The final conference of the Blue Green City project from the programme (Interreg EUROPE and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund) was held from 10 to 12 October 2022. From the Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o., as a partner of the project, participated Doris Sošić and Tijana Sigel.
The first day of the program was related to the Steering Commitee meeting of the project, where the organization of the final conference was discussed, the financial aspect of the second phase of the project, the way of reporting and unfinished activities to be achieved by the end of 2022. .
The second day of the program refers to the final conference of the project, which was held in a hybrid format (with physical presence in Ingolstadt and online for all other stakeholders who could not participate physically). The content of the conference was related to the presentation of the city of Ingolstadt and the region, the presentation of the Interreg Europe programme, the presentation of the project and its results, the presentation of the implementation of the Action Plans of each partner, the discussion on highlighting the barriers to green infrastructure and the panel discussion on the possibilities of financing various green infrastructure projects. Doris Sošić, project manager, presented the Action Plan related to the area of the city of Rijeka, i.e. the realization of previous activities on the development of a strategic document for the development of the green infrastructure of the City of Rijeka, the realization of small projects co-financed by the City of Rijeka for the arrangement of locations whose initiators are citizens, citizens' initiatives and associations, and on the implementation of training on the topics of climate change and the value of ecosystem services. In the panel discussion on the possibilities of co-financing green infrastructure projects, Doris Sošić presented the project of the Rijeka Local Partnership Programme, which has been implemented by the City of Rijeka for several years through micro-financing of projects for the arrangement of locations for green areas, children's playgrounds, etc. The third day of the programme consisted of a study visit to the locations of green and blue infrastructure on the Danube: “Gerolfinger Eichenwald” and “Treidelweg” where natural beauties and the organisation of paths and facilities for citizens in the Ingolstadt area could be seen.
