The second Lebanon war occurred one year ago and found Kiryat Shmona – the northern town in Israel, once again in the center of an ongoing battle-taking place across the northern boarder of Israel. This situation is very familiar to the residents – moving to the bomb shelters for few days and nights and departing the city a few days later, in search for security.

MIU - The movement for Israeli urbanism – www.miu.org.il volunteered to assist the town and during a tour with the town engineer in the disserted town(just after the war), we asked ourselves:

§ What will bring back the local families this time, and the next time?

§ What will make citizens want to continue living in a distant and unpredictable place?

We believe that local financial prosperity and high quality of urban life are two of the foremost factors that generate a sense of local pride and belonging, and contribute to forming a sustainable continuity and motivation to return.

MIU would like to offer a course of development and rehabilitation, which will build the local pride and trust by a Public participation planning process involving the residents and stakeholders in Kiryat Shmona – a charrette

An International charrette in Kiryat Shmona ?

It will be the first full 5-day charrette in Israel. We need your experience with the success of the charrettes, to give the Israeli participants (professionals and public) confidence that the process works.

We invite you to take part in the "K8 International Charrette" , to join us in the fascinating journey which will lead to rebuilding the northern border town to a more Human and prosperous place to be.