The URBIO BAUHAUS project continued its collaborative work with a two-day partner meeting held in the middle of June from 16th until 17th, in Kranj, Slovenia. Hosted at the Kovačnica coworking space, the event brought together key project partners to advance strategies for urban biodiversity and regenerative spatial planning within the New European Bauhaus framework.
From the European Project Center at Hochschule Wismar, Prof. Dr. Gunnar Prause, Dr. Laima Gerlitz, and Dr. Monika Klein took part in focused workshops and discussions. Their contributions were central to developing circular economy interventions and refining the Biodiversity Compass—a digital tool that extends the New European Bauhaus Compass to better integrate biodiversity considerations into urban planning.
The meeting also featured presentations on best practices, updates on related Interreg Europe projects, and a field visit to the River Kokra canyon, highlighting the connection between local action and transnational collaboration.
The loss of biodiversity due to climate change is enormous, also in urban areas. To counter this negative development, the URBIO BAUHAUS project protects and boosts urban biodiversity by combining aesthetic design, citizen participation, and science. With this holistic approach, the project innovatively integrates “New European Bauhaus” principles to develop urban biodiversity solutions. The partners create and test biodiverse islands to preserve keystone species together with affected citizens and deliver a transnational policy master plan for further fostering long-term collaborations between science, policy makers, and locals.