European movility week October

 

Newsletter, October 2024

It’s time to apply for the EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK & MOBILITYACTION awards Get your applications in now for the 2024 MOBILITYAWARDs! As ever, the European Commission’s annual EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK and MOBILITYACTION awards look to shine a light on local authorities and organisations which have shown a determined commitment to sustainable urban mobility. Applications are open until 31 October 2024. Make sure not to miss the deadline so that your efforts throughout this year's campaign period can be duly recognised. All relevant information on the award applications and eligibility criteria can be found on the EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK website. Award finalists will be announced in early 2025, with the winners being announced and crowned during an award ceremony later in the spring.     Apply for the EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK award here. Apply for the MOBILITYACTION award here. Eight Ukrainian cities and towns participate in EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2024 Image: School excursion in Uzhhorod / Uzhhorod City Council Despite Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, eight cities and towns across Ukraine participated in EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK in 2024. During this year's campaign week, awareness-raising activities in Ukraine ranged from pedestrianising streets and roller skating competitions, to a school bus excursion to the local municipal transport company to motivate pupils to use more public transport. Read more about Ukraine's participation here. CIVITAS Forum 2024 inspires a mobility renaissance Image: EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK Coordinator Juan Caballero (EUROCITIES) Inclusion, collaboration, resilience and connectedness. These were just some of the key themes at this year's CIVITAS Forum, the flagship sustainable mobility conference of the CIVITAS Initiative hosted by the City of Parma between 1-3 October. EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK was also represented at the event in the exhibition area by Coordinator Juan Caballero. There he joined forces with 400+ sustainable mobility policymakers, practitioners, planners, academics and more to share knowledge and collaborate towards greener, safer and more sustainable ways of moving. To find out more about the event, read more here. The City of Parma commits to EU Cycling Declaration implementation Image: Isabelle Vandoorne (European Commission) & Gianluca Borghi (Deputy Mayor of Parma) / Comune di Parma The City of Parma has committed to implementing the EU Cycling Declaration. The Letter of Commitment, signed by Gianluca Borghi, Parma Deputy Mayor for Environmental Sustainability, Energy and Mobility, during the closing plenary of the CIVITAS Forum 2024, outlines Parma's plans to set the wheels in motion for other cities to follow suit in implementing the European Declaration on Cycling. As Gianluca Borghi, Parma Deputy Mayor for Environmental Sustainability, Energy and Mobility, noted during the Declaration’s presentation, “As cities across Europe work to achieve climate neutrality and improve quality of life, it is imperative that cycling remains a priority in EU sustainable mobility strategies.” Read more about the Parma Letter of Commitment here. We bid farewell to this year’s theme ‘Shared public space’ It’s time to say goodbye to this year's theme: ‘Shared Public Space’. The EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2024 theme kicked off enthusiastically with the campaign video and the campaign week launch video, underlining the benefits that public space brings to society when each individual contributes in a respectful way to one another, and showing that 'public space belongs to everyone'. To revisit the topic, read the thematic factsheets here.

Feedback? Questions? Let us know: mobilityweek@iclei.org. EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK is the European Commission’s flagship campaign on sustainable urban mobility, with around 3,000 towns and cities joining each year from 16-22 September www.mobilityweek.eu.   Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.