Let’s create green
Mikołów together

The EEA Funds represent the contribution of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway
to the creation of a Green, competitive and inclusive Europe. There are two general objectives:
to reduce economic and social inequality in Europe and to strengthen bilateral relations between
donor countries and the 15 EU countries of Central and Southern Europe and the Baltic Sea area.

ABOUT THE PROJECT
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city residents will benefit from project activities

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elementary school will be covered by workshops

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new investments will be carried out in the city

ACTIONS

What steps are we taking to create
a blue-green Mikołów?

Ikona adaptacja

Adaptation activities
include:

  1. Development of green public spaces.
  2. Integrating greenery with urban infrastructure.
  3. Dissemination of blue-green solutions for stormwater management.
Ikona mitygacja

Mitigation activities
include:

  1. Promoting cycling as an alternative to cars and increasing the share of renewable energy in the municipal economy to reduce carbon emissions.
  2. Increasing the number of trees along transportation routes and in the city center, which absorb carbon dioxide from the air.
  3. Increasing the city’s biologically active area through revitalization and creation of an urban green system.

The project is a comprehensive
educational
and investment activity

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Blue-Green City

workshops, seminars, conferences and competitions, aimed at citizens

Przekierowanie do miasto

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Blue-Green School

workshops and competitions aimed at students and training for teachers

Przekierowanie do szkoła

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Blue-Green Investments

14 tasks to increase the quality and consistency of the city's blue-green infrastructure network

Przekierowanie do inwestycje
Program effect

Assumed effects of the program:

  • Increase potential for adaptation, water retention and rainwater use;
  • Reduce the risk of local flooding, heat nuisance and urban heat island effect;
  • Improving the comfort of public spaces;
  • Increasing environmental awareness and social activity of residents.
What are we fighting against?

What problems What problems are we going to solve?

Lack of road and recreational infrastructure (qualitative and quantitative) and parking spaces;

Strzałka w dół 1

Lack of a coherent BZI network, decreasing biodiversity, urban ecosystem services, and inefficient water management;

Strzałka w dół 2

Fear of costs/limitations and insecurity.

NEWS

NEWS

What is happening in the project?

Project Closing Conference – Announcement 2 photo

Project Closing Conference – Announcement 2

Regarding the closing conference of the project “Mikolow for Climate – implementation of blue-green infrastructure […]

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Enrich the multi-storey park vegetation system with native species photo

Enrich the multi-storey park vegetation system with native species

Planty Park has gained new plants, much-needed shrubs and perennials. As a result of planting […]

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Three Generations Park photo

Three Generations Park

The space was originally used primarily by residents of the surrounding developments. The first works […]

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Announcement 1 photo

Announcement 1

Regarding the closing conference of the project “Mikolow for Climate – implementation of blue-green infrastructure […]

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Revitalization of Planty Park: enrichment of species composition of bank plants photo

Revitalization of Planty Park: enrichment of species composition of bank plants

The Large Pond in Planty Park has gained not only an aerating fountain, but also […]

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Revitalization of Planty Park: restoring the retention capacity of Little Pond photo

Revitalization of Planty Park: restoring the retention capacity of Little Pond

Little Pond is one of the retention reservoirs for rainwater from the park’s surface. In […]

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Unsealing of alleys in Planty Park photo

Unsealing of alleys in Planty Park

Planty Park in Mikolow is listed in the register of monuments, protected are: This means […]

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Three mobile games! photo

Three mobile games!

Join us for three mobile games!

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Sounds of the Valley – Bicycle Mobile Game photo

Sounds of the Valley – Bicycle Mobile Game

The first 50 daredevils set off to meet the Spirit of the Forest! The release […]

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Green adventure in the Red Garden photo

Green adventure in the Red Garden

The premiere of the game took place on July 16, 2023. For 11 teams, the […]

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Study visit photo

Study visit

On June 25-27, 2023, we had the extraordinary opportunity to participate in a study visit […]

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Become the urban planner of the future! photo

Become the urban planner of the future!

The game premiered on June 17, 2023, with 36 players participating. All teams completed the […]

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Restoration of the retention capacity of the Pond in MOKRE photo

Restoration of the retention capacity of the Pond in MOKRE

In Mokre, on Zamkowa Street, there is a park created in the 19th century. The […]

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Revitalization of Planty Park: AERATING FOUNTAIN photo

Revitalization of Planty Park: AERATING FOUNTAIN

There are two retention ponds in Planty Park; installation of a floating fountain has been […]

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Contact
Iceland Liechtenstein Norway grants Mikołów ogród życia LIECHTENSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT Polska Śląski Ogród Botaniczny Wojewódzki Fundusz Ochrony Środowiska i Gospodarki Wodnej w Katowicach Ministerstwo Klimatu i Środowiska Mikołów dla klimatu

Projekt finansowany jest z środków MF EOG na lata 2014-2021. Dofinansowany z środków WFOŚiGW w Katowicach.