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Polish Meeting Success
ClairCity Sosnowiec was honoured to be featured as a Horizon 2020 success
story at this year’s “Day with Horizon 2020” conference in Warsaw.
ClairCity Sosnowiec was honoured to be featured as a
Horizon 2020 success story at this years “Day with
Horizon 2020” conference in Warsaw. The meeting,
organized by the National Contact Point of the Horizon
2020 Program was held on October 8, 2019 at the Centre
for Innovation and Technology Transfer Management at
the Warsaw University of Technology.
The event, addressed to people and entities interested in
receiving support from the Horizon 2020 program, was an
opportunity to learn about selected examples of Polish
projects implemented under the program and the
possibilities of applying in the EU’s 2019-2020 call for
proposals.
Success stories
An important point of the meeting was the panel “Success
stories – Horizon 2020 why is it worth it?”, in which the
Natalia Dziurowicz and Barbara Kosowska-Siwiec from the
Sosnowiec team had the opportunity to present. During
their talk, they spoke of the implementation of ClairCity in
Sosnowiec and how to involve residents in developing
local activities in the area of improving air quality. Natalia
and Barbara also highlighted the role of the project in
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helping scientists collect data and in informing the city
about citizen-led solutions. In their opinion, the goal and
success of the project is a tailor-made strategy for the city
in the area of improving
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air quality and involvement of the
local community.
The project aroused interest of the conference
participants, which was expressed by the numerous
questions they asked. The full report on the event can be
found (in Polish) at: https://www.kpk.gov.pl/?p=50096