Partner Search Green Urban Solutions

Hi, I would like to briefly introduce CEEO (Center for Energy, Energy Efficiency and Environment), a Bosnia and Herzegovina-based NGO and expert organization working on energy efficiency, renewable energy, climate change, environmental protection and sustainable development.

We are currently implementing an Interreg Danube project and have previous experience with Interreg MED projects, including the implementation of an Interreg MED project in 2022. We are also currently implementing a circular economy project supported by the UNDP–Czech Challenge Fund, giving us relevant practical experience in this field.

In addition, CEEO has experience in urban planning and nature-based solutions through our previous URWAN project, which we see as particularly relevant to the “Greening living areas” topic.

Our team has extensive experience in developing EU project applications and in the implementation and management of EU-funded projects.

If you are planning to apply under the upcoming Interreg MED call and are building a consortium, we would be very interested in joining. We believe CEEO could bring relevant expertise and practical experience to the partnership, and we would be happy to discuss potential areas of cooperation.

Please let me know if you are considering an application, and we would be happy to have a short call. emina.mravovic@ceeo.ba

Dear Municipality of Vratsa team,
Agroeduka (Croatia) would be interested in exploring cooperation within your Call 8 partnership. We are a Croatian non-profit organisation founded by two graduate agronomists, with expertise in climate-resilient horticulture, green spaces, biodiversity, water-efficient plant management and environmental education.
We believe our practical agronomic and horticultural expertise could complement your project concept, particularly in the implementation of green solutions for public spaces, plant selection and monitoring, biodiversity-oriented planting and citizen education.
We would be pleased to discuss how Agroeduka could contribute to the partnership and potential activities in Croatia.
Best regards,
Martina Kmet
President | Agroeduka
Zagreb, Croatia
agroeduka@gmail.com

Hello Tsvetomila,
your partner search immediately caught our attention because the themes you highlight – greener public spaces, nature-based solutions, climate resilience and sustainable development – are closely connected with the work we are already doing with municipalities in eastern Slovenia.

We are Development and Research Center RRC Ormož, a public regional development institution, and we would be very interested in joining the partnership as a Project Partner from Slovenia.
Our strength lies in connecting regional development with practical implementation at local level. Through URBACT ECONNECTING, we have been working on sustainable mobility and accessibility between rural and urban areas, participatory planning, co-creation and integrated territorial approaches, with a strong focus on the everyday needs of smaller and more dispersed communities.
Through URBACT EcoCore, we have been involved in green transition, low-carbon local development, active mobility and stakeholder engagement, linking environmental objectives with concrete local development challenges.

We also have very practical experience in turning these ideas into visible local results. In the Cycling to School project, RRC Ormož coordinated cooperation with three municipalities and local schools, combining sustainable mobility awareness with concrete infrastructure improvements. The project resulted in nine covered bicycle shelters with 243 bicycle stands at ten schools, together with activities encouraging greener everyday mobility.

This mix of strategic planning, direct cooperation with municipalities and hands-on implementation is where we believe we could bring real value to your partnership. We could contribute a Slovenian territorial and pilot perspective, support stakeholder and municipal involvement, participate in pilot preparation and implementation, and help transfer successful approaches into local and regional practice.

We are especially interested in the connection between climate-resilient public spaces, accessibility, sustainable mobility and quality of life. In smaller towns and rural centres, these challenges are closely linked, and solutions need to be not only innovative, but also practical, affordable and realistic for local authorities to implement and maintain.

We would be very glad to learn more about the direction you are considering for the proposal and to explore whether RRC Ormož could be a good fit as a Slovenian Project Partner.

Nina Prelog; nina@rrc-ormoz.si
Development and Research Center RRC Ormož
Slovenia, https://www.rrc-ormoz.si/

Dear All,

We are Città sotto scacco S.r.l., an Italian SME specialising in sustainable urban mobility, universal accessibility, cycling infrastructure planning and GIS-based spatial analysis. We work primarily with municipalities and public authorities on urban mobility plans, accessibility plans and sustainable territorial development strategies.
We believe our expertise could complement your initiative, particularly by addressing the connection between climate-resilient public spaces, accessibility and active mobility.

More specifically, we could contribute to:
• GIS-based assessments of pedestrian and cycling accessibility to public spaces;
• Identification of physical barriers and gaps in urban mobility networks;
• Development of practical guidelines for inclusive and accessible public spaces;
• Technical support for the planning and evaluation of urban pilot interventions;
• Definition of measurable accessibility and sustainable mobility indicators.

Our contribution would focus on developing and testing practical methodologies that municipalities can apply to improve the accessibility and connectivity of green public spaces.
We would be interested in joining the emerging consortium as a technical Project Partner, with clearly defined responsibilities in the pilot activities.
Could you please let us know whether the partnership is still open to an Italian SME and whether this type of technical expertise could complement your project concept?

We would be pleased to share our company profile and arrange a short online meeting to discuss a potential collaboration.

Kind regards
Andrea Graziano – Città sotto scacco Srl – Venice – Italy

Dear Ms Popova,

I am contacting you on behalf of the Department of Nursing, University of Thessaly, Greece, regarding your partner search for the upcoming Interreg Euro-MED Call 08.

I am Dr Ourania S. Kotsiou, Pulmonologist and Associate Professor of Human Pathophysiology–Pulmonology, and Director of the Human Pathophysiology Laboratory at the University of Thessaly.

We are very interested in exploring cooperation with the Municipality of Vratsa, as your proposed focus on green urban solutions, healthier public spaces, nature-based solutions and climate resilience aligns very well with our interest in the health and wellbeing dimension of the built and urban environment.

Our Department could contribute the scientific health assessment component, particularly through:

development of health and wellbeing KPIs;

assessment of respiratory and environmental-health outcomes;

evaluation of vulnerable population groups;

assessment of environmental exposures, air quality and thermal comfort in relation to health and wellbeing;

pre/post evaluation of real-life pilot interventions; and

capacity building and dissemination of evidence-based healthy-environment practices.

We believe this could add a strong human-health and evidence-based evaluation dimension to green urban pilot interventions and complement the Municipality’s expertise in sustainable urban development and green infrastructure.

We would be very pleased to discuss your emerging project concept, the current partnership and the potential role of the University of Thessaly as a research and health partner.

If useful, we would be happy to arrange a short online meeting in the coming days.

Kind regards,

Ourania S. Kotsiou, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Human Pathophysiology–Pulmonology
Director, Human Pathophysiology Laboratory
Department of Nursing