On 22nd of January, all HealingPlaces partners met on-line to discuss the Progress within work-package no 1, focusing on development of common tools for an integrated assessment of present-day and expected threats and pressures on mineral and thermal water resources in SPAs.
Project partners discussed the data and information already collected and the state of progress of the reports on environmental pressures, comparing the availability and detail of data in different regions.

Thanks to this and many other partner’s workshops and discussions – the diversity of approaches can be an added value when merged into common work.

On the 22nd of January 2020 a coordination meeting for HEALING PLACES activities to be carried out in Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia Italian regions took place in Abano Terme, a thermal destination in the province of Padua (Veneto, Italy), surrounded by the landscape of the Regional Natural Park of Euganean Hills. 

On November 27^th a round table with the most important stakeholders of the region took place with the participation of managing director of Bad Zell health and wellness centre Lebensquell, managing director of tourism association Bad Zell, chairman of the Mühlviertler Alm Tourism Association. 

The Development Centre Novo mesto attended a round table on the topic of water reuse in Slovenia. During the consultation, experts from different fields presented how to achieve sustainable management of water resources  and discussed the needs for water reuse, what are the main obstacles to circular water management and where are the opportunities for more sustainable water management in Slovenia.

2nd HealingPlaces project partners’ meeting was organised on 5th – 7th of November 2019 by Business Upper Austria – OÖ Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH (BIZ UP) in Linz (AT).

Almost thirty people, representatives of project partners and one associated partner, took part in three days discussions and workshops.

Novo mesto Development Center participated in a visit of good water saving practices and its re-use in the Lodzkie region of Poland. The purpose of the meeting was to get acquainted with various technological approaches of wastewater treatment, monitoring of water quality and realization of water reuse in different sectors: industry, agriculture, public sector, tourism and recreation.

Central Mining Institute (GIG) representatives presented HealingPlaces project during the congress "Program dla Śląska” (Program for Silesia Region) organized on 2nd – 3rd October 2019 in the Silesian Museum in Katowice (PL).