Blue Green City is a network of municipalities and regions co-funded by Interreg Europe (2019-2023) seeking to improve policies that promote Blue and Green Infrastructure (BGI) as an integral part of a local or regional natural heritage preservation strategy. The final conference will bring together the partners and their stakeholders to share their experiences of the interregional learning process and to discuss best practice recommendations for improving policy instruments that promote blue and green infrastructure.
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The hybrid event will take place at brigk digital, Schloßlände 26, 85049 Ingolstadt. Online participants will be sent the Zoom link before the event.
AGENDA
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
09:00 Registration
09:20 Welcome (Theresia Fladl, moderator)
09:30 Introduction to Ingolstadt (Petra Kleine, Mayor of Ingolstadt)
09:40 Interreg Europe Joint Secretariat: Interreg Europe – State of play of interregional cooperation
10:00 Introduction to the Blue Green City project (Bernard Massabo, Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis/Euromed Cities Network, France)
Municipal action plans:
o Blue and Green Infrastructure on the Danube as a contribution to landscape planning in Ingolstadt | Thomas Schneider, City of Ingolstadt, Germany
o Activities for the development of a Green Infrastructure strategy for the city of Rijeka | Doris Sošić, Rijeka Development Agency Porin, Croatia
o Ecosystem services in the local Comprehensive Plan | Sofia Käll- Karlsson, Växjö Municipality, Sweden
11:00 Break
11:15 Regional action plans:
o Blue and Green Infrastructure as key elements of urban planning | Bernard Massabo, Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis/Euromed Cities Network, France
o The path to improving Blue and Green Infrastructure in the ROP Piemonte ERDF 2021-2027 | Silvia Loffredo, Regione Piemonte, Italy
o Developing Blue and Green Infrastructure and Nature-Based Solutions in the Southern Region | Dominic Walsh, Southern Regional Assembly, Ireland
o Activities for the development of a Guide on financing sources and measures to encourage the adoption of Blue and Green Infrastructure in urban and peri-urban areas | Matei Smadu, Bucharest-Ilfov Regional Development Agency, Romania
12:30 Break
14:00 Keynote: Future Challenges for Blue and Green Infrastructure (Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Weisser, TUM School of Life Sciences)
14:30 Stakeholder engagement strategies to overcome barriers to implementing Blue and Green Infrastructure: Regione Piemonte, Southern Regional Assembly, Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolis/Euromed Cities Network (workshop moderated by Dr. Sarah Milliken, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom)
15:30 Break
16:00 Brainstorming solutions to three common barriers: capacity building, cross-sectoral working, and financing Blue and Green Infrastructure (workshop moderated by Dr. Sarah Milliken, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom)
17:00 Introduction to the Study Visit (Thomas Schneider, City of Ingolstadt)
Wednesday, 12 October
09:00 Study visit (Ingolstadt): From Natura 2000 areas to stepping stones in the city – Blue and Green infrastructure on the Danube