International Conference on Investing in Heritage Revitalisation in the Danube Region

When: 23-25 April 2026 | Where: The Multifunctional Centre, Reșița, Romania

Language: English | Romanian interpretation available.

Why attend?

01 – Meet peers from similar cities across the Danube Region Connect with mayors, planners, impact investors, heritage practitioners and civil society leaders from small and medium-sized towns navigating industrial restructuring and demographic change. Rare, candid exchange — practitioner to practitioner, beyond the conference room.

02 – Explore live sites of transformation, otherwise not open to the public Gain exclusive access to sites in active transformation: from brownfields being redeveloped into new mixed-use districts and industrial parks, to landmark heritage structures undergoing adaptive re-use. See real decisions being made, in real places, in real time.

03 – Discuss investments & financing for regeneration Dedicated sessions on unlocking funding and capital for post-industrial projects: EU instruments (ITI, Just Transition, NEB framework), impact investment, blended finance and strategies for attracting private capital to brownfield and heritage regeneration.

Programme at a glance

23 April – Post-industrial Sites in Practice Tour of the Mociur-Triaj-Valea Țerovei redevelopment site | Panels on Business & Policy, Impact Finance, and Industrial Heritage | Tour of the Funicular Bridge (NEB landmark project)

24 April – Multi-stakeholder Governance and Thematic Working Groups Panel on Co-Governance and Civic Stewardship models | Thematic working group sessions

On the afternoon of 24 April and throughout 25 April, we are organizing guided tours of several iconic industrial sites in Reșița and the surrounding area. Conference registrants will have the opportunity to choose the tour they wish to attend closer to the event.

Organisers & Contact

Organised by Make Better in partnership with the Municipality of Reșița, Banat Mountains Integrated Territorial Investments and the Iskriva Institute.

Contact: eduard.moisac@mkbt.ro | +40 771 286 454

More details on: www.mkbt.ro | www.muzeulvirtualresita.ro

For registration, please complete the form available here: https://forms.gle/F2KBszrsd3MmQLr68

Source for cover photo: Marius Vasile, 2024

The event is organised in the framework of cooperation between Interreg Danube projects ReInd-BBG: Reindustrialisation following the Brownfield is better than Greenfield Principle and NONA – New Governance for New Spaces, supported by the Interreg Danube Region Programme co-funded by   the European Union