“The neighbourhood office is essential; it is responsible for building the necessary trust between institutions and neighbourhoods”

The 3rd Opengela Newsletter interviews Jon Iraola, the mayor of Eibar, who knows the Opengela project first hand. Before he took office in March 2021, he was the councillor for Works, Town Planning and the Environment at the Town Council in charge of managing matters related to urban regeneration in the Txonta neighbourhood, one of the two pilot areas of Opengela. He has now added to these responsibilities by becoming the highest authority in the municipality of Gipuzkoa. In this interview, he gives his point of view on the progress of Opengela in Eibar.

In this edition, you will read more about the following:

• Opengela at the EU’s Sustainable Energy Week 2021
• Otxar Opengela to host a course on the management of rehabilitation and urban regeneration
• REGENERATE Illes Balears project visits Opengela to learn about the comprehensive building renovation programme
• Opengela collects in a document best practices shared with other European projects of urban regeneration
• Opengela invites 5 regions and cities from across Europe to come to the Basque Country