Tartu, Rezekne, Pskov: Green Management for Urban Development & Planning in EE-LV-RU Border Capitals

Programme 2007 - 2013 Estonia-Latvia-Russia ENPI CBC

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

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Description (EN):

Project addresses cross border dimension of sustainable management of green areas (GA) in most populated cities in EE-LV-RU border area: Tartu, Rezekne, Pskov. GA are green landscapes, incl. natural and artificial ones, inside cities. It’s an integral part of urban districts playing a vital role in preservation of natural environment & providing daily communication between human and nature. The overall objective is to make the cities in EE-LV-RU border area more green & attractive place for both their inhabitants & visitors as a result of effective & consistent "green management" policies. One of the most crucial factors to make "wider EE-LV-RU border area more attractive place for its inhabitants" is sufficient & attractive green coverage in the cities. Green areas are the only way for many people, especially for children, elderly people, people with impaired mobility to experience nature, & the project is happy to contribute to this objective. Specific objective 1. To boost the of effective management system of urban green areas in Tartu, Rezekne & Pskov as biggest cities in Estonia-Latvia-Russia border area, on a base of practical, dynamic and sustainable cooperation between municipal, academic & non-state actors. 2. To create new large-scale & important green areas and to restore / heal the existing ones in Tartu, Rezekne & Pskov as well as to develop appropriate technical documentation & strategic visions for future urban green territories. 3. To contribute to the joint vision and share experiences and to facilitate networking between urban actors dealing with & involved in urban green management in Estonia-Latvia-Russia border area, hence to substantially increase the effectiveness of local measures & to establish lasting cross-border cooperative platform for the long run. The project has 2-side cross-border impact. It substantially invests in urban green areas of the biggest cities of EE-LV-RU border area, hence improving environment status of the whole area, making urban ecosystems more sustainable and, to the broader extent, directly contributing to specific objective of the Programme. From another side, the only way to effectively & efficiently implement such kind of project is territorial cooperation approach when different and remote local actors can get together & to learn from each other considering local problems in more general extent. The project fully corresponds to the Priority 2 / Measure 2.1. of the Programme & operates within the directions of "environmental studies & management" as well as "planning & improvement of small scale environmental infrastructure". Within the project the inventory of urban green will be carried out, urban green management systems will be prepared, not less than 15 ha of urban green areas will be restored and planning documents for future GA will be developed, a comprehensive capacity building programme will be introduced for target groups – urban green management actors.

Achievements (EN):

1) 4 sets of technical documents for the creation and restoration of green areas are produced: • Tartu – “Reconstruction of the Mathiesen Park” • Pskov – “Restoration of the Botanic Garden” • Rezekne City – “Reconstruction of North Industrial Zone Park” • Rezekne Municipality – “Development of Greivuli Recreation Path”; 2) 4 large-scale urban green areas are created: • the Arboretum (Dendropark) in the center of Pskov is restored (5 ha); • the Friendship Alley in the center of Tartu is created (1 ha); • an eco-friendly Children’s Recreation Area in Raina Park in Rezekne City is reconstructed (0.6 ha); • the Ancupani Forest Park Cover in Rezekne Local Municipality is improved (9.48 ha); 3) More than 3000 trees in Rezekne and in Pskov were inventoried and summarised; 4) Trainings, workshops and seminars on Green Management, are held within the project; 5) 2 electronic urban green management and information systems (databases) for Rezekne City Council and Pskov City are developed and 1 Tartu’s green management system is updated; 6) Raised awareness and increased competence among urban planning specialists, municipalities officers, students mainly from Tartu, Rezekne and Pskov about Urban Greenery via organised information activities and due to the preparation of the Manual report “How to Manage Urban Green Areas”; 7) Enhanced attractiveness of the cities in the Estonian, Latvian and Russian border areas for their residents and visitors due to increased greenery and created green areas; 8) Strengthened co-operation of NGOs with local and regional authorities from Tartu, Rezekne and Pskov in the field of urban development and spatial planning, green management; 9) A number of press-releases, interviews, video-clips and other information materials are published on the project activities; 10) The creation of small green areas: the Rozarium of Partner Cities and the Natural Trail in the center of Tartu

Website: http://www.estlatrus.eu/

Expected Results (EN):

GreenMan improving environment status of the whole area, making urban ecosystems more sustainable and, to the broader extent. Project establish the joint vision and share experiences and to facilitate networking between urban actors dealing with and involved in urban green management in Est-Lat-Rus border area.

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Urban development Sustainable management of natural resources

Partners (9)

Lead Partner: NGO "Lake Peipsi Project, Pskov"

Address: Yana Fabritsiusa 2a, 180017 Pskov, Russia

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Latvian Office of Euroregion "Country of Lakes"

Name: Latvian Office of Euroregion "Country of Lakes"

Address: Brivibas 13, LV-5601 Kraslava, Latvia

Legal status: n/a

Daugavpils Universitāte

Name: Daugavpils Universitāte

Address: Vienības 13, LV-5400 Daugavpils, Latvia

Legal status: n/a

Rezekne Local Municipality

Name: Rezekne Local Municipality

Address: Atbrīvošanas aleja 95, LV-4601 Rezekne, Latvia

Legal status: n/a

Pskov State Pedagogical University

Name: Pskov State Pedagogical University

Address: Ploshchad' Lenina 2, 180760 Pskov, Russia

Legal status: n/a

Administration of Pskov City / Department of Urban Services

Name: Administration of Pskov City / Department of Urban Services

Address: Oktyabrsky 26, 180017 Pskov, Russia

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Peipsi Koostöö Keskus

Name: Peipsi Koostöö Keskus

Address: Puiestee 71A, 51009 Tartu, Estonia

Legal status: n/a

Tartu City Government

Name: Tartu City Government

Address: Raekoda, 50089 Tartu, Estonia

Legal status: n/a

Estonian University of Life Sciences

Name: Estonian University of Life Sciences

Address: Kreuzwaldi 1, 51014 Tartu, Estonia

Legal status: n/a

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Latvian Office of Euroregion "Country of Lakes"

Tartu, Rezekne, Pskov: Green Management for Urban Development & Planning in EE-LV-RU Border Capitals

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Daugavpils University

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Rezekne Local Municipality

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Pskov State Pedagogical University

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Administration of Pskov City / Department of Urban Services

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NGO "Lake Peipsi Project, Pskov"

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Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation

Tartu, Rezekne, Pskov: Green Management for Urban Development & Planning in EE-LV-RU Border Capitals

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Tartu City Government

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Estonian University of Life Sciences

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Summary

Project name (EN): Tartu, Rezekne, Pskov: Green Management for Urban Development & Planning in EE-LV-RU Border Capitals

Project acronym: GreenMan

Project start date: 2012-05-01

Project end date: 2014-04-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 948 194.78

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 753 375.30

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2007 - 2013 Estonia-Latvia-Russia ENPI CBC

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237 / 237 (100%)

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