World Bee Day: Thanks to modern innovation, we no longer need pesticides to protect bees from the Varroa mite
The UN designated 20 May as the World Bee Day to raise awareness of the importance of bees around the world. One of the biggest challenges of beekeepers today is the Varroa mite that attacks honeybees inside their colonies. The innovative Thermosolar Hive kills the Varroa mite using heat generated by solar energy without the […]
Experts: The COVID-19 Pandemic puts the need for effective hospital waste treatment to the foreground
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, a Czech innovator Damaris Solutions works with Dr. Abdulah Nakas hospital in Sarajevo and University Clinical Hospital of Mostar, to develop a feasibility study of effective hospital waste treatment in local hospitals. The Effective Hospital Waste Treatment Project is a part of the Czech-UNDP’s Challenge Fund initiative. To learn more about the project, we were joined by Dan Kotas, Marek Filip and Marek Šarlej from the Czech Innovator Damaris Solutions.
Handling Emergencies: DEKONTA’s work on emergency preparedness and management in Georgia
For nearly two years, a Czech innovator DEKONTA a.s. worked together with Georgian NGO Association Regional-Rural Development for Future Georgia (RDFG) and local state authorities to enhance Georgian approach towards emergency preparedness and management.
Challenge Fund: Local stakeholders appreciate progress in community planning training in Abmrolauri
In the middle of last year, efforts to strengthen the dialogue between community-based organizations and municipal actors in Georgia’s Abmrolauri and Tkibuli municipalities took off. The project of a Czech NGO NESEHNUTÍ, which won the Challenge Fund award in Spring 2020, aims to transfer a concept in which citizens can influence local development in their […]
🌍Earth Day in the last virgin forest of Europe
Internationally, 22 April is marked as the EARTH DAY.
While many of us still cannot travel, let us take you on an online visit to Sutjeska, the oldest and the biggest national park in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Czech Republic’s contribution to World Creativity and Innovation Day
The United Nations designated 21 April as World Creativity and Innovation Day to raise awareness of the role of creativity and innovation in all aspects of human development. Around the world, innovative approaches contribute to mitigating challenges such as poverty, hunger, environmental degradation. By expanding opportunities for everyone, they provide momentum for economic growth and […]
In Rustavi, local actor’s participation in decision-making gets improved by Czech expertise
Georgian city of Rustavi uses Czech know-how and mentoring to improve communication of the municipality and to encourage stakeholders in discussing future developments in the city. Although various local and international organizations have been making efforts to increase the public involvement and participation in local decision making in Georgia, progress sometimes comes slower than desired. […]