Ioana Valero is an Architect and Urban Planner. She works on participatory projects promoting collaborative design and supporting collective decision making. Ioana contributes to the articulation of local communities and she is a connector within the CivicWise network. In 2016 Ioana co-founded the Urban Innovation Practice CoVille. The aime of CoVille is to make collaborative tools and open design be accessible to a wider public.