NEB Facility matchmaking 2026

5 Mar 2026 | Brussels, Belgium

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Kalnciema Quarter

Cultural / creative organisation

kalnciemaiela.lv/enRīga, Latvia
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About

About us: Kalnciema Quarter is a Riga-based placemaking organisation and the developer and manager of two revitalised multifunctional heritage sites: Kalnciema Quarter and Āgenskalns Market. For more than 15 years, historic urban spaces have been transformed into vibrant food, cultural, and community hubs.

Kalnciema Quarter is a restored ensemble of 19th-century wooden houses operating as an open platform for local food and crafts markets, cultural programming, creative entrepreneurship, and inclusive community life.

Āgenskalns Market, a 100-year-old Functional Art Nouveau historic marketplace, was regenerated and reopened in 2022 through a participatory process involving the neighbourhood community. Today, it functions as a dynamic food, health, culture, and community engagement hub with a strong stakeholder network, exemplifying the “living lab” approach.

Together, both sites demonstrate adaptive reuse of heritage architecture and operate as living laboratories.

Experience in EU projects:

FOODCITYBOOST (2024–2028) – Horizon Europe

IN-HABIT (2020–2025) – Horizon 2020

SUSPLACE (2015–2019) – Horizon 2020 (Marie Curie Actions)

SUPURBFOOD (2012–2015) – Horizon project

Why partner with us:

  • Proven experience in heritage revitalization and long-term site management

  • Strong local stakeholder networks and community engagement

  • Expertise in participatory governance and co-creation

  • Integrated approach linking food, culture, health, sustainability, and community wellbeing

  • Operational spaces that function as real-life implementation and testing grounds

Social media

Circular and regenerative approaches for the built environment

NEB-2026-01-REGEN-01: Sustainable, inclusive, affordable and beautiful solutions for thermal comfort in buildingsNEB-2026-01-REGEN-02: Advancing sustainable maintenance and repair measures for existing buildingsNEB-2026-01-REGEN-03: Innovative solutions for the sustainable and beautiful use of vertical space

Connecting the green transformation, social inclusion and local democracy

NEB-2026-01-PARTICIPATION-02: Innovative approaches for the spatial design of neighbourhoodsNEB-2026-01-PARTICIPATION-03: Understanding inhabitant’s experiences of neighbourhoods to support their health and well-being

Innovative funding and new business models for the transformation of neighbourhoods

NEB-2026-01-BUSINESS-03: Approaches to reuse vacant, obsolete or underutilised spaces

Representatives

senior project manager

Kalnciema Quarter

Resources

Marketplace (1)

  • Project cooperation

    Riga Market Living Lab for Community-Driven Heritage Regeneration – Seeking NEB 2026 Consortium

    Market-based Living Lab in Riga for heritage regeneration, food systems and community pilots.

    • Completing the consortia
    • Partner looking for consortium
    • Design - setting the project scope
    • NEB-2026-01-BUSINESS-03: Approaches to reuse vacant, obsolete or underutilised spaces
    • NEB-2026-01-PARTICIPATION-02: Innovative approaches for the spatial design of neighbourhoods
    • NEB-2026-01-REGEN-02: Advancing sustainable maintenance and repair measures for existing buildings
    • NEB-2026-01-REGEN-03: Innovative solutions for the sustainable and beautiful use of vertical space
    • NEB-2026-01-REGEN-01: Sustainable, inclusive, affordable and beautiful solutions for thermal comfort in buildings
    • NEB-2026-01-PARTICIPATION-03: Understanding inhabitant’s experiences of neighbourhoods to support their health and well-being
    Author

    senior project manager at Kalnciema Quarter

    Latvia