The starting point of the project is the unsatisfactory state of sustainable mobility in Slovakia, especially in some specific regions, caused by insufficient support for the development of sustainable mobility, especially pedestrian and bicycle transport. The project aims to defend public interests in the field of sustainable mobility, the aim will be achieved by advocacy at national and local level in combination with educational and awareness-raising activities. The Cyclo-Coalition project has many years of experience with all the above-mentioned activities. Advocacy at national level will be conducted within the project and will have a significant impact on improving the situation. In the near future, it is possible to expect the preparation of a new National Strategy for the Development of Bicycle Transport and Cycling, as the one adopted by the government in 2013 works with the period until 2020. As it is an important strategic document, Cycloation will be playing active role by initiating its preparation in a set or more modern form (a more comprehensive strategy for urban or active mobility). Equally important, however, is advocacy at the local level, in which the Cyclo-Coalition will continue its long-term activities in commenting on local strategic documents, commenting on specific projects through involvement in EIA, construction or territorial proceedings, while secondarily emphasis will be placed on in the performance of its duties in relation to civil society. Several educational and awareness rainisng activities will be organised. The biggest event will be the conference Cyklomestá. The Conference has become the largest event of its kind in our country, supplemented by another professional seminar, which will bring space for sharing the best examples of good practice from home and abroad. The role of the project partner, the experts of the city of Reykjavík, is especially important here.
Summary of bilateral results
From our point of view, cooperation with a partner has greatly increased the quality of the entire project, both by presenting experiences and examples of good practice to the professional public, by building our organization's capacity in internal training and online consultations, but also by increasing professional and lay interest in the topic. public. Unfortunately, the expectations from the cooperation were not fully met due to the coronavirus pandemic, which prevented the planned joint activities in Slovakia and in the donor country, and communication could only take place online. Without a pandemic, cooperation would bring significantly better results.
Nevertheless, the cooperation was beneficial for the project and our organization. From the feedback provided by the partner, we conclude that the cooperation was also beneficial for the partner, who gained new expertise and also contacts to organizations or individuals in Slovakia.
In terms of continuation, bilateral cooperation can be assessed as extremely successful. Thanks to our project, the partner organization became a partner of two Slovak schools in two other projects focused on school mobility within the ClimaEd call, which will be launched in early 2021. Our organization communicates with the partner after the project and cooperation in the future is likely.
Project details
Project info
Project grant
Grant financing
71283.00€
Final project cost
76704.98€