2nd round of Green Belt program

Before deadline of 6th year of Green Belt program there were obtained recordlly 565 applications. 112 most interesting projects proceeded to the 2nd round.

The program has been opened by Ekopolis Foundation in cooperation with SLOVNAFT, S.C.. By automn there will have grown new educational paths, renewed parks and public green areas, renewed localities of natural, historical, and cultural values in Slovakia. For realization of the projects there will be provided 56,000 Euros.

The goal of the program is to create, reconstruct or restore ecologically valuable localities or trails serving to the broad public and schools. Target areas are clearly demarked green localities and trails inside cities and villages or in their very close surrounding (public parks, rest zones and playgrounds, schools parks, schools gardens, eco-areas and eco- classrooms, marshes and bio-corridors, trails for motor-less transport, educational trails focused on the environmental issues, etc.)