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2025-11-19

PROJECT MEETING IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC- EURECA

The final meeting of the EURECA (European Academy of Urban Ecology) project participants took place from 27 to 31 October in the Czech town - Chrudim. The organizer was the project partner Spolek absolventů a přátel zemědělské školy v Chrudimi z.s. The coordination meeting assessed the phases of the project implementation and prepared its final part, as two-year lasted project ends in December 2025. This meeting included several guided tours with examples of best ecological practices and environmental sustainability in Chrudim and the surrounding area. The first demonstration vist was the restoration of the steppe in the Chrudim region between the municipalities of Libanice and Honbice, where the key factor for the restoration of flowering steppes is the return of grazing. In this case, Poitou donkeys were chosen. Other visits were the care of the city park and the revitalization of the small watercoutse near the city theater. The Agricultural Society in Ostřetín was also visited, where the principles of local dairy cattle breeding and the associated production and use of biogas as a self-sufficient source of energy and heat used for heating the company's buildings and surrounding businesses were explained to us. The lecture on the principles and, above all, the goals of the "Healthy City of Chrudim" project accrued great interest and many questions. The EURECA project is primarily focused on adult education and case studies of examples of good practice, that can be used in everyday life for the general public, were prepared as educational mate-rials. For this reason, the program also included a visit to a private property in the village of Topol, where the participants were explained how rainwater is collected and reused in gardens, as well as the function of a root treatment plant in a small garden like. As a bonus, a demonstration of biological protection of agricultural crops by using trained hunting birds of prey was organized for the meeting participants. In the Czech Republic, falconry was inscribed on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List in 2010. More information about the project and freely accessible educational materials can be found on the project website https://www.eurecaedu.eu/

EURECA evolves with pilot phase

The EURECA course has already been tested, until the end of July 2025, in 29 face-to-face sessions held in the five partner countries, bringing together 389 people who totalled 864.5 hours of experimentation. These presentation sessions and practical access to the e-learning course aim to gather opinions from a wide range of adults, from young university students to older and retired people, in order to obtain critical information that will enable improvements to be made and details to be adjusted in the modules and learning materials. The critical assessment requested from participants focuses primarily on eight aspects: ● Clarity and comprehension of the content ● Learning and novelty ● Understanding difficulties ● Relevance of the content ● Practical application of knowledge ● Motivation to continue the course ● Attention and engagement ● Suggestions for improvement ● Promotion and engagement of other participants These sessions are also a way of raising people's awareness and knowledge of urban ecology and environmental issues in general, and of contributing to the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. They can also be a multiplier training action, as was the case in Poland, where the partner SocLab trained people who subsequently held training sessions in various locations and contexts.

More and more people are using the EURECA platform

The web statistics for the EURECA show a clear upward trend in its use, with two significant milestones in the increase in the number of visits: • In March 2024, the uploading of good practices marked a turning point, with visits jumping from 1,112 in February to 4,353 in March. This jump reflects growing interest from users seeking practical and applicable ecological strategies. This trend continued in the following months, with a steady increase in traffic. By May 2024, visits exceeded 11,000, demonstrating sustained interest, likely due to dissemination efforts and word-of-mouth among stakeholders. • The second milestone occurred in March 2025, coinciding with the publication of the training material in all partner languages. Visits surged from 11,551 in February to an impressive 32,373 in March 2025, confirming the importance of multilingual access to resources. The months that followed retained high engagement levels, suggesting the training offer has a lasting impact. These statistics highlight the EURECA platform’s role as a growing reference point in urban ecology education. The publishing of practical and multilingual resources has proven key to attracting and retaining visitors. Good Practices statistics Good Practices have become one of the results most valued by users, given the high volume of online visits. They include examples of real environmental and urban ecology actions in all the countries of the consortium. In total, they have been consulted 3679 times in all languages. The most visited Good Practices by language were: • Renewable energy cooperative (EN) 180 visits • Revitalizace vodního toku Bukovka v Živanicích (CZ) 160 visits • Stabilimenti dell'acqua e piano generale di drenaggio di Lisbona (IT) 54 visits • Fábricas de Água e o Plano Geral de Drenagem de Lisboa (PT) 53 visits • Fábricas de agua y Plan Director de Drenaje de Lisboa (LDMP) (ES) 40 visits) • Caffè dell'orto - Kawa w ogrodzie (PL) 23 visits Training statistics One of the main objectives of the EURECA project is to develop an educational corpus on urban ecology aimed at the general population and specifically at adults without specific training or knowledge on the subject. To achieve this objective, five training modules were developed and translated into five languages: • Cities for People • Green City • Less energy, better future • Waste management • Water management Users have very well received the e-learning course, as evidenced by the visit statistics. Until the end of July, 855 access to course modules have been registered. 180 courses have been completed 100% in one session, and based on the number of visits, we can estimate that at least another 200 courses have been completed in two or more sessions. All statistical indicators related to the results of the EURECA project are far exceeding expectations, which is evidence of the interest that the project and its results are receiving from audiences across Europe.