Testing a holistic model for co-designing and jointly implementing healthy urban green spaces for climate-resilient cities and towns
Urban Green Spaces [UGS] are essential for mitigating the impacts of climate change and strengthening the resilience of cities to environmental challenges. However, current management of these spaces has been insufficient, with little integration between disciplines and limited citizen participation. To respond to this challenge, the Urban Real Green seeks to improve the planning and management of UGSs in the EuroMED region, promoting their climate resilience and maximizing their ecosystem benefits. Through an innovative approach, the project will develop and test a co-design and co-management model in eight (8) UGSs with diverse characteristics, actively involving local authorities, citizens, and other key stakeholders. The main output of the testing is the validated holistic model to co-design and co-implement plans to improve UGS sustainability and maximize their ecosystem services for the cities' climate resilience.
Within this framework, our Agency will undertake an investment project. More specifically, it will undertake the design and implementation of a Tiny Forest in Lakatamia Municipality. The Tiny Forests are small-scale and densely planted urban forests, consisting of native, endemic trees and shrubs. Beyond their multiple benefits against climate hazards, the aim is to plant, maintain, and upgrade this Tiny Forest together with the local community (schools, volunteers, business, etc.), empowering the sense of contribution and ownership.
THE CONSORTIUM:
- Coordinator: The Most Beautiful Villages of Italy (Italy),
- Resource for Rome Ltd (Italy),
- Make it Better, Association for Innovation & Social Economy (Portugal)
- Public Services Ptuj (Slovenia),
- City of Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina),
- Cyprus Energy Agency (Cyprus),
- Commonspace (Greece),
- University of Valencia (Spain),
- MUSOL foundation (Spain)
FUNDER: Interreg Euro-MED Programme
TOTAL BUDGET: €2,497,915.00
GRANT: €1,998,332.00
DURATION: April 2025 – December 2027
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