As we usher in the festivities of the Lunar New Year, it is a special occasion for us to share our joy with friends and partners around the world. The Build4People Project would like to extend our warmest wishes to you and your team for a Joyful Lunar New Year! May the…
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On 19 January 2024, Dr Stephan Anders, Director Network & Consulting at the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB), met with Build4People Work Package “Sustainable Neighbourhoods” represented by Rolf Messerschmidt, CEO of, as well as architect and urban designer at Eble Messerschmidt Partner (EMP), Architects and Urban Designers PartGmbB, and with…
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On 19 January 2023, the Build4People team virtually gathered to conduct our bi-annual reflection / outlook meeting. In course of the meeting we went through the whole matrix of milestones of our RD phase proposal and discussed and critically reflected our activities of the year 2023, at first. This also…
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On 17 January 2024, Build4People had a really successful meeting with leading representatives of Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation (OCIC) to prepare for the upcoming Build4People Ecocity Transition Lab 2024. This activity is an innovative alliance between the Build4People team and Cambodia probably most famous developer company, with support from Phnom…
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On 10 January 2024 the first Build4People meeting in 2024 took place to discuss the Build4People Citizen Science App with Clemens Kauschke, representative NXT YOU GmbH. In the course of the next months the company will develop a mobile app based on specifications mainly elaborated by the Build4People Work Package…
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Dear friends and colleagues, we would like to take the opportunity to kindly thank you for all of the tremendous support we have received during the past year in challenging times. We appreciate this so much on our joint journey to promote more sustainable pathways in the field of sustainable…
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On 12 December 2023, the German and Cambodian research partners of Build4People WP#6 “Sustainable Urban Transformation” from Hamburg University and from Royal University of Phnom Penh conducted an insightful Science Workshop, prepared as a webinar by Impact Hub Phnom Penh. The focus was on the role of Innovative Urban Businesses…
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The Build4People team is proud to confirm that one of leading property developers of Cambodia, the Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation (OCIC), has agreed to jointly conduct the Build4People Ecocity Transition Lab (ECTL). As a highly innovative alliance between the private sector, local and international academia and Phnom Penh Capital Hall…
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On 22 November 2023, the Build4People got represented during a conference about the topic of “gender-sensitive building in development cooperation” at the seat of the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in Berlin. Our presentation with the title “a gender-equitable building in Cambodia: Experiences from the Build4People project”…
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From 09-10 November 2023, the annual meeting of the German Build4People team took place at Eberswalde University of Sustainable Development (HNEE), the seat of the BuildPeople Work Package “Urban Green Infrastructures” led by Prof. Dr. Jan-Peter Mund. This year, the main focus was on the further conceptualization of urban quality…
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