CLIMADAM PROJECT: THE FIRST PROJECT PARTNERS MEETING -

FIRST INFORMAL MEETING OF CLIMADAM PROJECT PARTNERS

Climate change knows no boundaries. Therefore, cooperation between countries is essential in order to adapt and mitigate this issue.

At the end of the year, the first informal meeting of CLIMADAM project partners took place. Due to COVID-19 measures, the meeting was organized online. The meeting was also attended by Oleh Kotsuba – the first deputy head of the regional government of Transcarpathia, who welcomed and supported this cross-border project aimed at cooperation between Slovak and Ukrainian institutions in adapting to climate change that knows no borders.

The aim of the meeting was to get to know the project partners and say introductory words about the first activities of the project. The main framework of the project, goals and activities were presented and the responsibilities for project activities were also redistributed among the individual partners. The discussion also focused on the alignment of partnership agreements with the Lead Partner. One of the main points of discussion was the planning of the upcoming KICK-OFF meeting, which should take place at the end of January 2021.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

The project CLIMADAM benefits from an (amount – 462 243 €) grant from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EHP Grants. The project has been co-financed from the State Budget of the Slovak Republic in the amount of 15%.

The aim of the project is:

to better prepare the border regions of Ukraine and Slovakia for the expected climate change by developing an adaptation strategy for climate change for the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine and applying it (an adaptation strategy for KSK was created) within the pilot activities.
increase readiness for the introduction of effective measures in public transport for the city of Uzhhorod by developing a model of sustainable transport, using the experience of the Košice and Prešov regions
increase the availability of information on climate change, the need for measures to mitigate the negative impact of climate change and adaptation measures to expected climate change.

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