Urban gardening and the role of community-based initiatives

As part of the Connective Cities learning process on Urban Gardening, a virtual dialogue event was organised and hosted together with the city of Berlin in April 2021. The cities of Dresden and Brazzaville actively participated in the dialogue event and experts from Dresden had the opportunity to present the city’s experiences in implementing urban gardens and urban agriculture projects.

One of the outcomes of the event was the interest in further exchange on the thematic, its challenges and benefits. Therefore, Connective Cities supported the cities of Dresden and Brazzaville by organising a virtual project workshop on 16 November 2021. This exchange built on a long-standing partnership between the cities, as they are twin cities, and gave continuation to two technical visits that took place before the COVID-19 pandemic. The virtual session allowed experts from Brazzaville, Dresden and partner institutions to exchange ideas and experiences, share expectations and strategies, as well as to expand their knowledge in the field and further develop the project with a network of partners.

The structure of the session enabled the cities to present their impressions and past actions as well as to benefit from the discussion with the participants on the challenges of sustainable development challenges and the current needs that the cities could work on.