The 2015 Regulation for Urban Community Gardens (UCGs) in Rome has been shared and used as a model by 10 cities in EU through the eu projects RU:RBAN and RU:RBAN Second Wave, closed in 2023. And through the GenerActor project in Colombia, 2024. Other cities could benefit from it, if included in dedicated law. Startıng from the Regulation for Urban Community Gardens (2015) the Roma FUSILLI LL has developed a substancial improvement of a policy and technical model for a Regulation for Urban Community Gardens, again through a bottom-up process with the Rome of UCGs Network “OrtiInComune”. It has been presented to the Municipality in Nov 2023 for the due official approval in 2024.
Expertise – from the OrtinComune organization of Urban Community Gardens and the Urban Community Gardens Office of the Municipality of Rome.
Issues – needs advocacy to the eu politicians. EFUA final conference in Sept 24 could be a first step.
Potential market/ application area – the whole EU cities and beyond
