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🌿 Peri-Urban Planning: A Strategic Tool to reduce CO₂ Emissions Peri-urban areas (the transition zones between rural and urban) play a critical but often overlooked role in tackling climate change. As urban boundaries expand, these spaces become key to designing climate-resilient and low-carbon territories. 🏞️ How can peri-urban planning help reduce…

IGEA is proud to have successfully realized the first activity of the PeriNext Project in Bursa, Türkiye together with experts, local stakeholders, and community representatives. This inaugural workshop served as a platform to identify and discuss the key challenges of peri-urban areas, addressing issues such as mobility, energy use, green…

🌱 Shaping Climate-Neutral Futures in Peri-Urban Areas 🌍 On the 16th and 17th of June, Valongo Municipality implemented the PeriNext Brainstorm Workshop, held in Valongo, Portugal, focused on the transition to climate neutrality in peri-urban areas. Over two days of rich discussion and collaboration, Valongo brought together diverse perspectives across 6 interactive…

As part of the PeriNEXT project, we are launching the Discover Today Brainstorm Workshop series across our partner countries: 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇧🇪 Belgium, and 🇹🇷 Türkiye. These interactive workshops bring together VET professionals, urban planners, environmental and energy engineers, mobility experts and local community representatives to collaboratively explore the current challenges and…

We’re proud to announce that the PeriNEXT project website is now online, your gateway to all things related to climate-neutral transformation in Europe’s peri-urban areas! 🌐 ➡️ https://perinext.eu 💡 What will you find? ✔️ Project goals and vision ✔️ Key activities and partners ✔️ Upcoming workshops and events ✔️ Public deliverables…

PeriNEXT project is Funded by Erasmus+ KA210-VET Program, unites partners from 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇧🇪 Belgium, and 🇹🇷 Türkiye to empower VET professionals in shaping sustainable, climate-resilient peri-urban futures. 🌿🏙️ Meet the PeriNEXT partners! Município de Valongo – https://www.cm-valongo.pt SDSN – Sustainable Development Studies Network –http://www.sdsnetwork.org IGEA Innovation Entrepreneurship Education and…