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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 OfficeNorth 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 sciences –
Bitola
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