Participants brought together the topics of cycling infrastructure development, water treatment and water management in the Green Corridors of Rivne. The presentation was the result of three months of work of all program partners on solutions to issues relevant to the Rivne region.

During three months, the teams worked with Ukrainian and Dutch mentors to create business models, marketing strategies, develop clean technologies, and look for the best urban solutions for innovations' implementation. All this helped to develop the teams' ideas and intensify the process of finding new perspectives.

Among the Ukrainian mentors: Kateryna Pylypchuk - Executive Director FIABCI-Ukraine, member of the international council FIABCI, The International Real Estate Federation;
Yuri Kayhorodtsey - founder of industrial design PLITOS, an architectural studio in.Lab school and parametric design Inlab school.

Dutch mentors: Esther Eggink - cleantech innovator at Tekkoo, the head of the agricultural waste recycling project in the province of Flevoland, account manager at MobilityLab; Linda van Egmond — a business strategy specialist and Vitamine L director providing business consulting for businesswomen and B2B companies with a focus on the technology industries.

During the event, Ukrainian and Dutch startups presented their decisions. In particular, the water treatment problem was addressed by L-Sonar, presented by Olga Syutikova and Ruslana Tokareva. Participants showed the results of researching the water infrastructure and the state of reservoirs in the Hydropark in Rivne. The team's goal is to change our approach to water bodies from indifferent to responsible and conscious. Moreover, Sonar revealed the design concept of an autonomous water platform that serves as an eco-scene with water treatment and recreational functions. The water platform can be utilised as a stage for performances on the water, while aqua bikes that the platform accommodates can provide an option for a family vacation.

Solutions for the development of cycling infrastructure were jointly advanced by the Dutch team TILER (represented by Christian van Nispen and Olivier Coops) and the Ukrainian team MoveOne (represented by Valentin Panchenko). The main idea was to combine universal charging stations with the utilities for bicycles and electric vehicles reparation. Stations located in the territory of the Green Corridors would allow travellers to stop to repair or recharge their vehicles, combining it with recreation. In turn, the program's mentor, architect Yuri Kaigorodtsev, acquainted the audience with the ideas for developing Green Corridors that were created in joint efforts.

In addition to the solutions' presentation, the event also involved discussions about green city development with leading experts and innovators. At the opening, the following guests were present: the Ambassador of the Netherlands to Ukraine — Jennes de Mol, the Head of Rivne Regional State Administration — Vitaliy Koval, the Mayor of Rivne Oleksandr Tretyak, and the Rector of NUVGP — Viktor Moshinsky. They spoke about innovations as a driver of development and the importance of their implementation.

The discussion "The world's best practice of innovation" was a place for the experts to share their experience: Deputy Chairman of the Rivne Regional Administration — Sergey Hemberh, CEO SPACE sync — Alice Bankovska, founder and director of the Office of transformation and co-founder — Maxim Bakhmatov Greencubator, and Roman Zinchenko.

Gerrit Jan van 't Veen, the founder WorldStartup, presented a Growing Green Cities Lab programme.

Also, the event was complemented by an interview with the chief architect of Rivne and the ideological inspirer of the Green Corridors— Dmitry Kotlyarov. Moreover, our program members shared their impressions and insights after working on this project. Among them: Svitlana Khristenko - Sprint Facilitator (WorldStartup), Elizabeth Koval - Training and Development expert (SYNCHRO SPACE) and Mykola Dedovets - PM of the Regional Development Agency.

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