19/11/2018 Project co-funded by European Union (ERDF, IPA, ENI)

Management and utilization of natural heritage in urban forest

Key information

PROJECT TITLE: Management and Utilization of Urban Forests as Natural Heritage in Danube Cities

PROJECT ACRONYM: URBforDAN

TOTAL PROJECT VALUE: 2.788.566,61 €

NO. OF PARTNERS: 1 LP, 11 PP, 4 ASP

PROJECT DURATION: June 2018 – November 2020

URBforDAN Project Partnership

PARTNER CITY & COUNTRY

1. City of Ljubljana, Slovenia

2. Municipality of Budapest, Hungary

3. City of Cluj - Napoca, Romania

4. City of Vienna, Austria

5. City of Zagreb, Croatia

6. City of Belgrade, Serbia

7. City of Ivano Frankivsk, Ukraine

ZAGREB

BELGRADE

CLUJ-NAPOCA

IVANO-FRANKIVSK

BUDAPEST

VIENNA

SARAJEVO

LJUBLJANA

PRAGUE

PODGORICA

URBforDAN objectives and results

URBforDAN main objectives

• Improved management of Urban and Peri-urban Forests (UPF) in 7 Danube cities

• Inclusion of stakeholders in decision making processes

• Preserving and promoting Natural Heritage in Danube cities

Results

• Established URBforDAN Danube Network

• Integrated Multi-use Management Plans for 7 cities

• Improved conditions for visitors of UPF in 7 cities (presentation, recreation, education, etc.)

• Developed UPF Management Models & Tools

• UPF Participatory Planning & Management Guidelines

URBforDAN objectives and results

URBforDAN Project Concept

WP 1 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT

WP 3 – PARTICIPATORY

APROACH

Improved

communication

between UPF Owners,

Managers and Users

WP 4 – UPF MANAGEMENT

PLANS

Participatory

development of 7

Integrated Multi-use

Management Plans (IMMP)

WP 5 – UTILIZATION OF

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

(ES) IN UPF

Actions for promotion

of multipurpose use of

UPF

WP 2 – COMMUNICATION & DISSEMINATION