Where better to start finding answers to this question than in the city that was until recently considered by many to be Europe's most successful: Dublin, the engine of the "Celtic Tiger" economy. Three years ago, whole new towns were still being planned, but now the talk is of ghost estates, bailout and emigration. How did Ireland go from being the "Poorest of the Rich" to being "Europe's Shining Light" and finally to "meltdown", all in less than a generation?
Stipo, Inspiring Cities and the Holland Branding Group invite you on a field trip to Dublin to explore urban development after the crisis. From within our network, 22 professionals from various organizations and backgrounds will be attending the field trip in order to combine our knowledge and expertise to build on a new approach for Dublin.
Stipo has had a strong network with Dublin for years. Jeroen Laven, one of the CEO partners at Stipo, has lived there and still visits the city annually. Inspiring Cities, the International network for Cities and Culture, has an office in Dublin.
Field trip information
The field trip to Dublin is fully booked. In April 2011, Stipo will host an network gathering in which some of the results of the trip will be presented. Later on in the year, another field trip to Dublin will be organized.
The programm of the field trip is attached as a pdf.