Debate for the City: "Eco-City
The intensive week of FORLED 2023, 12-16 December 2023, organized by the Center for European Policy Studies for Regional and Local Development, ended in a wonderful way with the section "Debate on the City", held on 16 December 2016 in the premises of the Hotel Kraal, Vlorë., where Prof, As. Përparim Kabo, philosopher, anthropologist, author and dedicated intellectual referred on the topic of "Eco-City".
✅ Prof. Kabo's brilliant lecture, for two hours, held the attention of the quality public: intellectuals, professionals from various fields, students, members of the municipal council. This important event was appreciated by the Prefect of the Vlora District as well as the Chairman of the Vlora District Council.
✅Prof. Kabo addressed the topic: "The City", based on the European Urban Charter and the European Landscape Convention of the Council of Europe", where he also detailed the history of the city, including the city in Albania, the values of the city, how to live and build an ecological city , the protection of the landscape and the positive impact on the environment and on the daily life of the inhabitants.
✅How to include the traditional knowledge and ecological practices of local communities in the planning of an ecological city and how to encourage the participation of local actors in the process of planning an ecological city were also concerns of Professor Kabo.
✅The innovation for the followers of the discourse was the treatment of urban law as part of human freedoms and rights. This lecture found a great interest and wide understanding among those present, where there were also leaders of the local government.
✅The conclusion of the discourse was with some ideas and recommendations on how to build action, the transition from a party citizen to a citizen-citizen. This is of interest for the process of planning and development of an ecological city as well as for the process of involving residents and the community in decision-making processes and increasing awareness that the city is theirs and to encourage their active participation.