EUMINDA is a collaborative project focused on improving policy frameworks to support a just transition from coal mining to sustainable development in post-industrial regions. It highlights the long-term environmental and social impacts of mining activities — many of which remain underrecognized, uncompensated, and unaddressed.
The project brings together 12 partner organizations (including one research partner), 3 associated public authorities, and 8 policy instruments across 9 countries.
Participating regions represent different phases of the mining lifecycle, creating opportunities for shared learning and the co-creation of cross-regional approaches to institutional reform.
🔍 EUMINDA’s key areas of activity include:
Assessing the current state of policies related to mining heritage in each region
Engaging stakeholders — from citizens and civil society to the private sector — in inclusive just transition processes
Developing policy recommendations through interregional cooperation
Piloting a universal data analysis method to trace causal links between mining activities and their long-term consequences
EUMINDA offers an interregional platform to test and scale sustainable development solutions in former mining territories — making them more resilient, socially cohesive, and future-oriented.
📩 Project lead: Kateryna Zablotska
📧 Contact: katia.zablotska@city-institute.org