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…
The euPOLIS Featured in Open Access Goverment – January Edition
“The euPOLIS vision: Improving well-being with nature-based solutions” article can now be found on the Open Access Goverment platform, in its January 2023 issue. “The adverse effects of urbanization have taken a toll on people’s mental and physical health, here’s how co-design and nature-based solutions…
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…
Protecting People and the Planet
“Extreme and unprecedented weather events, severe droughts, floods, and raging wildfires show us, time and again, the devastating impacts of climate change on people. Home to more than half of the world’s population, cities find themselves on the front line of climate change and exposed…
Stakeholders Conference By EuropaBON & Biodiversa+
EuropaBON’s second stakeholder hybrid conference will take place on 8 November 2022 in Brussels, Belgium. For the organization of this stakeholder conference, EuropaBON is partnering with Biodiversa+ to bring together the wider biodiversity monitoring community. This event will provide the opportunity for a range of…