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Lisabon je od 13. do 15. oktobra 2021. godine bio domaćin drugog međunarodnog događaja evropskog projekta „STreet ARt project” – sufinansiranog od strane programa Evropa za građane i građanke Evropske unije.  Domaćini su mu bili partneri na projektu opština Junta Fregasio Beato u saradnji sa Clube Intercultural Europeu.

Trodnevni događaj bio je pun aktivnosti i prilika da učite jedni od drugih i da provedete vreme zajedno.

Prvog dana imali su pozdravni i projektno tehnički sastanak, gde su svi predstavili najnovije rezultate tekućeg lokalnog participativnog procesa koji vodi ka realizaciji murala.

Drugog dana, učesnici su imali studijsku posetu As Costas da Cidade (Zadnja strana grada),Zadnja strana grada), jednom od projekata koji se sprovodi kao deo strategije koja ima za cilj reintegraciju jednog od marginalizovanih naselja Lisabona i jačanje komunitarnog identiteta i kohezije, kroz uličnu umetnost i obilaske sa vodičem koje vode i upravljaju stanovnici. Tokom dvočasovnog obilaska koje su vodili meštani i predstavnik udruženja građana Associação Geração com Futuro, the most iconic murals

Poslednjeg dana, učesnici su imali obilazak „Panoramiko de Monsanta“, jednog od najamblematičnijih urbanih prostora u Lisabonu i bine Festivala „Iminenete“. Napušteni restoran, sada je otvoreni prostor za murale i ulična umetnička dela, uključujući neverovatan pogled na grad od 360°.

Ovaj 2. sastanak u Lisabonu bio je odlična prilika za dalji razvoj „STAR“ projekta i razmenu sa partnerima. Posebno se zahvaljujemo  Clube Intercultural Europeu koji je organizovao ovako zanimljiv i plodonosan sastanak.

The EPIC International Networking Path took place in Zagreb (Croatia) the 9th and 10th November in hybrid-mode (in person and online).

The event aimed at promoting an exchange of ideas and favoring the emerging of joint policies and initiatives. The event saw EPIC partners meeting external stakeholders for a further exchange of newly-acquired knowledge and experiences. Local Authorities (LA) and NGOs were invited to participate in the “international networking paths”, giving a chance to LAs to interact with their counterparts and integrate additional knowledge. 

The main topics discussed were:

• Experiences of the City of Sisak and its Community
• Guidelines on how to develop the Pilot Project
• Management and Financial

Between discussions, participants also had group sessions to work and brainstorm together.

Amongst the key speakers there were ALDA Project Manager  Dolinda Cavallo; together with Janko Gredelj – Country Director at JRS Hrvatska i Marta Sisciarek– Director of the Immigrants support center Municipality of Gdansk. 

Participants also visited the city of Sisak, where they met with representatives of local institutions, such as:

• Red Cross Sisak;
• Civil Rights Project NGO;
• Primary School: Braća Bobetko;
• Centre of Culture of Dialogue;
• Central State Office for Reconstruction and Housing from Zagreb, as well as
• Migrants from Sisak.

Na kraju, ali ne i najmanje važno, LDA Sisak, which is one of the 15 Local Democracy Agencies working together with ALDA, took part at at the meeting, 

Furthermore, attendees to this meeting visited apartments offered within the housing service program for migrants in Sisak, guided by the Representative of the Central State Office for Reconstruction and Housing.

This EPIC event was also an opportunity to connect and re-connect with partners after a long time, and ALDA colleagues also had the chance to meet again Paula Rauzan from LDA Sisak.

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Što se tiče drugih ALDA projekata,, , PART-Y partneri su vodili onlajn sesiju 14. oktobra^. tokom EUWRC-a 2021.

. partner “Kallipolis” prvi je predstavio projekat i njegove ciljeve učesnicima, naglašavajući suštinski značaj da uzme u obzir izazove sa kojima se suočavaju žene i devojke u urbanim prostorima i na taj način planiraju grad koji će raditi za svakoga.

ALDA, kao PART-Y projektni partner, tada je imala odgovornost da predstavi prvi rezultat projekta, odnosno„Priručnik za izgradnju komunikacijske kampanje za mlado i inkluzivno stvaranje mesta (Placemaking)”čiji je cilj da obezbedi učešće mladih u ovoj vrsti urbanog razvoja i projekte regeneracije zajednice.

Dva druga partnera, opština Umea i asocijacija Basurama, takođe su napravili dva istaknuta momenta u vezi sa metodom rodno zasnovanog pejzaža koju je razvila opština i ponovnom upotrebom smeća za izgradnju zajednice. Konačno, sesije radionica su omogućile svim učesnicima da daju svoje uvide o tome kako uključiti mlade i promovisati učešće mladih, posebno devojaka, u „Placemaking“ projektima i u PART-Y!

Učešće na ovom događaju označilo je važan korak za budućnost projekta, istovremeno predstavljajući priliku za diskusiju i razmišljanje o budućim koracima.

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Last autumn LIFE FALKON staff installed 200 nest boxes for Lesser Kestrels, scattered in the large agricultural area between the provinces of Mantua, Modena, Bologna and Ferrara (Italy), and another 110 boxes grouped in five nesting towers built by the project. This area hosts the most northerly population of Lesser Kestrels in Europe, as a representation of the fact that this species is able to colonize new latitudes because of global warming.

Since the return of the Lesser Kestrels from Africa around early April, FALKON staff have been monitoring whether the installed boxes were being used. Even though a low occupancy rate of the new structures was anticipated, at least four pairs of Lesser Kestrel occupied the boxes, raising one or more chicks, and they were not alone, in fact, two pairs of Eurasian Jay and a dozen of Little Owls have used the nest boxes as well.

Each of these boxes provides a safe nesting site for the Lesser Kestrel, and also supports the populations of several species of protected birds of the Po Valley, so that they may all have a secure and cosy place to raise their offspring.

And speaking of offspring, during the month of July, the project LIFE FALKON transferred 30 Lesser Kestrel chicks from Matera to the nesting tower “Matteo Griggio” in Baricella, in the province of Bologna.

The transfer, anticipated by the conservation action plan of the project, is not aimed at the repopulation of the species in the Po Valley, but at encouraging and accelerating the colonization of the nesting towers built by the project and to increase the proportion of colonies settled on stable buildings and in safe places.

Following the transfer the chicks were free to enter and exit the tower and get fed daily, but without getting into contact with the staff of LIFE FALKON. The project team also installed video cameras to observe the behavior and interaction between the transferred individuals and the wild kestrels who started to regularly visit the tower, attracted by the presence of the chicks (and of two adults no longer able to fly, who came from the Wildlife Recovery Center of Bitetto and were hosted in a large space adjacent to the tower). 

On July 14, the first of the Matera chicks took flight in the Pianura Padana, followed by all the others once they reached the right age. After the first flight tests, the young Lesser Kestrels continued to regularly visit the tower to be fed, before leaving it by the end of August.

[Foto: LIFE FALKON veb sajt]

ALDA-ina posvećenost Ukrajini uvek je uključivala nekoliko aktera, od institucija do građana. Stoga, u partnerstvu sa Programom Ujedinjenih nacija za oporavak i izgradnju mira, a uz podršku Danske, Švedske i Švajcarske, ALDA je bila uključena u„Projekat Platforma dobrog upravljanja”koji sprovodi  UNDP.

Već u julu 2021. godine, generalni sekretar ALDA, Antonela Valmorbida, posetila je Ukrajinu kako bi održala seriju obuka u gradu Svjatogorsku. Ovoga puta, u novembru 2021. godine, t, na drugoj i završnoj konferenciji u okviru projekta, pod nazivom„Dobra lokalna uprava: izazovi i rešenja“gosti govornici i učesnici osvrnuli su se na: 

• Jačanje institucionalnih kapaciteta lokalnih vlasti za upravljanje zajednicama;
• Obezbeđivanje uključivanja javnosti u donošenje odluka i
• Sprovođenje politike dobrog upravljanja kroz participativnu demokratiju bili su među glavnim ciljevima ovog događaja.

Konkretno, ova prilika je pružila mogućnost zajednicama u Donjeckoj i Luganskoj oblasti da razmene i razgovaraju o „evropskom iskustvu odgovorne lokalne uprave“, posebno u pogledu javnosti, transparentnosti, inovativnosti, partnerstva.

Stoga, kao što je istakla i gđa Antonela Valmorbida: „Demokratija na lokalnom nivou je različitost angažovanja civilnog društva sa lokalnim vlastima između ključnih demokratskih trenutaka, a to su izbori. To je efikasan alat za rešavanje izazova.”

Inspirisani ovim, učesnici su kroz ovaj događaj mogli da razgovaraju i podele svoja iskustva o realizovanim projektima i razvoju dobrog upravljanja, bilo da se radi o stvaranju savetodavnih kancelarija za građane, bilo resursnog centra za inicijativne grupe i savete mladih.

Sve u svemu, ALDA je bila i još uvek je veoma ponosna i počastvovana što podržava aktivno građanstvo i demokratizaciju u Ukrajini i raduje se nastavku napora u budućnosti.

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Climate change is not only a problem for the health of the planet and its inhabitants, but it is also beginning to affect individual freedoms and social justice. Many people find themselves in a vulnerable situation due to the consequences of climate change and are forced to leave their region because they can no longer provide for themselves. 

Faced with this situation, the project “End Climate Change, Start Climate of Change“ was born, with the support of the DEAR program (Development education and awareness raising) of the European Commission. This ambitious project aims to find sustainable solutions and policy changes to preserve the planet for future generations, as well as to share the responsibility for the protection of the Earth fairly. We believe that change is truly about politics.

To achieve its goal, the #ClimateofChange project and campaign proposes the following actions:

• To keep global warming below 1.5°C to avoid catastrophic levels, the European Union must accelerate its climate neutrality ambitions for 2040, that is, a decade ahead of the current 2050 target. The EU must decarbonize its economy by accelerating the transition to clean and renewable energy technologies to replace fossil fuels.
• Second, the shift to a socially and ecologically just welfare economy, which places the interests of society and nature above those of business and adopts indicators that go beyond GDP: the welfare economy must abandon the current destructive fixation on constant economic and productivity growth. Instead, it must be regenerative, sustainable, democratic, equitable and caring.
• Foster local resilience and global justice by providing financial and technical support to countries affected by climate change and by developing an international protection system for climate change-induced migration. Equitable and human rights-based migration and adaptation policies would strengthen the resilience of the most vulnerable people. They will also improve well-being in communities of origin, transit and destination.
• Finally, youth are important but underrepresented actors with a stake in the present and even more so in the future. Policy makers should enable youth participation and integrate their views and vision into policy making through the creation of youth councils in the EU and in the Member States. These youth councils should acquire the status of social partners in the EU and its Member States and would be in contact with the UN Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change.

In order to make your voice heard, we invite everyone interested to sign the online petition “End Climate Change, Start Climate of Change”, whose main objective is to raise awareness of the links between climate change and migration, and the need for a welfare economy

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This petition will be handed over to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, at an event organized by the Climate of Change consortium on the occasion of the COP 27  which will take place in November 2022 in Egypt.

With your signatures, we hope to trigger the debate and put these demands on the European policy agenda.

N.B.: Your data will be shared with the European Commission to document the number of signatures supporting the petition and will not be used for any other purpose. Your data will be kept by the consortium for at least 5 years. All information will be processed in accordance with the European and national requirements of the GDPR.

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1. oktobra održan je događaj “ “Istraživanje o maloj vetruški u regionu doline Po: Rezultati kampanje “LIFE FALKON” 2018-2021”" Događaj je održan u Milanu u Ekspo sali istraživačkog prostora uConsiglio Nazionale della Ricerca" (CNR).

Događaj je bio fokusiran na predstavljanje najnovijih istraživanja sprovedenih u okviru projekta: LIFE FALKON , uključujući otvorenu debatu na kojoj se razgovaralo o postignutim rezultatima i tekućem napretku. 

Konferenciju je otvorio projektni menadžer Michelangela Morgantija (CNR), koji je učesnike upoznao sa nastankom i ciljevima projekta LIFE FALKON, a napomenuo je i učešće Fondazione Cariplo, jednog od finansijera projekta.

Jedna sesija konferencije bila je posvećena prezentaciji konzervatorskih akcija sprovedenih u okviru projekta LIFE FALKON, uključujući istraživanje i projektovanje različitih modela gnezda i kula za gnežđenje. Nakon toga su predstavljeni rezultati monitoringa efikasnosti ovih akcija.

Oktobar je bio veoma veliki mesec zaprojekat i zato što je u okviru projekta LIFE FALKON “ 22. i 23. oktobra zvanično otvoreno tri od pet kula za gnežđenje u projektnim oblastima ravnice Po. 

Prvo su otvorene dve kule Pođo Rusko (Mantova), uz učešće projekta „LIFE FALKON“, gradonačelnika Pođo Ruska, dr. Fabija Zakija i farmera koji čije su vlasništvo ovi tereni. Kule su posvećene sećanju na dve ličnosti istraživanja i očuvanja prirode: profesora Nikole Sainoao i partizanke i ekološkinje Laure Konti..

Tada je projekat „LIFE FALKON“ otvorio kulu u Mirandoli, podignutu u predivnom pejzažu banje 'Valli Mirandolesi' posvećenu ornitologu Michele Panuccio, kojom će upravljati „LIFE FALKON“ u saradnji sa organizacijama ASOER, i SOM (Stazione Ornitologica Modenese). 

Specijalni gost svečanosti bila je mala sova (Athene noctua), koja je odabrala kulu kao sklonište od hladnih zimskih dana.

[Foto: LIFE FALKON veb sajt]