U SUSRET NOVOM GUP-U BEOGRADA 2041: KAKO DO PRAVIČNIJE GRAĐANSKE PARTICIPACIJE?
TOWARDS THE NEW GUP BELGRADE 2041: HOW TO ACHIEVE FAIR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION?

Summary/Abstract: Through this paper, the author will try to remind the readers of some advantages, but also disadvantages of civic participation and the principles of urban planning in Belgrade during the preparation of the “golden GUP” in the period 1968-1972. We will recall the local communities in the SFRY era and their role in civic participation. We will look back on the “workshop for city repair” that existed during the mandate (1982-1986) of the then Belgrade’s Mayor, architect Bogdan Bogdanović, but also to his books Mali urbanizam 1958 (engl. Small urbanism) and Glib i krv 2001 (engl. Mud and blood), which, regardless of the fact that they were written more than 20 and 64 years ago, still correspond to a large extent in their content to the current challenges faced by the urban planning profession. After a brief look into the past, we return to the present, where we will address the current state, shortcomings, and limitations of the current level of civic participation, as well as the challenges imposed by the Covid 19 virus pandemic. Also, examples of the (im)possibility of citizens’ participation in the process of drafting several planning documents related to the territory of the city of Belgrade, which have aroused special public interest during the last two years, were presented. At the end, some proposals were given on the basis of which civic participation could be improved, with the aim of more active, equal and transparent participation in the future development of Belgrade.

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