ABSTRACT
There was a clear understanding from the very beginning of the project that such endeavours could only be successful if cooperation between institutions and professionals from different backgrounds, on the one hand, and the citizens, on the other, were to be established. It is important to highlight that the pan-European framework of the Human Cities project served only as a basic model and common language for the activities across Europe. Due to a long period of economic downturn in Slovenia starting in 2009, the public budgets for comprehensive urban regeneration decreased considerably. Since the 1990s, when Slovenia started its transition from a planned economy to an open market economy, socio-economic changes have been ongoing, and the large socialist estates have been facing the new realities. Human Cities activities in Ljubljana are an example of an experimental approach to urban regeneration processes based on participatory principles, while strongly supported by the institutional framework.
