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Katerina Medkova
RDI Specialist
Finland
(Päijät-Häme)
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2014 - 2020
Citizens participate in circular economy by tracking energy consumption
With Reiot monitoring service, citizens can measure living conditions such as air quality, water and energy consumption of their household.
11 Nov 2021 |
Expert approved
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2014 - 2020
Sustainable bicycle transportation in Lahti
Lahti introduced 250 e-citybikes for citizens use to increase well-being, health, and sustainability. The pilot period was 1.9.-31.10.2021.
09 Nov 2021 |
Expert approved
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2014 - 2020
Bioneer - improving the collection of biowaste from detached houses
Bioneer is a new concept in collecting biowaste from detached houses. The concept combines a small van and a garbage truck to make it environmentally friendly.
09 Nov 2021 |
Expert approved
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2014 - 2020
Co-developing lending services together with citizens
Peer-to-peer digital lending platform makes it easier to borrow goods and share knowledge and skills within a community.
08 Nov 2021 |
Expert approved
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2014 - 2020
Environmental awareness in Finnish ice hockey
The hockey team Pelicans plays for the Planet as the Pelicans jersey numbers are showcasing important environmental facts from Lahti.
06 Oct 2021 |
Expert approved
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2014 - 2020
Regional sponsors support citizen initiative
Regional sponsors are a low-threshold link between the residents and city officials.
24 Sep 2021 |
Expert approved
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2014 - 2020
Citizens prolonging life-cycle and recycling textiles
Citizens and consumers act as suppliers and take part in recycling textile material as bedsheets and closing the loop in the supply chain.
23 Jul 2021 |
Expert approved
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2014 - 2020
Children urged to read about climate activism
In honour of Lahti Green Capital 2021, every first grader in Lahti received a book that encourages literacy and daily environmentalism.
21 Jul 2021 |
Expert approved
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2014 - 2020
Cleaning up the environment in Lahti with the help of sharing economy
By-passers and residents are urged to litter picking in the sharing economy based and citizen-run practice of loaning litter picking sticks.
12 Jul 2021 |
Expert approved
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2014 - 2020
Citizen participation and municipal decision making in Lahti
The city of Lahti invites residents to municipal decision making and to direct 100,000 euro of participatory budgeting funds.
16 Mar 2021 |
Expert approved
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2014 - 2020
Experimental cross-country city skis in Lahti Green Capital 2021
City skis bring sharing economy services to Lahti and provide a winter-friendly way to get around.
24 Feb 2021 |
Expert approved
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2014 - 2020
Urban vegetable garden, a circular sharing economy example in the city of Lahti
Finnish start-up Blockgarden, the third sector youth action group Inspis and the city of Lahti, facilitate good practice of sharing economy and urban gardening.
08 Dec 2020 |
Expert approved
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22 Feb 2023
Info session on Interreg Europe
We are teaming up with the European Committee of the Regions for an info session on Interreg Europe. The info session takes place online on 22 February 2023 (10:00-11:30 CET).
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14 Mar 2023
Lead partner seminar for first call projects
Interreg Europe is organising a seminar for the newly approved projects' lead partners from the first call in Stockholm on 14 March 2023.
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15 Mar 2023
Europe, let's cooperate! 2023
Registration is open for the 9th edition of Europe, let's cooperate! interregional cooperation forum. The event takes place on 15 March 2023. It marks the launch of our second call for project proposals. The 2023 edition is an in-person event hosted in Stockholm, Sweden at Annexet (Arenatorget 1
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26 Jan 2023
Reuse and repair in the circular economy
This workshop has ended. You can watch the recording, access the presentations and discover the key learnings in this follow-up article. On 26 January, from 14:00 to 16:30 CET, the Policy Learning Platform is organising an online workshop on reuse and repair in the circular economy. Our thematic
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19 Jan 2023
Welcome webinar for the first call projects
We held a welcome webinar for lead partners of projects approved in Interreg Europe's first call in 2021-2027 on 19 January from 10:00 to 11:30 (CET/ Paris time). During the webinar, the lead partners got an overview of the steps to follow to start their projects. The subsidy contract, the
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01 Dec 2022
Thematic networking event: connected - citizens - governance
Our second call for project proposals is coming! The call will be open from 15 March to 9 June 2023. We are here to help you get started with the preparation of your next project. In November and early December, we organised a series of thematic networking events online to share project ideas and
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29 Nov 2022
Thematic networking event: Greener Europe
Our second call for project proposals is coming! The call will be open from 15 March to 9 June 2023. We are here to help you get started with the preparation of your next project. In November and early December, we organised a series of thematic networking events online to share project ideas andTopic interests
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