Conference presenting concept of LIFE IP for Malopolska

On 11th of February at Marshal’s Office was held a conference presenting concept of LIFE Integrated Project for Malopolska. The conference had a scientific debate with the participation of representatives of Krakow universities: Jagiellonian University, the University of Agriculture, Cracow University of Technology and the University of Science and Technology, as well as international guests: representatives of Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic, Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute and VITO NV from Belgium – the largest research organization in Belgium in field of air quality.

The meeting was attended by Wojciech Kozak – Deputy Marshal of the Malopolska Region, who listened to the comments and proposals and received numerous compliments from the scientific community for taking important effort to improve air quality in Malopolska.

Concept of LIFE IP for Malopolska Region (in Polish)

Marshal’s Office of the Małopolska Region organized workshop with international partners of LIFE IP project: Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute, Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic and VITO NV (Belgium).

At the meeting were agreed details of preparation of common emission database and air quality modeling in Małopolska, Slovakia and Czech Republic.

Concept of LIFE IP for Malopolska Region

On Monday 9th of February Stijn Janssen, who directs the modeling team at VITO (Belgium), presented the experience of preparation of this type of model for other cities: Antwerp, Glasgow and Graz.

The use of high resolution modeling to evaluate the effects of different scenarios to reduce emissions from transport in Krakow is planned as part of LIFE Integrated Project on implementing Air Quality Plan in Małopolska Region.

At the second meeting of LIFE IP partners, we summarized information about the concept of Ecomanagers, planned expenditure and key elements of the Excellence center to support the activities of Ecomanagers in municipalities.
The second part of the workshop was dedicated to the concept of media campaigns and educational activities, which are planned as part of the LIFE Integrated Project.

Excellence Centre for Ecomanagers (in Polish)

Media campaign in LIFE project (in Polish)