First annual meeting of the NBS Italy Hub – Palermo, 19-21 November 2024
From 19 November 2024 to 21 November 2024 the City of Palermo hosted the first NBS HUB Italy annual meeting (the City of Palermo is a Founding Member), organized by the Environmental Policies Area, Ecological Transition and Green Regeneration of the municipality in collaboration with…
Community Effective and Reflective NBS Aspirations – The Łódź Training
In June 2024, the euPOLIS project hosted an Expert Capacity Building Training in Łódź, Poland, focusing on integrating nature-based solutions (NBS) and the challenges of citizen participation. This event brought together various stakeholders to explore effective NBS selection tools and strategies for enhancing citizen engagement…
New Park on Goken Street in Limassol
The Goken Park was constructed and delivered to the Limassol citizens, last May. It’s located in the westernmost district of Limassol, Zakaki district, at a distance of 6.5km from Limassol’s Municipal Garden and the city center. The target for the park is to convert the…
euPOLIS Technologies and Lessons Learned – Experts’ Training Session in Łódź
The euPOLIS consortium is proudly inviting you to register and join us for the second euPOLIS Experts’ Training: Technologies and Lessons Learned – taking place in Łódź (PL) on the 20th of June 2024, from 13:00-15:00. We are happy to invite all four pilot cities representatives…
Transforming Bogotá City through Temporary Urbanism
Bogotá, one of the Follower Cities of the euPOLIS project, which is represented by the Urban and Renewal Company of the city (RenoBo, formerly known as ERU) and Universidad de los Andes, under the leadership of Renobo, is making significant efforts to improve human well-being…
The Cleaning of the Trebišnjica River in our Showcase City Trebinje
The euPOLIS Follower-City partner, the City of Trebinje and its Department for Communal-Inspection Affairs, and the “Ecology and Safety” for World Water Day organized a large-scale action to beautify the city and raise awareness of environmental protection. Photo: radiotrebinje.com As in previous years, more than…
euPOLIS Participatory Methodology @Urban Recycling Panel in Belgrade
As part of the fifth exhibition of the Women’s Architectural Society called “Revival”, recently opened in Belgrade’s “Silos”, a series of panels were held that dealt with issues of revitalization and reactivation of neglected and urban cores, circularity in built environments, and awakening the general public about…
Stamatis: We Still Don’t Feel Like Citizens
-Certainly, the mindset and character of a city are intertwined, akin to performing in a personal theater daily, with the city as the stage. Unfortunately, this understanding is often overlooked. When we shut our doors, everything beyond becomes an indistinct “outside,” contrasting with the inside,…
“Tour de Bogotá” – A Six-Kilometer euPOLIS Bicycle Ride
Our Colombian partner, the Follower City of Bogotá recently held an interactive demonstration of the euPOLIS methodology, by engaging professionals and citizens in an immersive sports, cultural and educational event, the Rodada euPOLIS bike ride. The “Tour de Bogotá” ride was organized by the ERU’s…
The Implementation of the euPOLIS philosophy: The Technology And The Mindset
During the past two months, the euPOLIS local teams in each Front Runner City (Gladsaxe, Lodz, Belgrade, and Piraeus) have taken the first steps toward the implementation of the NBS technologies. This means closer than ever collaboration with the local citizens who will be wearing…