Blue-green infrastructure for resilient cities III: Citizens’ participation

On 29 October 2024, The Policy Learning Platform is hosting the third episode of the webinar series 'Blue-green infrastructure for resilient cities'. Join us for this last session focusing on Citizens’ participation from 14:00 to 15:30 CET.

Blue-green infrastructure enhances urban resilience by managing pollution, preventing floods, and mitigating extreme weather. It also brings environmental, social, and economic benefits, like improved mental and physical wellbeing, recreational spaces, higher property values, and better air quality. Citizen involvement plays a crucial role in boosting resilience, protecting biodiversity, and fostering social cohesion and innovation in green space management.

This webinar aims to inspire local and regional policy makers with practical examples how to increase public participation in blue and green infrastructure projects. It will feature inspiring solutions, good practices, guidance and recommendations backed by real-life examples from European cities and regions from many Interreg Europe projects.

What you can expect

Keynote speech

Keynote speech by Thomas Schneider, City of Ingolstadt, Germany (Blue Green City), on involving citizens through hybrid participation formats. (tbc)

Interreg Europe good practices 

• Presentation by Ine Pertry, City of Roeselare, Belgium, on Small budget actions to mobilize citizens in climate adaptation. (InterRevita) (tbc)
• Presentation by Francesca Tamburini, Municipality of Reggio Emilia, Italy, on Public participation for blue green infrastructure. (PROXIMITIES) (tbc)
• Presentation by Marija Balabka, Riga City Council, Latvia, on Gardens of ‘Sports Palace’. (IMPETUS) (tbc)