About the city. Rio de Janeiro, a city of about 6.7 million people, is one of more than 70 cities around the world that have committed to becoming “carbon neutral” by 2050.

Goal

The aim of the project is to reduce the amount of waste disposed in landfills and increase the amount of recovery of recyclable materials and organic fraction.

Implementation period. The pilot project was launched in December 2018.

Fact

Brazil is one of the world’s 10 largest producers of food waste, throwing away about 30% of all harvested fruits and vegetables. According to the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, about 40,000 tons of food are thrown out every day in the country, which decomposes in landfills, releasing significant amounts of methane.

Solutions

Ecoparque’s pilot project, which was launched in December 2018, turns organic matter-almost entirely food waste-into biogas using a process that generates electricity, biofuels and compost for use as fertilizer in agriculture and forestry and produces minimal emissions.

By recycling 35 to 50 tons of waste per day, the plant creates enough energy to power itself, the larger on-site waste facility and the company’s fleet of 19 electric vehicles are equivalent to more than 1,000 homes, based on average consumption in Brazil.

The plant receives organic waste from supermarkets and street stalls with fruits and vegetables from the city center, but also deals with household waste and even discarded burgers and fries from the October’s Rock in Rio festival.

The Ecoparque uses seven reactors to process waste, each about the size of a shipping container. In a step-by-step process, each of them receives organic waste and is sealed for two to three weeks with the introduction of bacteria that break down the matter and produce methane. The gas is then stored in a large container above the facility and then converted to electricity.

Challenges

The city focused on how to scale up the pilot plan and keep it operational for 2 years. This was a particular challenge due to budget cuts and the current economic crisis in Brazil.

After the workshop, the National Development Bank adopted a pilot plan and agreed to finance it. The CSP has enabled the City to make key contacts; the City of Rio is committed to further leveraging C40 and CSP resources to attract additional private companies to share operation costs and technology.

Team

Rio de Janeiro City Hall, Methanum Company and the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Comlurb

Timeline

The Biomethanization Unit is capable of processing 35 tons of solid urban waste per day, which is equivalent to the waste generated daily by a population of 70,000 inhabitants. This will avoid the release of approximately 3,150 m3 of biogas per day, which is equivalent to 14 MtCO2e per year.

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About the city. Many power-hungry resorts in the Maldives rely on diesel, a notorious pollutant, for their energy needs.

Goal

The aim of floating solar panels are saving money and reducing the carbon footprint.

Implementation period. Swimsol launched the world’s first floating solar solution for the sea in 2014 (as the pilot project). At the resort Lux* South Ari Atoll project launched in 2019.

Fact

• A typical Maldivian hotel island for instance consumes 2,000,000 litres of diesel annually.
• Maldives spends 25% of their GDP on fuel imports.

Solutions

By using the free space on the water, the technology makes large solar systems possible even for islands that do not have enough roofs or land for solar panels. Their floating systems are currently operating in the Maldives and demonstrate great potential for other marine regions.

One SolarSea platform annually prevents burning 12 000 l of diesel for generators and can supply 25 households with clean and up to 50% cheaper energy. In the long run, Swimsol can make clean energy possible for over 360 million people living in remote tropical islands and crowded coastal cities.

Challenges

There were many questions from the media If the floating solar panels impact marine life?

Swimsol said they keep systems away from coral reefs, which need sunlight. Fortunately, there are swaths of water with sandy seabeds where they can install solar.

Team

Swimsol (a solar power company based in Austria)

Timeline

The property’s (resort Lux* South Ari Atoll) solar capacity increased by 40 per cent and reached 678 kWp — enough to power all of the resort’s guest villas at peak times. Lux* South Ari Atoll is saving more than 260,000 litres of diesel annually, an amount that was once needed to produce the same amount of power via combustion engines.

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About the city. In Buenos Aires, historically established approaches to food policy have been constrained by a lack of collaboration work due to a lack of commitment from governments to each other. Participation in the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact in 2015, together with the commitment to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, led to the development of a new food policy program called “Cuidemos los alimentos” (Food Care Program) established by the Buenos Aires City Government.

Goal

The aim of the project is to create a sustainable food policy, reduce food waste and encourage responsible consumption among citizens by implementing waste management initiatives and organising training in schools.

Implementation period. The program was launched in 2015.

Fact

A study conducted by the City of Buenos Aires and the University of Bologna, with the support of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has identified an increase in the scale of this problem: the results show that each household in Buenos Aires produces an average of 8.4 kg of food waste per year (about 2.9 kg per citizen per year). In 2016, a total of 9,500 tons of food was wasted, which means a loss of about 2,830 million pesos.

Solutions

Schools offer training sessions, including workshops in primary schools on waste reduction as part of the Healthy School Programme. There is also a module on this topic in a virtual course for teachers, and 63,000 copies of Mi Revista Saludable (which reaches more than 50,000 students and teachers) were distributed with tips to avoid food waste.

In the food sector, the city has signed a cooperation agreement with the AHRCC (Association of Hotels, Restaurants, Confectioneries and Cafés) and UTGHRA (Union of Tourism, Hotels and Gastronomic Workers of the Republic of Argentina) to implement a pilot project “Take It”: about 40 bars and restaurants in Buenos Aires will receive recyclable boxes (about 300 boxes will be distributed per month and per location) and training for their employees to encourage customers to take their leftovers home. The project also includes creating a chain of sustainable restaurants.

Citizens can access educational and informational materials at Healthy Stations and Green Points throughout the city, as well as at fairs and gastronomic events that take place in Buenos Aires.

Challenges

The main challenge of the project is to make sure that citizens adhere to the initiative to improve the structure of food consumption and reduce the statistics of food waste in the city.

Team

The City of Buenos Aires, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Timeline

• The Food Care Programme of the City of Buenos Aires won the seventh edition of the World Smart City Awards in the “Project” category at the Smart City Expo World Congress 2017 Barcelona;
• In the last edition of the Feria Masticar (an annual fair organised by ACELGA – Association of Cooks and Argentinian Businessmen related to Argentinian Gastronomy), around 150,000 citizens approached the Food Care Programme’s booth to receive information;
• In total, the initiative reached more than 30,000 residents.

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About the city. Curitiba has become a standard in sustainable urban planning. The city is named the “green capital”, the “greenest city on Earth”, and the “most innovative city in the world”.

Goal

By the 1960s, Curitiba’s population ballooned to 430,000. It was necessary to connect the city with a single transport system, and initially, the money was allocated for the construction of the metro. Authorities realized that the construction of the metro is ten times more expensive than the purchase and construction of bus lines.

In this regard, the main goal is to create a transport system that could cover the entire city and suburbs, as well as become cheaper than the metro.

Implementation period. Construction began in 1974 but continued until 2010.

Fact

The first bus rapid transit in Brazil (BRT) became the second BRT in the world. In 2010 the BRT received an “honourable mention” for the Green Line (Linha Verda) at the Sustainable Transport Awards of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy.

Solutions

Jaime Lerner, three times mayor of the city, suggested integrating dedicated bus lanes along with the city’s main ways, with stations placed on medians along the routes. In this case, buses would be able to travel as fast as trains. He got Volvo to make 270 person Swedish articulated buses.

The buses are long, split into three sections, and stop at designated elevated tube-shaped stations to allow for fare prepayment and platform-level boarding, complete with handicapped access. A small ramp folds down from the bus onto the platform. All door loading and fare prepayment allow for short dwell times in stations. The system of same-level bus boarding makes a typical dwell time of no more than 15 to 19 seconds at a stop. This innovation came during Lerner’s third tenure. The local government controls routes and fares, while the private companies hire drivers and maintain equipment. The construction took place in different years. For example, In 1980, the last line was built and the Rede Integrada de Transporte was created, allowing transit between any point in the city by paying just one fare.

Curitiba has 21 transit centres, where it is possible to transfer between routes for free. Most of them are connected by bus lanes and offer riders great flexibility.

What are the features of bus stops?

The city built attractive transit stops with the look of train stations, with handicapped access equipment, inducing private firms to purchase and operate the buses. Lerner gave the stations a unique look by placing them in glass tubes. New “tube stations” launched in October 1991 as part of the first Ligeirinho express line. Now there are 357 tube stations across the city.

What is the feature of some buses?

Some buses run on biofuels. Alternatives produce social impact, since Brazil is a major producer of soybeans and ethanol, and the increased use of alternative fuels causes the generation of jobs, particularly in the field: Biodiesel B-20, Frying Oil B-20, MAD8 (anhydrous ethanol blend with diesel).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9YJ4xDRIiA

Challenges

The city has been facing overcrowding. The population has increased 9.3 times over the last 50 years (4.6% annual growth). None of the routes extends beyond the municipal boundary of the city which makes passengers have to change buses and pay two fares. The system faced declining patronage and lost 14 million users between 2008 and 2014, but other Brazilian cities maintained public transport usage better. BRT cannot provide sufficient capacity. In this regard, it is now necessary to solve the problem of improving the existing transport system or finding new solutions.

Team

Curitiba City Hall, the municipal administration, Jaime Lerner’s team.

Timeline

What has been achieved:

• 75% of the population use the BRT system.
• 55% RIT accounts for all trips in Curitiba.
• Curitiba has noticeably better air quality than other Brazilian cities of similar size.
• Residents spend about 10% of their income on travel which is much below the national average.

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About the city. In recent years, Turkey and Istanbul, in particular, has started to highlight waste management and recycling.

Goal

The ultimate goal is to place the compost machines in all public buildings throughout Istanbul and ensure the maximum level of processing of organic waste.

Implementation period. The first recycling machine appeared in 2018. The large-scale “Zero Waste” project began in 2017.

Fact

Compost rich in organic content keeps erosion control, besides it increases ventilation and water-holding capability of the soil. Moreover, it reduces fertilizer needs by increasing seed germination and product value.

Solutions

The first compost machine was implemented within “Zero Waste” project in Kasımpaşa. 1,800 kg fertilizer has been produced from May to September 2018. The peculiarity of this machine is that it processes the food waste in its source and produces compost. After being converted into fertilizer, the waste gives life to the plants that decorate Istanbul’s streets. Once the 45-day process is complete, the obtained fertilizer is delivered to the Directorate of Parks and Gardens. After opening the first machine, the following one appeared at Bakırköy Annex Service Building.

Team

Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, coordinated by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization and supported by the first lady Emine Erdoğan.

Timeline

It was planned that all municipalities of the country will switch to a similar waste recycling system by 2022.

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About the city. In 2006, meals in Kazan’s schools were in poor condition. The equipment in most school canteens was worn out. Violations of the technological cooking process made it impossible to provide students with hot meals that comply with the Sanitary Rules and Norms.

Goal

The program’s primary goal is to provide high-quality and healthy food for students in schools.

Implementation period. The program started in 2006.

Fact

In 2006, there were 97,700 students in the schools of the city of Kazan.

Solutions

The healthy nutrition program for children has an integrated approach. New updates were added every year of the implementation of the strategy. With the program’s launch, a nutrition department was formed, which organises catering in kindergartens, schools, hospitals, state and municipal institutions, and major international events.

Initially, it was decided to introduce the Cook & Chill food preparation technology, in which dishes (meat, fish, poultry) and complex side dishes are prepared at the food plant at night and then in a short time are cooled to + 2 + 4 degrees in the package. In the morning chilled food is sent by special transport at the request of schools. Immediately before the break, the cooks heat up the incoming chilled products using a combi steamer. For the new technology of cooking, three harvesting factories were reconstructed.

In the same 2006, the replacement of obsolete equipment of school catering units began.

All schools introduced a single school menu with a single cost, which diversified the diet of schoolchildren and balanced it in terms of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals, taking into account the age characteristics of children and adolescents. From the beginning of the program, funds have been allocated annually from the budget for the meals of students from low-income families – 18% of children eat at schools for free.

In 2008, changes were made to the Logistics System. For the storage of raw materials and food on the territory of the Department, a certified system of storage facilities and refrigeration equipment was organized. The capacity of the updated system allows keeping a two-week supply of food and raw materials. The decision was made on the centralised purchase of products – 40,000 tons per year. This decision made it possible to work with the largest manufacturers, which reduced purchase costs and quality assurance.

In the same year, the department purchased 58 vehicles to quickly deliver products.

In 2012, for the first time in Russia, a system of non-cash payments, the Educational Card, began to operate in Kazan schools. With this card, children can pay for food in canteens, which significantly reduces service time, and parents have the opportunity to receive information about the state of the account and what the child has eaten today. Over time, a “Pre-Order” system was added, which allows high school students to order a school menu several days in advance based on their own taste preferences.

The project “School Restaurant” was launched, during the implementation of which school canteens are gradually being transformed. A characteristic feature of the renovation is a bright design, ergonomic furniture, modern decor elements, and an increase of seating.

In 2013, as part of the legacy of the World Summer Universiade, the Department of Food was transferred to the Food Combine with modern equipment and a technological laboratory. In the laboratory, careful control over raw materials and products is carried out.

In 2016, The mobile application “Ate and Satisfied” was developed for students in grades 5-11 to improve the quality of catering in schools in Kazan.

The application allows:

1. Evaluate the dishes of the day.
2. Vote for new dishes that will appear on the school menu.
3. Evaluate the school canteen according to general criteria once a month and according to specific criteria – daily.
4. Track the rating of schools based on the reviews of the students themselves.
5. Control the balance of funds on the bank card account.
6. Become a loyalty program member to use the accumulated points in the school cafeteria.

In 2018, the Mom in the Topic project was launched, bringing together active mom bloggers and caring parents (audience coverage of more than 1 million people) who believe that parents can influence school meals and make them better. Meetings are held regularly once every two months.

Since January 2019, as part of the Parental Control project, parents’ visits have become daily in all schools in the city. In addition, the journal began to be maintained in electronic form, which made it possible to respond promptly to incoming requests.

In the summer of 2019, a large-scale reconstruction of canteens and the modernisation of food units were carried out at once in 36 schools in Kazan.

The total investment budget amounted to 260 million rubles, including 170 million from the city. As part of the WorldSkills-2019 heritage, 80 Kazan schools received 550 pieces of equipment and inventory for a total of RUB 5.2 million, and the Power Plant was given large, industrial-scale equipment totalling 55 million rubles.

By the beginning of the 2020/2021 academic year, technological and refrigeration equipment was purchased for the Food Combine, the areas for picking, unloading, and loading products were enlarged and insulated. Because of the epidemiological situation, bactericidal lamps, personal protective equipment, detergents and disinfectants, and household goods were also purchased for schools. For the youngest, a series of cartoons and karaoke “Chef Show” was developed, which are broadcast during classroom hours in schools. “Chef Show” is an entertaining format of influencing healthy eating habits in schoolchildren.

In June 2021, Kazan hosted the international forum “Healthy Cities. Healthy nutrition for children”. It became the first Eurasian Regional Forum of the Milan Pact, the coordinating council of which was headed by the capital of Tatarstan. About a thousand people participated in the forum: Russian and foreign experts, mayors of cities, representatives of the healthcare and healthy nutrition sectors, heads of public organisations. The forum program was presented in three different formats:

• city family holiday;
• international forum in a hybrid format;
• excursion to the Food Department.

Team

Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, Department of Food and Social Nutrition of Kazan.

Timeline

Every day, the Department provides meals to 176 thousand people in 365 schools in Kazan and eight regions of the Republic of Tatarstan.

In 2019, the School Feeding System Reform project won the following prestigious international competitions:

• Milan Pact Awards in Italy for Sustainable and Healthy Diet
• Tehran Golden Adobe Global Award in Tehran in the nomination “Local Government Development, Planning and Management”
• Participation in the International Advisory Council of the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome

In 2020, the Kazan program “Healthy Nutrition for Children” took 1st place in the “Healthy Cities of Russia” competition in the “Best Healthy Nutrition Program” nomination.

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About the city. A unified digital ecosystem is being created in Moscow, in which all residents of the city can find useful services and services for themselves – families with children, drivers, businesses and the construction industry, residents with pets.

Goal

The aim of the project is to help citizens find lost animals, create a unified register of all missing and found cats and dogs in Moscow.

Implementation period. The project was launched on December 23, 2020.

Fact

• Every year, more than three thousand pets are found on the streets of Moscow.
• According to statistics, cats often jump out of open windows or run away from the territory of private houses, and dogs in most cases break off their leashes, frightened by cars or loud noises.

Solutions

The “Search for Lost and Found Animals” service on the official portal of the Moscow Mayor and Moscow Government (mos.ru) is the first city centralized service in Russia for finding lost animals. Those who have lost a pet can post an ad and inform about the missing animal via the service. If a person finds an animal on the street, he can find owners using the service. Thus, the service is gradually forming a single register of all missing and found cats and dogs in Moscow.

If there are no ads matching the request, the resident can place a new ad and tell about the missing or found pet. When placing an ad, photos of the animal, its breed, detailed description of the appearance, as well as the date and place of its loss / detection can be added.

In addition, when placing the missing pet announcement, the service will automatically check it against the database of city shelters for homeless animals. If a pet is found at the shelter, the owner will be notified immediately. The search is carried out automatically based on the animal’s chip or stamp number.

Citizens can customize registry update notifications by specifying subscription parameters (species, gender, breed, color of the animal). By subscribing to them, the owners or those who found the animal will quickly learn about the appearance of a pet with similar parameters in the registry.

https://www.mos.ru/pgu/ru/app/dvm/067901/#step_1

Team

Moscow Department of Information Technology (Департамент информационных технологий города Москвы), Moscow Veterinary Committee (Комитет ветеринарии города Москвы).

Timeline

• During the first month of the service’s operation, Muscovites published 210 announcements of found and lost dogs and cats on mos.ru
• As of the end of January, more than 240 ads were active in the service, of which almost 60% (142 entries) were about missing pets, and about 40% (99 ads) were about found ones.
• Since the start of the service “Search for Lost and Found animals” on the portal mos.ru Muscovites have published more than a thousand ads about pets. Over 120 cats and dogs have returned home or found a new family.
• Service mos.ru “Search for Lost and found animals” has been recognized by the Veterinary Department of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation. For the introduction of the service, the Moscow Veterinary Committee was awarded the gold medal of the competition held within the framework of the Russian Agro-industrial exhibition “Golden Autumn – 2021”.

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About the city. Kazan is one of the most developed cities in Russia towards sport. The city has hosted two Bandy World Championships, in 2005 and 2011, the World Summer Universiade 2013, the World Championship in fencing in 2014, the Aquatics Championship FINA 2015, 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2018 FIFA World Cup and other international competitions of various levels.

Goal

There are several goals. First, create sports facilities necessary to prepare extreme athletes for high-level competitions. Secondly, open free public space for urban recreation in the city centre. Moreover, the park was created as a part of a program aimed at improving the ecological situation in the city and increasing biodiversity.

Implementation period. The park was opened in 2020 on Youth Day on the embankment of the Kazanka River.

Fact

URAM Extreme Park is the largest extreme park in Russia (almost 2 hectares). According to one of the goals, natural materials were used for extreme objects. For example, the facade of the airpark is made of larch.

Solutions

The park is located under the Millennium Bridge and consists of eight zones: a skate park, two pump tracks for experienced athletes, a workout and parkour area, a streetball park, an airpark, and a training zone. It was important for the architects to create a public place so that both amateurs and athletes could spend time there with the same quality and freedom. Moreover, it was necessary to properly landscape the territory in the very centre of the city.

URAM Extreme Park has become a popular public space where people come every day. So about 13 000 guests visit the park every month, while 4 000 athletes train in the park regularly. It is located in the middle of the pedestrian route between Gorky Park and the Kremlin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTwcPBSFmtE

Team

The City of Kazan, the Ministry of Youth Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan, Legato Sports Architecture.

Timeline

In 2017 Kazan activists Marat Gazizullin, Naila Zaripova and Denis Kim proposed establishing an extreme park under the Millennium. In 2018 the BMX community presented the idea to the Minister of Youth Affairs of the Republic of Tatarstan, Damir Fattakhov, and he supported the idea. Activists of the URAM (Urban ARts Movement) joined the project, and in 2019 asked Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, to support this idea. The park implementation was included in the global concept of the Kremlin Embankment development of the architectural bureau Orchestra.

In 2021 the indoor part of the park was opened (about 8,000 square metres). There are two floors of extreme zones and cultural spaces open to everyone (a modern music centre, skate shop, a gallery, a lecture hall, a cafe and so on).

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Kazan, Russia

About the city. Over the past 10 years, 99 recreation places have been renovated and created from nothing in the capital of Tatarstan. The total area of park spots has increased by 280 hectares. Today there are 145 parks and squares in Kazan with a total area of 432 hectares.

Goal

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The authorities aimed to create comfortable conditions for recreation with sports grounds and pedestrian zones.

Implementation period. The construction took place in several stages from 2012 to 2015. In the summer of 2021, on the Day of the City and the Republic, two more quay areas were renovated.

Fact

In 2005, Kazan residents celebrated the 1000th anniversary of the founding of the city. After the old houses were demolished near the Kremlin, new residential blocks were built instead. In 2010, the Palace of Farmers, a spacious square and a green square appeared. All this also became a prerequisite for the creation of the quay.

Solutions

In 2013, the shoreline was expanded for the Universiade, and the first area of the quay was opened. Its length was 1 km, the amount of investments is 1 billion rubles. It is interesting that the name was given by the Kazan people. An Internet vote was held in the city. According to the results, the new quay became known as the Kremlin Quay. The landscaping of the entire boardwalk was completed in 2015. In the summer, the quay was officially opened for citizens. That season the diving boards and tribunes arranged by the quay became the venue for the World Aquatics Championships and high diving competitions.

In 2021, two more spots of the quay were improved (from the Kremlin to the Kirov Dam and from the National Library to the Millennium Bridge) by the development strategy of the coastal territory of Kazanka. A pedestrian zone, bike paths, benches and sunbeds were installed. Some trees, shrubs and flower beds were planted. There are sports areas from the library to the bridge, for example, football fields, a beach volleyball playground, etc.

The length of the Kremlin Quay is over two kilometres. It is divided into two zones: a pedestrian area an entertainment lane. In summer, the second lane is used for bicycles, rollerblades and longboards.

Quay infrastructure

There are many restaurants, cafes, bars on the quay, as well as attractions, illuminated fountains, pavilions, benches, sculptures and numerous other small architectural forms. At the beginning of the quay, visitors can find a free workout area and a pier.

The quay includes three zones:

• alley of arts with a creative gazebo for performances of artists, pavilions for exhibitions and bookcrossing areas;
• family alley with playgrounds, a nursery, swing combinations, a library for children and funny decorative elements;
• youth alley where people can play twister, chess and checkers and so on.

In summer and winter, from year to year, various events are held on the quay: concerts, exhibitions, sports competitions and other events. So, for example, in 2017 and 2018, the quay became a viewing point for several tens of thousands of spectators of the Red Bull Air Race.

One of the longest skating rinks in Russia and Europe and a “Winter Town” with illuminated sculptures and themed houses are opened on the quay every winter.

The skating rink is open every day in winter. Skates and other equipment can be rented. The entrance fee is 50 rubles per hour, rental is 150 rubles per hour.

Team

The City of Kazan, Mayor Ilsur Metshin.

Timeline

The Kremlin Quay is a fairly recent landmark in Kazan, which has become a favourite place of rest and entertainment for locals as it is one of the most beautiful places to spend time in the city. Today it is a commercial organisation of the city of Kazan.

The development of the coastal territory keeps going. On June 1, 2021, the registration of applications for the Open international architectural competition for the best development concept territory on the right bank of the Kazanka River was completed. 188 applications were submitted from 44 countries. It is planned to improve the territory with a total area of 8.9 hectares, surrounded by Sibgat Hakim Street, the Riviera hotel, the Kazanka water area and the future park, the design of which is under the direction of French landscape architect Michel Pen.

“This will be a new history of Kazan, the largest international project that connected together five continents and the world’s leading architects. We are looking forward to getting started! We will carefully consider all the projects, together we will choose a worthy one and launch,” Ilsur Metshin said.

On June 30, the results were announced. The jury (the mayor headed the jury) decided not to award the first place but to divide the second among three teams. The concepts of three more participants took third place. The winners were companies, consortia and author teams from Switzerland, France, Spain, England, Russia, the Netherlands and Ecuador.

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St. Petersburg, USA
About the city. At least 90% of the residents over 25 have obtained a high school diploma, while only 33% of the population have earned a Bachelor’s degree or higher.

Goal

St. Pete Youth Farm was established to provide access to nutritious food in South St. Petersburg, FL., and encourage leadership, entrepreneurship, and career readiness through a youth development program.

Implementation period. The project started in 2019.

Fact

USF’s St. Petersburg Campus won a $25,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to start a greenhouse project in partnership with St. Pete Youth Farm and other local organisations to fight food insecurity within the community by growing fresh produce all year long, right in the South St. Pete CRA.

Solutions

The St. Pete Youth Farm is a welcoming place where young people develop essential life skills. This urban farm project encourages creative thinking and personal growth as students learn everything from growing their food to financial literacy. Through this youth development program, they support the next generation of leaders and entrepreneurs. Each week, members of the youth farm meet to learn and practice several topics, including planting and harvesting, communication and teamwork, artistic self-expression, resume building and job readiness and mental health and mindfulness.

Participants can learn and practice:

— Planting and harvesting

— Culinary and nutritional skills

— Entrepreneurship and business

— Communication and teamwork

— Leadership

— Character development

— Mental health and mindfulness

— Artistic self-expression

— Explore different career paths

— Resume building and job readiness

Local high school students have the opportunity to learn about innovative food production systems and the mechanisms behind creating their small businesses. Around seventy per cent of the produce grown is sold through a youth-driven social enterprise. The remaining thirty per cent of the product is distributed through the Daystar Life Center, feeding the community’s most vulnerable.

How to apply?

To participate in the program, you need to apply to the website. Three options are available: a supervisor aged 18-24, a Youth Ambassador Internship program member aged 14-19, and a volunteer without age restrictions.

https://youtu.be/Y0HGhzDkdEY

Team

The City of St. Petersburg, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, The Youth and Family Services Committee.

Timeline

Students learn about 2,000 pounds of food annually by learning about agricultural production systems.

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