Upcoming: RESTORIVER Final Conference "Climate resilience in urban areas"

RESTORIVER Final Conference

Climate resilience in urban areas

9 June 2026 | Ruse, Bulgaria

Venue: Grand Hotel Riga, 22 Pridunavski Blvd., 7000 Ruse, Bulgaria

Online connection is possible for guests until lunch through this link

AGENDA

 

08:30 – 09:00    Registration and welcome coffee

09:00 – 10:00    Opening session – Translation from English to Bulgarian will be available

Presentation of the agenda and conference objectives – moderator TBC

Welcome address by host city – Ruse Municipality

Welcome address by Associated Strategic Partner - Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water

Welcome address by Lead Partner – Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds

Opening remarks from the Danube Region Programme – Gusztáv Csomor, senior priority officer

10:00 – 10:05    Technical break – Press interviews are conducted in another room parallel to the conference

The RESTORIVER journey – The language of the session is English                          

10:05 – 10:20    Introduction to the RESTORIVER project - Svilen Cheshmedjiev, Project coordinator BSPB

10:20 – 11:15    RESTORIVER StoryMap – Nature-based water retention solutions — field pilot experiences from the Danube Region - Szilvia Ádám – WWF Hungary and pilot coordinators

11:15 – 11:30    Q&A

11:30 – 12:00    Coffee break

12:00 – 12:10    Taking results forward — practical and policy steps and recommendations: the RESTORIVER Takeup Strategy - Balázs Horváth, external expert

12:10 – 12:55    Panel discussion with external professionals

Moderator: TBC

12:55 – 13:15    Q&A

13:15 – 13:30    Closing remarks – The language of the session is English

Moderator: TBC

13:30 – 14:30    Lunch

Afternoon programme – Field trip

14:30 – 17:30    Visit to the Rusenski Lom Nature Park

https: //rusenski-lom.bg/  

Evening programme

19:00                  Conference dinner at Complex “Seven Generations”, village Mechka

Transport from Ruse to Mechka and back will be organised

12/05/2026

By Pinija Poljaković

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