How can the third largest city in Poland, receive this title before 2020, a report that was just given to the decision-makers and stakeholders in Lodz shows.

The main challenge is to rebuild Lodz, rehabilitation and revitalization of the historic city center and raise the standards of sustainable development so that the Łódź could compete with other Polish and European cities.

Some of those whose projects wan the grants in previous editions would like to share their impressions with you:

Maryna Puzina, Ukraine, edition 2009

"After realization of my first project "Youth education for sustainable development" I've already worked out three other projects connected to the same topic, it was great experience but, no doubts, the "Youth education for sustainable development" was the start point and made me realise how significant this work for me. Also, the topic of my PhD thesis was chosen based on that experience and now I'm researching and developing presented ideas from scientific point of view. Therefore, I can state with confidence Small Grants Competition gives great chances for realising sustainable ideas and if you think you have one, you must try."

Small Grants Competition 2011 starts soon!

Small Grants Competition (SGC) is one of the projects organized by The Sendzimir Foundation to activate the graduates of Summer Academy ChoSD and other recipients of the International educational project Ecosystem services for sustainable development of cities, by providing a financial, organizational and substantive support for the small projects and initiatives promoting the idea of sustainable development.

Centre for Systems Solutions and the PSI-connect team are disseminating their first training workshop on knowledge brokering instruments to facilitate the interactions between science and policy. This is an opportunity to learn about scenario planning and group model building as instruments to support bridging the policy-science gap in the context of water management and climate change.

Here you can find all the presentations from the International Seminar „Synthesizing different perspectives on the value of urban ecosystem services” that we organised in Lodz on the 15-16th of July 2011.

This book is at once a guide for sustainable development professionals and a handbook for those interested in further studies on sustainability. It not only explains and exemplifies the issues of sustainability discussed herein, but it also offers a resource for practitioners in business, local authorities, non-governmental organisations and indeed individuals, wanting to undertake activities directed towards sustainable development.