CLIMASUM

Background

The European Green Deal, along with the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans, aims to reduce emissions by 55% by 2030, with the transport sector being one of the main frameworks for implementing the strategies. On municipal and regional level, the concept of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) has proven successful. They are supportive of both inter-sectoral coordination and citizen participation, which makes them a powerful tool in the sustainable transformation of mobility patters. In the target countries, many regional governments lack experience in drafting and implementing SUMPs, which is constituting a major obstacle to the introduction and adaption of sustainable mobility patterns.

Project

The project team introduced local governments to SUMPs and offered guidance for their respective implementation. This happened through several means, which were tailored to individual countries’ needs and particularities. First, the project team collected data on the transport sector and developed core topics and policy recommendation from them. Reliable data allowed to define a concrete and measurable target, behind which different governmental entities could unite and thus encouraged cooperation across sectors and government levels. Second, the project team aimed to intensify the cooperation between national and local authorities through common study trips, conferences, and publications on good practices. Third, the project team organised training events for city representatives, young professionals in urban and transport planning, and decision makers. These events provided them with necessary skills and knowledge for developing SUMPs and eventually effective and sustainable transport systems. Making the planning process as such more efficient and effective, the project’s activities contributed significantly to the advancement of sustainable mobility and thus to both national and EU climate goals. 

Results

• The ODRAZ Summer School for Youth: Interdisciplinary Environment for Developing Transport-Spatial Solutions in Šibenik brought together 26 young professionals and students from various fields such as civil engineering, geography, architecture, sociology, landscape architecture, transportation, economics, and geodesy from all over Croatia to focus on the theme “Planning Cities of the Future.” The aim of the summer school was to provide young individuals with the opportunity for extracurricular education and work in small interdisciplinary groups on proposed transport-spatial topics or challenges defined in collaboration with the City of Šibenik.  

• In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, 35 local government representatives and practitioners participated in two study tours where they learned best practices in promoting active mobility and sustainability planning from four foreign cities. 

• The CilmaSUM Summer School of Urban Mobility was held in Sarajevo, receiving a total of 28 participants. During the five-day duration of the summer school, students from both traffic and other faculties in Bosnia and Herzegovina had the opportunity

Last update: October 2024