During the CEURES international expert meeting on November 30th, 2023, partners presented some good examples of urban development initiatives in their countries that have successfully coped with the challenges of the present (war, migration, pandemics and climate change). Valeria Szomolai from FRDC presented a successful example of the fight against pandemics, through which they were able to successfully rehabilitate patients with other (non-covidal) diseases despite the lockdown. The meeting was also attended by several other staff members of the organisation.

Best practice presented:

• Urban Meadows for an Ecological & Sustainable Urbanism (Poland)
• Urban Transit Lab for Voices of Sustainable Mobility (Poland)
• Pandemic Grant Program of Novartis to Support Non-Covid Healthcare for Patients in Slovakia (Slovakia)
• Towns´ Pathways to Urban Resilience and Self-sufficiency (Czech Republic)
• Rain gardens as examples of community building and sustainable urban development in Kecskemét, Hungary(Hungary)