Planned training schools in GP3
All training schools have been postponed and are planned to be held between January and March 2021. Currently the following training schools supported by Circular City are planned: “Urban Ecology: the green within the city”, 15-19 Feb 2021, Lisbon, Portugal “Investigating opportunities and challenges for nature based solutions implementation in climate-sensitive urban design”, 22-26 Mar […]
Planned Circular City meetings/workshops in GP3
Virtual Core Team workshop Monday, 8 June 2020 (restricted to Core Team members) Virtual Circular City workshops Workshop 1: Mo 29 Jun 2020, i.e. “the virtual Alexandroupolis workshop” Workshop 2: Tu 1 Sep 2020, i,e. “the virtual Wädenswil workshop “ Workshop 3: We 23 Sep 2020 Workshop 4: Fr 23 Oct 2020 i.e. “the virtual […]
STSM calls launch in fall 2020
Depending on the actual situation related to travel restrictions, we plan to launch calls for STSMs in fall 2020
UNDP Ukraine Community Safari©: a quest to find nature-based solutions for local communities
Last year a team of innovators from Ukraine UNDP Accelerator Lab – decided to explore nature-base solutions possibilities in Ukraine. This exploration journey connected UNDP Ukraine and our COST Action. Together we run a very inspiring NBS event called the Community Safari in Kyiv. The idea of a safari event was to empower grassroots activists […]
MC and WG meeting in Istanbul, 4-6 Mar 2020
The 3rd MC and working group meeting was held from 4th of March until 6th of March 2020 at Istanbul Aydin University. Due to the Covid-19 outbreak the number of participants was diminished and only 55 of the planned 90 persons attended. With the support of technology additional people could participate in the MC meeting […]
Reports from STSMs
Examining the potential of 3D printing of hemp-based biocomposite building materials as a nature-based solution for circular economy in cities This STSM by Yaakov Florentin aimed at evaluating the potential of 3D printing of environmentally friendly and carbon negative hemp-clay biocomposite building material using agricultural waste of hemp cultivation and implementing it in the building’s […]
Workshop on Circular Cities @ Impact Hub Zürich, 28 Jan 2020
The CA17133 core team took part in the stakeholder workshop on Circular Cities held by Impact Hub Zürich on January 28th 2020. The idea was to explore the opportunities to operationalize the Circular Economy framework in the context of Swiss cities. Dr. Günter Langergraber Action Chair and Johannes Kisser WG3 lead gave presentations and all […]
Core Team Meeting in Wädenswil, 27- 28 Jan 2020
The CA17133 core team had a meeting at ZHAW facilities in Wädenswil Switzerland on January 27th and 28th. Main outcomes from the meeting are: All 39 COST countries are participating in the Action as well as six observers, in total 420 persons are taking direct part or following the Action. The Deliverables according to the […]
Deliverables
Deliverable 1: Website Deliverable 2: Report on the state of the art and existing case studies
3rd STSM call: Deadline 1st of December
COST Action CA17133 is offering financial support to eligible applicants to carry out a Short Term Scientific Mission that will specifically contribute to the scientific objectives of this COST Action. STSMs facilitate scientists going to an institution or laboratory in another country to foster collaboration, to learn a new technique or to take measurements using instruments and/or methods […]