Project Information

SUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITY CONFERENCE

Mobility for everyone

Venue: Hotel Aleksandar Palace, Skopje
Date: 18 September 2025
Time Session
09:30 – 10:00 Registration of participants
10:00 – 11:00

Opening Session

Welcome speeches

  • Aleksandar Nikoloski, Minister of Transport
  • Izet Mexhiti, Minister of Environment and Physical Planning
  • Zlatko Perinski, Minister of local self-government
  • Orce Georgievski, President of Association of local self-government units

Keynote speeches

  • Rhedon Begolli, Deputy Country Manager, World Bank
  • Ljuba Siljanoska, Deputy Director, Transport Community
  • Susanne kempf, GIZ Office North Macedonia

Moderator: Vlasta Ruzinovska – Kirovski

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break & Statements for Media
11:30 – 13:15

Session 1 | Sustainable urban mobility initiatives and best practices in Europe and Western Balkans

  • Western Balkans Urban Mobility Initiative
    Wenyu Jia, World Bank
  • Sustainable Urban Mobility in Western Balkans through the prism of GIZ support
    Milenka Knezevic, GIZ
  • Role of urban nodes and SUMP in achieving goals of TEN-T Network
    Nedim Begovic, Transport Community
  • The benefits of development and implementation of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans
    Tito Stefanelli, TRT
  • Building the Cycling City: An overview of the underlying principles for design of streets in the Netherlands, and how those best practices might be adapted to other global contexts
    Chris Bruntlett, Dutch Cycling Embassy
  • Decarbonization in the urban space through using “Superblocks”
    Dani Alsina Torra, Director of Strategy and Innovation, Municipal infrastructure of Barcelona
  • A case study of Sustainable urban mobility planning in Turkey
    Yucel Erdem Disli, Bogazici Project Engineering

Moderator: Maja Lazarevska

13:15 – 14:15 Lunch Break
14:15 – 15:30

Session 2 | Sustainable Urban Mobility Initiatives in North Macedonia

  • Freight Transport & Logistics
    Dragan Ramov, Municipality of Kavadarci
  • Accessibility & Traffic calming
    Goce Bojkoski, Municipality of Prilep
  • Public Transport & E-mobility
    Done Delev, Municipality of Strumica
  • Public Awareness & Engagement
    Zaklina Paunovska – Angeljkovikj, Municipality of Kocani
  • Mobility Management for Tourism
    Dragi Bicevski, Municipality of Struga

Moderator: Daniel Pavleski

15:30 – 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 – 17:00

Session 3 | Sustainable urban mobility projects in North Macedonia

  • White paper on Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning
    Prof. Dr. Jasmina Bunevska – Talevska, Faculty of technical sciencesBitola
  • Project Smart Solutions Veles – To be continued…
    Marija Alceva, City of Veles
  • Livable streets design
    Daniel Pavleski, PIU
  • Good practices for Urban Mobility in Macedonia and EU
    Goran Angelovski, Republic Council of Road Traffic Safety
  • Guidelines for cycling infrastructure design and construction
    Darko Arsovski, GoGreen

Moderator: Mila Georgievska – Cvetanovska

17:00 – 17:05 Closing Remarks
Language: Macedonian and English with simultaneous translation
Local Road Connectivity Project, Implemented by Ministry of Transport with Loan from the World Bank