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The Bee-friendly city movement is about spreading knowledge on urban beekeeping

BeePathNet Reloaded is about spreading knowledge on urban beekeeping to additional four EU cities that have proven its environmentally friendly orientation and would like to put special emphasis on creating a supporting environment for pollinators. Ljubljana, as a lead partner, will share the Bee-friendly city movement knowledge with Bansko in Bulgaria, Bergamo in Italy, Osijek in Croatia and Sosnowiec in Poland. This movement started in 2018 with Amarante, Portugal, Bydgoszcz, Poland, Cesena, Italy, Hegyvidék – XII District of Budapest, Hungary and Nea Propontida, Greece. The opportunity to transfer knowledge to additional four EU cities is URBACT’s special award for our hard work within BeePathNet partnership of and all the “honey” that all of us are putting in the preservation of the urban environment - place that we share with the bees.

Candelaria continues to advance in the European project "FIND YOUR GREATNESS"

The Candelaria Technology Centre (CTcan) hosted on Thursday, October 21st, the second meeting of the Extended Local Working Group of Candelaria of the European project "Find your greatness".
 

Mouscron: Story of Transnational Meeting

On September 28th, the transnational meeting with the co-host cities of Trim, Mouscron and Klaipeda was held by videoconference (thanks to covid…). Nevertheless, it was an opportunity for us to practice our English. 
Through this activity, we were able to learn more and discover local traditions. We were therefore able to introduce other cities to our customs and to share with them our culture. 

Social Cohesion Accessibility and Inclusiveness at Historic Quarters by ad-hoc expert Lia Ghilardi

In this article, Lia Ghilardi, URBACT ad-hoc Expert & Director Noema Culture and Place Mapping (UK), summarises the main findings of the KAIRÓS thematic workshop on social cohesion which took place on 5 and 6 October 2021.

BioArchitecture & Sustainability Week 2021

The Agency for Energy and Sustainable Development (AESS) is a non-profit association for the sustainable energy development and was founded in 1999, with the support of the European Commission's SAVE II program, on the initiative of the Municipality and Province of Modena, together with three other founding members (Modena Chamber of Commerce, the then local multiutility META and the then public company for local transport ATCM). AESS is part of the European network of energy agencies ManagEnergy and the Italian network of energy agencies RENAEL.

Zero Carbon Cities partners have been invited to the AESS' first English speaking webinar as part of their BioArchitecture & Sustainability Week 2021. Please register for these interesting and valuable sessions. 

Lifestyle, Sports, and Healthy Cities with Mélanie Duparc

The Healthy Cities Network aims to deepen the relationship between health and the urban environment, following a holistic approach by focusing on three overarching topics: greening and landscaping, mobility and connectivity, and lifestyle and sports.