Twining Town EU / TURKEY research project approved for Financing

The research project – BiomaterialKIT – Practical and pedagogical experiment for more sustainable consumption was approved for financing by EU and Turkey commission. The Consortium is lead by Portimão Municipality, together with TRIE / ISMAT, Izmir University of Economics and Bayrakly Municipality in Turkey.

The TRIE Team is lead by Susana Leonor together with the TRIE researchers: Américo Mateus and Gabriel Patrocinio.

The 6 project expects results are:

1. Developing local strategies, plans, roadmaps regarding climate change and sustainable development; We will support our co-partner Bayrakli Municipality to create their own road map related to climate change by the year 2024;
2. Developing and/or implementing technology and innovative tools for climate change adaptation: the physical and immaterial deliverables (mobileLab, toolkits and community public place);
3. Creating networks and platforms for exchange of best practices related to climate and environment; via a deep relation between Portimão’s and Bayrakli’s implementations and teams’ mobility;
4. Actions targeting public awareness on climate change and environment focusing on different groups of the community;
5. We will have trainings with 200 students (100 from each country) and increase their capacity about global warming;
6. Raising awareness on the urgency and importance of adapting to climate change. Besides students we will also work with their families and their teachers reaching out to different groups in the community increasing their awareness about climate change.

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