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title: NEB-STAR - New European Bauhaus Stavanger
description: NEB-STAR made Stavanger an EU lighthouse for the New European Bauhaus (2022–2025). See what the project delivered and how Nordic Edge contributed.
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# [NEB-STAR - New European Bauhaus Stavanger](https://nordicedge.org/projects/neb-star)

 Written by [Author](https://nordicedge.org/projects/author/author) | Jan 1, 2025 11:15:00 PM

*Project period: 2022–2025 · Completed*

**From 2022 to 2025, Stavanger served as one of the EU's first-generation lighthouse demonstrators in the New European Bauhaus. Nordic Edge was one of 16 partners working to show how urban transformation can be sustainable, inclusive and beautiful – in practice, not just on paper.**

## **What NEB-STAR set out to do**

[The New European Bauhaus](https://new-european-bauhaus.europa.eu/index_en) (NEB) is an EU initiative connecting the European Green Deal to the places where we live. [NEB-STAR](https://nebstar.eu/) tested how a city's territorial transformation plans can embrace NEB principles, with Stavanger working alongside twinning cities Prague and Utrecht. Two testbeds in Stavanger – Pedersgata and Site 4016 – became living laboratories for co-creation, agile piloting and new partnership models.

## **What the project delivered**

Over three years, the consortium produced a detailed roadmap for implementing Stavanger's territorial transformation plan, a co-creation process that puts citizens and local stakeholders at the centre of urban development, a portfolio of practical tools and policy strategies, and new financial and partnership models tested in real urban settings. All results are openly available in the [NEB-STAR library](https://nebstar.eu/library/). Key results include:

- [A new way forward for the green transition of Stavanger](https://nebstar.eu/reports/d1-12-a-new-way-forward-for-the-green-transition-of-stavanger/) – the final roadmap for implementing Stavanger’s territorial transformation plan with NEB principles.
- [NEB-STAR Handbook](https://nebstar.eu/booklets/neb-star-handbook/) – the project’s approach, methods and learnings collected in one publication.
- [25 Insights from NEB-STAR](https://nebstar.eu/booklets/25-insightsfrom-neb-star/) – key lessons from three years of urban experimentation in Stavanger, Prague and Utrecht.
- [A Playbook for Place-based Processes](https://nebstar.eu/reports/d5-7-a-playbook-for-place-based-processes/) – practical guidance for running place-based urban development processes.
- [Portfolio of NEB-STAR Tools](https://nebstar.eu/reports/d1-11-portfolio-of-tools-final-version/) – the tools and methods developed and tested in the project.
- [Co-Creation for NEB-STAR](https://nebstar.eu/reports/d1-10-co-creation-for-neb-stavanger-final-version/) – the process for involving citizens and stakeholders in urban transitions.
- [Financial and Partnership Models – Solution Booklet](https://nebstar.eu/booklets/financial-and-partnership-models-solution-booklet/) – new models for financing and partnering in urban transformation, an area Nordic Edge contributed to directly.

## **Nordic Edge's contribution**

Nordic Edge led the project's communication, dissemination and exploitation work – sharing NEB-STAR's learnings with cities and communities across Europe. We developed narratives and solution booklets, contributed to the financial and partnership models for the test areas, and brought NEB-STAR results to a wider audience through the Nordic Edge Expo and the NEB-STAR festival. The project's learnings now live on in the Nordic roadmaps for smart and sustainable cities.

## **What happens next**

The project is finished, but the work continues. The methods, tools and partnerships from NEB-STAR feed directly into Nordic Edge's Smart City Cluster and our ongoing European collaboration. Interested in how your city or organisation can build on NEB-STAR's results? Get in touch.

About NEB-Star: This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 101079952. Disclaimer: This page reflects only the authors' views. The European Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.

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