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Open data portal of the city of Košice is launched! The municipality has published the first datasets

18. February 2022
[News, Open data]

The city of Košice has launched the pilot version of the open data portal. In cooperation with other partners, they will gradually publish new datasets and interesting content and improve the porta...

In five years, Košice might become the second Tartu, says Peter Kolesár from CIVITTA Slovakia

11. February 2022
[Interview]

He got excited about the innovations in Israel, where he worked as an economic diplomat. It was when he started to deal with innovative policies and how states, cities, and regions should help deve...

We looked for ways to improve the city’s caregiving services

13. January 2022
[Service Design, Video]

Creative people who care about living better in Košice gathered at a “design sprint” with a desire to learn something new, move out of their comfort zone, meet people from other professions, and te...

Open data helps companies innovate and cities move forward

12. January 2022
[Open data]

Modern information and communication technologies are today penetrating the functioning of cities, including traditional urban infrastructure. As a result, self-governments generate a great amount ...

Piloting Creative City – a training programme for city officials

16. December 2021
[Building capacities]

The services that a local government provides to its inhabitants, residents, and visitors fundamentally affect their well-being, as well as the quality of life in a city. To develop and innova...

A design in the city’s services or how to design innovation that reflects the actual needs of citizens

8. December 2021
[Service Design]

A design sprint is an intensive workshop where people from many fields meet. Together they look for the best solution to a predefined problem. The workshop’s character encourages creativity a...

Pandemic and well-being in Košice. Who was most affected?

8. November 2021
[Study]

According to surveys, well-being (the feeling of satisfaction with life) is different depending on a person’s age and education. Contexts can be sought in our work or in the stage of life we are cu...

Košice as a city of happy inhabitants

27. October 2021
[Video]

Well-being is an individual state of feeling healthy and happy, the overall condition of life satisfaction. The environment in which people live, the accommodation, mutual trust, culture, and quali...

Facing challenges means creating space for innovations

13. October 2021
[Interview, UIA]

Haris Biskos returned to Athens at a time when Greece faced an economic crisis. For ten years, he has been working here as an architect and urbanist. In the city development, he sees the shift from...

New city parks will be places for community life and high-quality leisure time

21. September 2021
[MUL, Study]

Since 2020 an update of urban study called Urban Green Areas in Košice is being created. It aims to analyze the current situation of green infrastructure in the city and propose suggestions for its...

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