On 6 July 2020 An online meeting (in line with COVID-19 safeguards) of the Blue Green City partnership was organised by Metropolis Nice Côte d’Azur – Euromed Cities Network.
The second official partnership meeting and study visit to be held on 23-25 March 2020 in Turin, Italy, were postponed until further notice given the international context and the adoption of restrictive measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and the Blue Green City partnership decided to hold it in October 2020 to ensure the proper implementation of the project and the fulfilment of planned activities.
Representatives of project partners who attended the online meeting:
- University of Greenwich, London (England)
- Piedmont Region (Italy)
- Southern Regional Assembly (Ireland)
- Bucharest – Ilfov Regional Development Agency (Romania)
- Rijeka Development Agency Porin (Croatia)
The partners had the opportunity to discuss the implications of COVID-19 for the planning of future project meetings, the progress of project activities at the partnership level (first progress report), financial issues (the budget of the Piedmont Region), and Interreg Europe's recommendations on the importance of achieving changes in thematic policies. Furthermore, a project partner from the Southern Regional Assembly gave a very interesting presentation on the development of blue and green infrastructures (BGI) and the development of solutions based on sustainable management of natural ecosystems (NBS) in Southern Ireland. The partner in charge of communication on the project – BI RDA (Romania) shared with the project partners the communication and dissemination activities carried out and the results achieved during the first two semesters of the project implementation.
The publication can also be found on the project’s official website: link.
