CIVITAS PARK4SUMP Workshop

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“Parking Space Management as game changer for sustainable urban mobilty planning”

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Civinet Greece-Cyprus is pleased to invite you to the CIVITAS Workshop which will take place on Wednesday, May 4th 2022 10:00a.m., in Athens at the OTEAcademy premises.

In this Workshop arguments and principles are presented and discussed to strengthen the position of planners, politicians, decision makers and multipliers such as journalists in the process of taking what may be, at first glance, unpopular, but in fact rational and sustainable decisions to manage on- and off-street parking.

Why to attend

Based upon the findings of the EU-project Park4SUMP principles and arguments for parking management in cities and the very best parking management examples will be shown to demonstrate benefits of strategically and smartly managed parking. Parking is therefore uplifted from a purely operational task to a more strategical one which provides an enormous potential to change behaviour and contributes to a climate change mitigation strategy in cities. Different aspects are tackled which reach from policy formulation to innovative operation of parking to information, awareness raising and promotion and to enforcement strategies. The session will be interactive with hands-on planning aspects.

This training delivered by CIVINET Greece-Cyprus in co-operation with the EU-funded project Park4SUMP by the trainers Robert Pressl and Claus Köllinger.

Make your registration for the Workshop by filling this form!

Useful information

  • In order to participate in the Workshop, a good knowledge of English is required, as no interpretation will be provided.
  • The Workshop will take place live at the OTEAcademy premises according to COVID-19 health and safety protocols.
  • Participation is free. In case of exceeding the maximum limit of participants, priority will be given to the subscriber members of CIVINET Greece-Cyprus.
  • OTEAcademy facilities include free parking for 200 vehicles.

Agenda

You can find the draft agenda here.

Robert Pressl

For 27 years Robert Pressl coordinated and participated in a number of European projects – e.g. coordinator of Eltis (2007-2013), (2017 – ongoing), Park4SUMP, SUMP PLUS, PORTAL, ACTIVE ACCESS, ENDURANCE, PUSH&PULL; COMPETENCE and TRANSPORT LEARNING. For the finalized SUMP promotion project PROSPERITY he was the coordinator. The project’s main aim was to promote SUMP in several countries via the establishment of SUMP supporting structures and programs. In addition Robert writes articles and handbooks, works as a trainer for authorities and consultants and gives classes for employees of municipalities and energy agencies. Recently, Robert has been working on the parking policy for the Azerbaijan Capital, Baku.

Claus Köllinger

Claus Köllinger is active in the world of sustainable mobility since more than 15 years. He dedicated main parts of his work on SUMPs in the URBACT project CityMobilNet, on the central position of modal choices done once we leave our flats and houses, on promoting cycling as a lifelong approach to move around in our municipalities and cities and on optimizing companies’ mobility plans for employees, business trips and fleets. Claus looks back at a rich experience as a trainer forming part of the Transport Learning team and is leading the training package of the current ELTIS contract. Recently, Claus serves as Led Expert to the URBACT network Space4People striving to optimize public space use from the transport perspective. He was a team member for recent studies and evaluations connected to the EC’s TEN-T Regulation and the optimization of sustainable access to Europe’s airports forming part of the TEN-T network.

Make your registration for the Workshop by filling this form!