Representatives of the City of Sarajevo’s Department for Sustainable Development participated in the first Steering Committee meeting of the MISSION project – Multi-modal Inclusive Smart Urban Mobility SolutIONs, held on March 27 and 28, 2025, in Maribor, Slovenia. The MISSION project brings together partners from across Europe with the aim of jointly thinking through and implementing solutions for smart, inclusive, and sustainable urban mobility.

The Steering Committee meeting gathered project partners to jointly review the implementation status, key administrative and financial obligations, as well as exchange ideas on the future development of smart and inclusive mobility solutions in European cities. Activities related to the development of the smart application (SmartApp), data collection and integration, and stakeholder engagement methods through local focus groups were presented.

A special emphasis was placed on communication with citizens and the importance of participatory processes. In this context, activities were planned to enable more direct public involvement in shaping transport policies and digital tools.

The day after the Steering Committee, on March 28, a Stakeholder Meeting was held. During this day, participants had the opportunity to hear experiences from representatives of Maribor institutions that are actively working on the development of sustainable urban mobility. Presentations covered topics such as new bus lines, development of multimodal access points, implementation of urban planning measures, and the role of educational institutions in planning the future mobile city. The presented examples of multimodality, new bus lines, and efforts to include citizens inspired us for further steps in Sarajevo.

The participation of the City of Sarajevo in this meeting was highly beneficial and inspiring. Through direct exchange of knowledge and experiences, space was opened for new ideas and approaches to be considered within the local activities of the MISSION project in Sarajevo.

The next joint partner meeting is scheduled for September in Antwerp and will be complemented by participation in the prestigious European Transport Conference 2025.

Smart. Sustainable. Together.

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The City of Sarajevo, through the City Department for Sustainable Development, is part of the prestigious consortium of the Commit2Green project: Participatory Urban Greening and Renaturation, which aims to achieve climate neutrality and increase the resilience of European cities to climate change. The project, funded by the HORIZON Europe program, brings together leading cities that strive to improve public spaces with a focus on green interventions.

At the initial meeting held in Berlin, the pilot cities shared their experiences and key challenges in the fight for climate neutrality, as well as their vision for transforming public spaces. Over the next four years, Sarajevo, alongside cities like Warsaw, Barcelona, Milan, Thessaloniki, The Hague, Mannheim, and Vejle, will participate in testing and implementing the best solutions for the green transformation of public spaces. Through these interventions, the goal is to mitigate the effects of climate change and achieve more sustainable urban development.