Work on the Climate Protection Plan for Rostock starts
MVV Consultants and Engineers GmbH took part in and won the tender submission proce­dure for the elaboration of a Climate Protection Plan for Rostock, the largest city in the northern German federal state, Mecklenburg-Vorpom­mern.
After more than 5 years of challenging and suc­cessful work for the government of the federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, this project marks the beginning of a new collaboration with another client in the region, this time on the local level. This continuity will certainly assist the cli­mate protection goals defined in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s Climate Protection Plan to be implemented smoothly on a local level. Contact: Tobias Kampet, t.kampet@consultants.mvv.de
After ratification of the Kyoto Protocol by Japan, its obligatory practical implementation is now more and more likely to take place in the near future.
The Synergy Eastern Climate Change Network project is complementing the implementation of the Kyoto flexibility mechanisms in the partici­pating countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS. Support is provided by collecting and publishing information on the projects pro­posed and the establishment of mechanisms by the participating Annex I–countries i.e. indus­trialised countries which are entitled to develop their own national mechanisms for processing joint implementation projects.
The approaches developed in the different countries are so far different and will soon be made available on the project’s web-site www.eclimnet. com.
As a result, the Synergy Eastern Climate Change Network Project will serve as a powerful support tool for companies interested in invest­ing in projects which are suitable to be submit­ted under the joint implementation and clean development mechanisms, thereby hedging the risk of non-compliance with those obligations made for emission reductions. Contact: Daniel Droste, d.droste@consultants.mvv.de

Green parks for Qingdao
The City of Mannheim has signed a contract with the EU, within the ASIA-URBS program­me, to support green parks for the City of

Qing­dao. So far there has been no international infor­mation exchange regarding city planning in this area.
MVV Consultants and Engineers is responsible for elaborating the detailed tendering procedure.
With 7 million inhabitants, Qingdao is located directly on the Yellow Sea and has been se­lected for the sailing competition in the 2008 Olympic Games. The city is expanding heavily, with the construc­tion of a number of new industrial zones. Contact: Andreas Jahn a.jahn@ consultants.mvv.de

The head of city planning, Mr Yang Yan (left) in Quingdao, China, during the fact finding mission in July 2002

Tellus – Sustainable Urban transport for the Europe of tomorrow
Subcontracted by FAV (Forschungs- und An­wendungsverbund Verkehrssystemtechnik Ber­lin), MVV Consultants and Engineers GmbH is contributing to the TELLUS project (Transport and Environment aLLiance for Urban Sustain­ability), which was set up in the framework of the EC’s Civitas (“City-Vitality-Sustainability”) initia­tive.
TELLUS brings together five European cities, Rotterdam, Berlin, Göteborg, Gdynia and Buch­arest, to demonstrate that integrated urban transport policies can contribute significantly to the fighting of today’s traffic problems in Europe. Contact: Henning Niemeyer, h.niemeyer@ consultants.mvv.de