The key challenge is to change the travel habits of employees of the Industrial Zone (IZ) Trata . By preparing the mobility plans and implementing the measures, we will encourage employees to switch to sustainable mobility. We will perform a state-of-the-art analysis and identify employees who have the opportunity to change their travel habits. This is also the goal of various strategies and policies at local and national level. We will prepare a set of measures and select the ones that have the greatest potential impacts on travel habits and are thus the most feasible. A significant part of the measures will be primarily aimed at providing better conditions for cycling. As part of the project, the Municipality of Škofja Loka will build the missing part of the two-way bicycle path in the eastern part of the business zone and connect the Trata industrial zone with Godešič. Participating companies will receive individual mobility plans with concrete measures to encourage employees to adopt a sustainable way of arriving at work. Each company will acquire a bicycle store, buy electric bicycles for employees and install an electric charging station for electric bicycles. The target groups are employees and management in companies, other employees in IZ Trata, the local community, decision-makers, and policymakers.
The municipality will benefit from the project include less pressure on road infrastructure, reduced emissions, lower air pollution. At the level of companies, there will be an effective recovery in parking spaces, the health of employees will improve and fluctuations will be reduced. The air quality in the IZ Trata area will improve and the traffic congestions will decrease. The sense of belonging to the company will be strengthened among the employees of the participating companies and expenses for mobility will be lowered.
Summary of bilateral results
The donor project partner for the project was CIPRA International from Liechtenstein. CIPRA has its origins in nature conservation and is firmly rooted in the Alps. The organization also focuses on social, economic and socio-political issues that are key to a sustainable future. Examples include resource management, energy and mobility, participation, gender issues and sustainable lifestyles. The project consortium benefited greatly from the organization's involvement. Firstly, all project partners had the opportunity to participate in the study visit at the beginning of the project. CIPRA international co-organized an excellent study visit program with key stakeholders and good practice examples. This experience has significantly influenced the project management and activities of the project. CIPRA International also provided the consortium with ongoing advice on the project activities and their implementation, providing an invaluable objective and broader view of the project's development.
Another advantage is that CIPRA International is the umbrella body of all national CIPRA representations, including CIPRA Slovenia, which was also a project partner. This enabled even closer collaboration and cooperation in all of the project's educational and good practice activities.
Having a donor project partner is crucial to gain a broader and more objective perspective on certain issues (which can be country-specific) and provide valuable insights into project activities and, in particular, potential solutions to identified challenges.
Bilateral cooperation between CIPRA International and CIPRA Slovenia will continue. The municipality of Škofja Loka is also very interested in learning from best practices in the field of sustainable mobility management at municipal (local) level.
Project details
Project info
Project grant
Grant financing
1070023.60€
Final project cost
1041290.38€