Centralparks was recently introduced to the Carpathian Convention Parties and stakeholders at the 10th Carpathian Convention Implementation Committee in Budapest.

The two-day Partner Meeting of Centralparks united partners in the beautiful Polish town Sanok to look back on the project first achievements and plan the next steps ahead.

The first meeting of the Thematic Transnational Task Force on the Carpathian Ecosystem Services Toolkit took place in Bratislava, uniting Carpathian experts to start their joint work on developing a Carpathian Ecosystem Services Toolkit.

Centralparks attended the Interreg Central Europe Project Implementation Training in Vienna.

The first meeting of the Thematic Transnational Task Force on local sustainable tourism development will bring together experts of the field develop a local sustainable tourism strategy for the Carpathians.

The first meeting of the Thematic Transnational Task Force on communication between protected areas and local communities will provide platform for experts to start their joint work on effective communication of biodiversity conservation and sustainable development objectives. 

On Monday, the Transnational Thematic Task Force on biodiversity and landscape conservation will start its joint three-year-long work focusing on key pressures driving biodiversity loss in the Carpathians.

The official Kick-off meeting of the Centralparks project took place on 16-17^th April in Bolzano, Italy. The expert meeting provided a platform for intense knowledge exchange through action plans, strategies and cooperation strategies that will provide guidance for the project.

WP T1 points at facilitating knowledge and experience exchange of Carpathian protected area managers and experts for the joint development of innovative approaches to integrated environmental management, and effective solutions to common territorial challenges.

WP T2 uses international cooperation and experience exchange to address and share best practices in nature conservation management. A creative approach for habitat management planning is introduced through the exchange of innovative tools and methodologies for habitat mapping and evaluation.

WP T3 aims at providing possible answers on how to deal with the “driving forces” affecting Ecosystem Services. The ESS assessment will provide comprehensive information regarding the costs and benefits of environmental management decisions. The ESS Toolkit for will be adapted to Carpathian conditions as a supporting tool for analysis.