Our story

We are an interdisciplinary EU and non-EU team of professionals and representatives from small and medium-sized cities and city consortia. Our mission is to promote climate change adaptation and disaster risk prevention, taking an ecosystem-based approach.

Led by the Municipality of Celje (Slovenia), this international project brings together 10 partners from 7 countries. Over 2 years and 9 months, we will work together to create new- and improve existing urban green areas, and involve local people in designing more natural, livable spaces.

With expert support from organisations like IPoP – Institute for Spatial Policies, Ambiente Italia, CREAF, and the University of Zagreb, the project will create local Urban Nature Plans and test practical solutions in real neighborhoods.

Pilot projects will take place in cities such as Ioannina (Greece), Budva (Montenegro), Gjorce Petrov (North Macedonia), Varaždin and Suzzara, and others. These include planting trees, creating green corridors, reducing heat in city areas, and improving biodiversity.