The euPOLIS: Belgrade Blue-Green Regeneration
As part of the euPOLIS project dedicated to improving the quality of the city’s environment by introducing solutions based on nature in public areas, the local team in Belgrade started their first „tangible“ work on creating a micro-climatic park. The process begins by planting 20…
Nature Enriches Speech and Language Skills In Kids
Literacy, communication, and language skills continue to be a main Early Years priority, with 10% of UK children having long-term speech, language, and communication needs (NHS England, 2020). Effects of the COVID pandemic are still evident, with pupils displaying delays in speech and language progress,…
euPOLIS Meets The Citizens – You Are An Expert, Too!
The Belgrade euPOLIS experts’ team recently facilitated the fourth workshop with citizens and passers-by of the demo location on Danube Quay. Having good weather “working” for the Belgrade team on Saturday, October 29th, there were over a hundred participants expressing interest and readiness to join…
Mental Health: An Orphan Of Urban Design
While in rural environments the mental health stays a taboo, due to more often than not a patriarchal social patterns, it is the cities that we associate with higher rates of most mental health problems: an almost 40% higher risk of depression, over 20% more…
Join The City of Trebinje In Celebrating The International Earth Day
The City of Trebinje and the Public Institution “Ecology and Security” traditionally organize the action of arranging the city this year regarding April 22 – the International Earth Day. Photo: https://trebinje.rs.ba/ The action will be held on April 19, and the gathering of participants is…
A Thousand Planetrees for Beautiful Trebinje
A new project called “A thousand planetrees for more beautiful Trebinje” was presented recently to businessmen, investors, and representatives of city departments. The planned planting will be carried out in the next three years, and it includes the planting of park sycamore seedlings, as well…
Danish Architect in Belgrade: Urban Planning & Working with Nature
Danish architect Morten Rask Madsen as a partner in the euPOLIS project (BySpektrum) will hold a lecture “Urban planning – cooperation with nature”, on Friday, March 25 at 1 pm in Belgrade, Serbia in the Technical Faculty Building. The lecture is open to anyone interested…
Vote Trebinje for Champions of Nature Protection
The City of Trebinje, one of the euPOLIS Follower Cities is one of this year’s candidates for the “CHAMPIONS OF NATURE PROTECTION, BIH GREEN AWARDS” 2022. Trebinje is nominated in the City/Municipality category. This campaign promotes useful, innovative, and creative approaches to preserving nature and…
Villa Turrisi admitted for funding by the Ministry of Infrastructures
The euPolis Palermo demo location, Villa Turrisi has been admitted for funding by the Ministry of Infrastructures, with resources from the PNRR (National Recovery and Resilience Plan). The completion of the works is expected by March 2026. The project presented by the Municipality of Palermo…
Citizens demand Healthy Cities
The euPolis project has reached an important milestone. Four Front-Runner (FR) cities: Copenhagen, Lodz, Belgrade, and Piraeus have conducted voluminous surveys among the citizens of chosen demo locations in each city, along with educational workshops, aiming to map the people’s daily urban challenges, but also…