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MAKING-CITY, the new large-scale demonstration project funded by Horizon 2020 EU’s research and innovation programme, holds its kick-off meeting on 13^th-14^th December in Valladolid, Spain. Gathering 34 partners coming from 9 countries, this 60-month H2020 project with a budget of 20 million euros aims to address and demonstrate the urban energy system transformation towards low carbon cities following the Positive Energy District (PED) concept.

The SaveGREEN project: Safeguarding the functionality of transnationally important ecological corridors in the Danube basin

Project is set to work on the critical theme of ecological corridors in the Carpathian and further mountain ranges of the Danube region.

Currently, eco-corridors are threatened by the lack of adequate planning of economic development initiatives. Linear transport infrastructure, urban development, intensive agricultural, forestry, and water management practices can interrupt ecological corridors, cause traffic-deaths, and lower the reproductive success of key species and the effectiveness of ecosystem services we all depend on.

Therefore, building on the key results of previous Interreg DTP projects — i.e. TRANSGREEN, ConnectGREEN and HARMON — the SaveGREEN project will identify, collect, and promote the best solutions for safeguarding ecological corridors — including monitoring the impact of mitigation measures. Thus, basing its work on integrated planning, it will help derive proper recommendations for follow-up actions and policy design. 

Hospodársky rast a rozvoj mestských aglomerácií Bratislavy a Győru v posledných desaťročiach prekračuje štátne hranice. Ovplyvňuje tak aj prírodné prostredie na oboch stranách hranice. Susediace oblasti Žitný ostrov (Csallóköz) na Slovensku a Szigetköz (Malý Žitný ostrov) v Maďarsku majú veľký význam z hľadiska ochrany prírody a eko-turistiky. Obe strany prihraničnej oblasti sú bohaté na prírodné, kultúrne a krajinné bohatstvo. Podobné však majú nielen hodnoty, ale aj problémy. Niektoré súvisia s vodným hospodárstvom a udržateľným využívaním prírodných zdrojov, iné s rozvojom miest a obcí v suburbánnom priestore a s kvalitou mestského prostredia.