The American University of Armenia (AUA) Acopian Center for the Environment and the Embassy of Sweden in Yerevan are organizing a workshop and an exhibition titled “Nordic Solutions for Sustainable Cities” on April 9, 2019, at AUA, with financial support from the Swedish Institute.
The event aims to generate discussions in Yerevan and other regions of Armenia on urban environmental and social sustainability by showcasing innovations in urban planning and smart technologies in Nordic cities.
During workshop experts from three Nordic countries will share their experiences on urban mobility, road safety and air quality:
– Bicycle Urbanism and the Cycling History of Copenhagen (Denmark/Copenhagenize)
– Getting There in One Piece: Samples of How to Tackle Road Safety (Sweden/ SweRoad)
– New Air Quality Monitoring Techniques: Their Potential for Use in Local Air Quality Management (Finland/Vaisala Oyj)
The workshop starts with talks by the First Deputy Mayor of Yerevan, the Head of the Urban Development Committee, the ambassadors of Sweden and Finland, and a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, the Director of the AUA Acopian Center for the Environment and the Resident Representative for UNDP Armenia.
English and Armenian simultaneous translation will be available.
Date: April 9, 2019
Venue: Manoogian Hall, American University of Armenia
Overall Objective: To generate discussion in Yerevan and Armenia on urban environmental and social sustainability by showcasing and discussing innovations in urban planning and smart technologies in Nordic cities.
|09։00 – 09։30||Registration & Coffee|
|09։30 – 10:15||Opening
|10:15 – 11:00||Reception and Exhibition Opening|
|11։00 – 12։00||“Bicycle Urbanism and the Cycling History of Copenhagen”, Workshop by Mr. Morten Kabell, CEO of Copenhagenize, Former Mayor of Copenhagen for Urban Planning, Transport and Environment (Denmark)|
|12։00 – 13։00||Lunch Break|
|13։00 – 14։00||“Getting There in One Piece: Samples of How to Tackle Road Safety”, Workshop by Ms. Lovisa Näswall, Urbanist, Partner at SweRoad/Treeline, Engineering and Management Consulting Company Delivering Infrastructure Solutions (Sweden)|
|14։00 – 14։30||Coffee Break|
|14։30 – 15։30||“New Air Quality Monitoring Techniques – Their Potential for Use in Local Air Quality Management”, Workshop by Mrs. Hannamari Jaakkola and Mr. Dmitri Kramarenko, Representatives of Vaisala, an Organization Conducting Environmental and Industrial Measurements (Finland)|
The exhibition consists of 6 sections:
The Swedish section shows the results of combining digital solutions with environmental and resource management innovations to create cities that enable people to live in greater harmony with nature.
The Danish section demonstrates the different stages of Copenhagen’s transportation and urban evolution and how they have affected the growth of the cycling culture in the city.
Norway’s capital Oslo marked the start of this year as the European Green Capital 2019 and will act as an ambassador for sustainable urban development. Norwegian part of the exhibition demonstrates some of the key features of Oslo that make this city so unique.
The Icelandic section demonstrates the use of an online participatory network that brings people together to debate and prioritizes innovative ideas for improving their communities.
Finnish part demonstrates an example of how sustainable and dense urban districts are developed in a brownfield area near a city center. The structure plan offers examples of how to create a city district that is sustainable from both an ecological and social perspective, as well as offers solutions to air pollution.