Past events

Over the past four years, the three CIVITAS Living Lab projects – CIVITAS DESTINATIONS, CIVITAS ECCENTRIC and CIVITAS PORTIS – have been testing and demonstrating innovative mobility solutions. As the projects draw to a close, join their final conference online from 6-20 October 2020 to discover the exciting results of their work. The event will showcase 175 sustainable urban mobility measures implemented in 16 European cities, with a particular focus on:

The EUSBSR workshop "Unlocking the nutrient recycling potential in the Baltic Sea Region" will discuss the state-of-the-art in nutrient recycling within and across the two sectors: agriculture and municipal wastewater management. The workshop will be organized on 30 September 2020, 13.00–15.30 CET (14.00–16.30 EET) via Zoom.

The conference combines two leading events from Europe’s transport calendar: the CIVITAS Forum Conference and the European Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs). It will allow policymakers, local authorities, academics, NGOs, urban transport practitioners, urban planners and all those putting the SUMP concept into practice to share their experiences using a virtual forum. 

The UBC TALKS webinar on 22 September will explore the topic of "Local work on the Sustainable Development Goals in UBC Cities" and how to get started with the VLR process.

The Baltic Sea Region Mobility Summit 2020 is a three day mobility conference taking place 8-10 September online! During these three days highlights from the projects cities.multimodal, SUMBA and BSR electric will be presented along with virtual tours of project results, intriguing discussions about what the future holds for sustainable urban mobility in our region and much more. Register to the Summit here: link to registration!

The webinar about EUCF will take place 1st of September 10-11:30 o’clock. Don't miss out on this opportunity to boost your municipality’s sustainable energy plan! This new initiative, European City Facility (EUCF) offers cities, municipalities, local authorities and groupings of these to apply for a grant of 60 000€ to support the development of an investment concept targeting energy efficiency and renewable energy.

European cities facing several challenges when it comes to their senior citizens. While this population group is growing, it is key to enable and empower them to move around the city independently and sustainably. This CIVITAS ECCENTRIC webinar brings you two experiences from different cities who have rolled out sustainable urban mobility projects that target the elderly and youth, that bring generations together, and that promote self-determined mobility and sustainability.

IN ESTONIAN BELOW The webinar to launch the first call for EUCF grants in Estonia will take place on 03rd of July at 11-12:30. Don't miss out on this opportunity to boost your sustainable energy plan! The webinar is prodced by the UBC SCC and presented by the Tartu Regional Energy agency,  who is also the Estonian Country Expert in EUCF. If you want to know what an investment concept is and how this new instrument to support local authorities and municipalities be sure to register.

The webinar to launch the first call for EUCF grants in Denmark will take place on 25th June at 10-11:30 CET. Don't miss out on this opportunity to boost your sustainable energy plan!   The webinar is prodced by the UBC SCC and presented by the Danish energy company Energy Consulting Network A/S who is also the Danish Country Expert in EUCF. If you want to know what an investment concept is and how this new instrument to support local authorities and municipalities be sure to register.  

The Interreg BSR project, BSR Electric will organise a virtual Final Conference 16-17 of June. The focus of the Final Conference will be on electric mobility and on electrification of commercial vehicles.

Join an upcoming CIVITAS webinar on 15 June, 14:00 - 15:00 CEST, that looks at how two CIVITAS cities have taken their bike-sharing schemes to another level. In CIVITAS DESTINATIONS, the bike-sharing scheme of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) demonstrates how EU-funding can help create a brand new, digital-based, sustainable mobility service in a city.

The UBC TALKS in June will be dedicated to the intelligent transport solutions piloting. The webinar will introduce the Hupmobile project and ITS piloting, as well as present the agile piloting in Helsinki.