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The final workshop of the project “Enhancing Connectivity Along the Balkan Green Belt” took place end of 2023 in Rrajcë, Albania. The workshop was an opportunity for project participants to exchange on challenges and achievements and develop ideas for future intensification of cross-border cooperation in the pilot area of Jablanica-Shebenik.

In the frame of BESTbelt, an intensive training on the implementation of European Green Belt Youth Work Camps will take place in February 2024.

Drinking traditional mushroom tea in a yurt in Latvia, seeing history with one’s own eyes by visiting old remnants of submarines and war infrastructure in small peaceful villages at the Estonian coast, following the tracks of the elusive lynx in the German Bavarian Forest national park or learning about field research on pollinator diversity in Serbia.

Engaged citizens, Biology teachers, eco-friendly tour companies and environmentalists gathered at “The Terziev House'' in Topolovgrad, Bulgaria, to learn more about the importance of micro wetlands for biodiversity and community well-being in their local areas, which are part of the European Green Belt.

The 2nd BESTbelt Call for Proposals received almost 100 applications from various organisations spreading along the European Green Belt. Now, the evaluation and selection of submissions are concluded. 17 new projects will officially start in the next months.

In the frame of BESTbelt two trainings on the implementation of European Green Belt Youth Work Camps take place in early 2024.

A small and scattered mountainous community on the Italian-Slovenian border distinguished itself along the European Green Belt territory through an enduring vision and commitment to environmental protection, sustainable development, and the preservation of centuries-old traditions.

Two public water fountains, known as cheshma in Bulgaria, were restored near the village of Oreshnik in Topolovgrad by craftsmen with traditional knowledge. After the water returned to the long dried out cheshma, micro wetlands reappeared in the nearby area, creating wonderful conditions for the biodiversity of the area.

Project information are online for the first BESTbelt-funded projects! Since end 2022, 11 great and exciting projects have derived from the 1st BESTbelt Call and are bearing initial fruits. Projects can be explored now online.

Within the project “ReCo – Restore to Connect” 12 partner organisations belonging to six countries from Poland to Italy join forces to identify and use the potentials along the EGB in order to contribute to coming EU Restoration Law.