tifpro.eu Hometifpro.eu Homehttp://www.tifpro.eu/CustomPublish.com - Web publishing made easyMon, 06 Sep 2010 11:34:31 +0200 Any quantitative semantic analysis of contemporary economic and ecological literature would prove that the syntagm „sustainable development” is one of the most frequently used. However, that syntagm is not sustainable, neither semantically nor conceptually! Semantically – it is so vague since it does not tell us the development of what and the sustainability by what. A correct syntagm would be e.g. „ecologically sustainable economic development”. As in reality everything depends on everything, even that semantically correct syntagm is conceptually not sustainable and should be replaced by another one such as e.g. integral development. Sustainability cannot be measured, but the degree of integral development, i.e. quality of life, could be. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:34:31 +0200 http://www.tifpro.eu/sustainable-development-is-unsustainable.4815311.html http://www.tifpro.eu/sustainable-development-is-unsustainable.4815311.html The architect competition for development of the public space of Maria Konopnicka Square in Suwałki implemented within WP5 of TRANS-IN-FORM Project, BSR 2007-2013 was announced on August 27, 2010. It was announced in Polish in the public information bulletin of Suwalki Municipality, in the National Public Procurement Bulletin in Poland as well as the announcement was sent for publication in the Public procurement EU Official Bulletin. All the architects internationally are invited to take part in the competition. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:30:29 +0200 http://www.tifpro.eu/architect-competition-for-maria-konopnicka-square.4812449.html http://www.tifpro.eu/architect-competition-for-maria-konopnicka-square.4812449.html Trans in Form communication team was wondering what are the news and ongoing activities in project partners when the autumn is almost here and the second milestone has started. Swedish partner Tranemo, who is one of the partners working on their pilot projects, confirmed they definitely have plans for participation in the coming TiF events in Östfold, Jelgava and Italy. Is there any news on the development of the pilot? Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:57:27 +0200 http://www.tifpro.eu/tranemo-recipe-for-creating-a-lively-community.4812281.html http://www.tifpro.eu/tranemo-recipe-for-creating-a-lively-community.4812281.html Dr. sc pol. Visvaldis Valtenbergs and Head of the Project department Agnese Karaseva of The Vidzeme University College visited Cesis to introduce to specialists of Vidzeme planning regions and Amata municipality the PURR project progress , planned activities and benefits for stakeholders in Latvia . After administrative territorial reform Amata municipality took over the project partnership from Cesis District Council . Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:30:00 +0200 http://www.tifpro.eu/espon-project-potential-of-rural-regionspurr-cooperates-with-trans-in-form.4804495.html http://www.tifpro.eu/espon-project-potential-of-rural-regionspurr-cooperates-with-trans-in-form.4804495.html Ørje wants to become the most attractive place along the E18 between Oslo and Stockholm ! Nothing less. A big goal for a small place. Ørje village is located were the higway E18 is crossing the waterway "Rødnes lake", some few kilometers before the border to Sweden. It's the "Norway Gate" if you're coming from Stockholm. Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:53:33 +0200 http://www.tifpro.eu/more-urban-and-interesting.4796183.html http://www.tifpro.eu/more-urban-and-interesting.4796183.html Trans in Form coordinators met in Riga 14June to discuss the reporting for the first milestone. Financial and activity reports were the main parts to analyze. All reports will be soon submitted and the project will step into its second period. For the first time TiF Communication Strategy was presented to partners. The new challenge is to find the most suitable strapline to TiF project. TiF coordinators give you proposals and you can have your say! What's after that? Five more milestones to implement waiting! Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:42:58 +0200 http://www.tifpro.eu/the-first-milestone-is-coming-to-the-end-whats-next.4790935.html http://www.tifpro.eu/the-first-milestone-is-coming-to-the-end-whats-next.4790935.html The organisation ”The Yellow House in Uddebo” does not only repair an old industrial building in the small village Uddebo in Tranemo municipality. To repair a building is not enough for those creative people. They want to arrange activities in the village and municipality to show that small places can be attractive and compete with the world. The latest event happened on May 15th. The goal was to gather a lot of people as artist, painting the same motive at the same time. The motive was the yellow house in Uddebo. The big city Peking in China has got the Guinnes World Record with 300 persons painting the same motive at the same time. Fri, 28 May 2010 15:18:20 +0200 http://www.tifpro.eu/guinness-world-record-in-tranemo.4787904.html http://www.tifpro.eu/guinness-world-record-in-tranemo.4787904.html The second methodology workshop was held within the Trans in Form project 5 – 7 May in Potsdam, Germany. The event is one of the three methodology events in the project based on key work packages. Joint international team of experts on city planning, innovative architecture and attractiveness shared the main guiding advices and ideas. In addition there were a number of examples coming from various places in the Baltic Sea Region. Sat, 08 May 2010 11:41:41 +0200 http://www.tifpro.eu/regional-planning-and-benchmarking-attractiveness.4782289.html http://www.tifpro.eu/regional-planning-and-benchmarking-attractiveness.4782289.html Urban and more compact housing, connecting waterfront to the town center, connecting industry with culture, stimulating innovations and engaging citizens within the community. This is how Tranemo is going to turn the trend, to move from minus to plus. The vision is to grow with 1000 inhabitants the next decade. Sat, 01 May 2010 15:52:07 +0200 http://www.tifpro.eu/shaping-tranemos-future.4769026.html http://www.tifpro.eu/shaping-tranemos-future.4769026.html The workshop in Valmiera tacked one of the most problematic elements in the TiF project, the idea of new narratives and story telling. It also looked at how this work in Work Package 4 might relate to the work on scenarios and urban design that is to be done in Work packages 3 and 5. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:00:23 +0200 http://www.tifpro.eu/so-what-is-a-narrative-how-do-you-write-a-story-what-is-your-brand.4771317.html http://www.tifpro.eu/so-what-is-a-narrative-how-do-you-write-a-story-what-is-your-brand.4771317.html