Centre for International Trade
The Centre for International Trade project provides for foreign trade missions. It also offers local enterprises, especially SME’s, professional services in terms of information, assistance, education, consultations and presentation, thus helping them enhance their export potential and chance to succeed competitively both in the EU and globally.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the Strategic Development and Cooperation Department at smartcityinfo@brno.cz.
More information: www.rhkbrno.cz (in Czech only)
Functional Areas in the EU
The Functional Areas in the EU project is supported by the European Commission and World Bank. The project focuses on the support to functional areas in the EU by enhancing their capacity for cross sectoral cooperation, planning, project implementation and more efficient and sustainable development. Between May 2022 and autumn of 2023, the participating functional areas will receive a targeted methodological and technical support to address their key challenges in the areas of strategic management and development. The project involves nine metropolitan areas from Europe. Its main objective is to enhance the capacity of participating functional areas to plan and finance investments and services across jurisdictional boundaries for sustainable development.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the Strategic Development and Cooperation Department at smartcityinfo@brno.cz.
More information: functionalareas.eu and metropolitni.brno.cz
MECOG-CE
The MECOG-CE project is aimed at strengthening metropolitan cooperation and governance in Central Europe and was supported by the Interreg Central Europe programme.
The City of Brno is the main lead partner of the project, which aims to identify the best tools, procedures and examples of good practice for strengthening metropolitan cooperation and governance. The project brings together six European metropolitan areas, two universities, a metropolitan research institute, and other organizations. The main objective of the cooperation between the partners is to develop a Strategy for Strengthening Metropolitan Cooperation and Governance in Central Europe, to develop action plans for the individual partner cities, to test selected tools and methods in practice and to develop a generally transferable methodology for strengthening metropolitan cooperation and governance, which will then be shared with other cities.
The project started on 1 April 2023 and will run for 36 months.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Strategic Development and Cooperation Department at mecog@brno.cz.
More information: www.interreg-central.eu/.../mecog-ce and metropolitni.brno.cz.
SCHOOLHOODS
The SCHOOLHOODS (schools as the focal point of an integrated planning approach for 15-minute neighbourhoods and a green urban mobility transition) project focuses on school mobility and public spaces in the neighbourhoods of schools. Parents often bring the pupils to school by car, which brings about a number of negative consequences – increased traffic around the school, pupils’ insufficient physical movement or limited learning about how to navigate traffic. Suitable adjustments in the neighbourhood of schools and educational activities can help increase the number of pupils who will go to school by foot, bike, scooter or public transport.
With the help of exchange of knowledge and experience, the project aims to create an action plan of school mobility that will be ready for implementation and provide appropriate solutions and adjustments of the schools’ 15-minute neighbourhoods. The project implementation will take place on two levels; the first is that of integrated planning and management on a consortium level, while the second relates to local activities implemented by URBACT Local Groups in which local stakeholders are involved. The project implementation will support towns and cities in their transition towards green school urban mobility via integrated action plans and exchange of knowledge and experience within the project consortium.
The SCHOOLHOODS project is supported by the URBACT IV programme.
If you have any questions, please contact the Transportation Department at valtrkneslova.pavla@brno.cz.
More information: urbact.eu/networks/schoolhoods or here (pdf, 96 KB)