rendered":"Iskriva Institute Co-creates the Conference in the City of Re\u0219i\u021ba, Romania."},"content":{"rendered":"

Iskriva Institute Co-creates the International Conference \u201cRegenerating Places, Reimagining Futures\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3><\/h3><\/div>

Re\u0219i\u021ba,\u00a0 April 23\u201325, 2026<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Iskriva Institute is co-creating the international conference \u201cRegenerating Places, Reimagining Futures,\u201d taking place from 23 to 25 April 2026 in Re\u0219i\u021ba, Romania. The event is organised by the organisation Make Better<\/strong> and the Municipality of Re\u0219i\u021ba<\/strong>, and addresses the key challenges faced by small and medium-sized cities in the Danube region. These cities are dealing with industrial decline, accelerated demographic change, and limited financial and governance capacities.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Former industrial complexes, once the backbone of local economies, are now often underused, representing both a lost opportunity and a significant potential for economic diversification and urban regeneration.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Re\u0219i\u021ba as a living laboratory of industrial transformation<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Re\u0219i\u021ba is one of the key industrial cities in the Danube region, with a long tradition of steel production and heavy industry, and has undergone a profound structural transformation in recent decades. It has therefore been selected as a symbolic yet highly concrete example of a European city seeking new development pathways through the regeneration of industrial heritage, the revitalisation of brownfield sites, and the creation of new economic opportunities.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Iskriva Institute focus: presentation of an Old Ironworks, and discussion on financing urban regeneration<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

On Thursday, April 23, 2026, Iskriva Institute hosted a roundtable titled \u201cFinancial Instruments for Urban Regeneration \u2013 Making Reindustrialisation Financially Feasible,\u201d where international experts discussed financial mechanisms, instruments, and models enabling feasible and long-term sustainable urban transformation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The session was moderated by Zdravko Kozinc<\/strong>, co-founder of Iskriva Institute. Panel participants included:<\/p>\n