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The IWAMA project focusing on smart wastewater management has published two large reports that highlight current trends and benchmark the state of energy and sludge management in wastewater treatment in the Baltic Sea Region.

Are you interested in how cities are supporting their citizens in making sustainable mobility choices? Or how the use of multiple mobility modes in commuting and moving around the city can be improved?

The CIVITAS ECCENTRIC project is holding a workshop from 17-18 September in Stockholm, Sweden, that will give participants insight into the innovative work being undertaken in its five project cities. City representatives are invited to come the Swedish capital and learn about the selection, development, and implementation of sustainable urban mobility measures from cities currently going through these processes.

UBC cities have been invited to join Baltic Urban Lab project's last webinar on the use of digital tools in participatory urban planning.

We have just sent out our last newsletter before going to summer holidays. Feel free to read the Summer Greetings issue here. 

Baltic Urban Lab - Central Baltic 2015-2020 project that has been led by our Commission, will be sharing the final project results during their Final Conference "Dealing with the Past and Planning for the Future - Turning urban brownfields into possibilities" on 6-7 September 2018 in Riga, Latvia.

The meeting of the UBC Sustainable Cities Commission will be held in Klaipėda, Lithuania on 13-14 September 2018. The topic for the meeting is SUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITY - “Trends and Challenges in the BSR”.

The European Commission has launched the first ever European Sustainability Award, to recognise the efforts and creativity of European people, businesses and organisations who work towards reaching the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Award will champion inspiring initiatives which provide concrete solutions for achieving the Goals.

The disclosure of climate related data of the Baltic Sea Region cities to the CDP’s platform has begun with the new deadline for the reporting being set to 11 July 2018. 

SUMP's-Up project has published three manuals for the cities who are at different stages of implementing Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMPs) focusing on measure selection. All levels of SUMP experience are covered, with manuals for beginner, intermediate, and advanced cities:

Apply before 31st of May 2018! This year's CIVITAS Forum Conference will take place from 19-21 September in Umeå, Sweden. The 16th edition of Europe's premier sustainable mobility event will bring together the CIVITAS community from across the continent and beyond.

There is less than a month until the official start of the European Sustainable Development Week, ESDW 2018. The ESDW is an European-wide initiative to stimulate and make visible activities, projects and events that promote sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It takes place every year from 30 May until 5 June.