On October 17, 2017 the Development centre of the Heart of Slovenia and the Municipality of Kamnik organized the 1st Local Stakeholder Group meeting of the pilot testing city Kamnik within the CityWalk project.

18 local stakeholders from sustainable mobility field were present, forming a diverse group of local, national, private and academic sector.

The meeting started with the presentation of the project CityWalk main features like goals and purpose, partners and key activities, delivered by the Development centre of the Heart of Slovenia project coordinator Saša Ceglar Vidmar. The representative of the Municipality of Kamnik Katja Kunstelj addressed the role of Kamnik as pilot testing city. Matej Ogrin, the thematic expert on mobility for the local pilot testing area presented some of the findings from elaborated Baseline study.

After all presentations the participants were invited to provide their feedback on the proposed measures for implementation of the pilot action in Kamnik. Some of the main stakeholder suggestions were:

• It is necessary to define what type of walkability will be promoted through the pilot measures, taking into account the specifics of Kamnik;
• It is necessary to adapt the pilot measures for walkability to the habits of the people and to ensure their safety;
• There is a need to raise awareness of benefits of walkability in schools;
• It is necessary to link different transport regimes;
• It is necessary to persuade individuals who can, but do not walk, to walk, and facilitate the walkability of vulnerable target groups (elderly, mums with strollers);
• It is necessary to address and resolve the dangerous location points for pedestrians, bikers and disabled citizens.

The invitation to the Transnational Symposium in Ptuj was given to all participants.