URBANISTICNI INSTITUT REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE

Their core work

The Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (UIRS) is a national research centre focused on urban planning, land use policy, and sustainable urban mobility. They bring spatial planning expertise to EU projects addressing how cities manage transport, parking, green infrastructure, and soil/land resources. Their work bridges urban governance research with practical city-level implementation, contributing planning methodologies and policy analysis to multi-country consortia tackling urban sustainability challenges.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

UIRS started its H2020 involvement with land use and environmental policy (INSPIRATION, 2015), focused on soil systems and science-policy interfaces at a strategic level. From 2016 onward, their work shifted decisively toward urban mobility and city-level implementation — sustainable transport planning, parking management, and nature-based urban solutions. The trajectory shows a move from broad environmental land-use research toward hands-on urban transformation tools and city governance.

UIRS is moving toward applied urban transformation — expect future work in city-level mobility planning, green infrastructure implementation, and participatory urban governance.

How they like to work

UIRS operates exclusively as a consortium participant, never as coordinator, contributing specialized urban planning knowledge to larger European partnerships. With 109 unique partners across 32 countries from just 4 projects, they work in large, diverse consortia typical of broad urban innovation actions. This makes them an experienced, low-friction partner comfortable working within big international teams without needing to lead.

Despite only 4 projects, UIRS has built a remarkably wide network of 109 partners across 32 countries, reflecting participation in large-scale urban innovation consortia with broad European geographic coverage.

What sets them apart

UIRS is Slovenia's dedicated urban planning research institute, giving it a rare combination of national planning authority knowledge and EU-level project experience. For consortium builders, they offer a reliable Slovenian partner with deep expertise in how spatial planning policy actually works on the ground. Their strength is translating urban research into governance frameworks and practical city-level tools — useful for any project needing a Central European planning perspective.

Highlights from their portfolio

• CONNECTING Nature
  Largest budget (EUR 150,000) and longest duration (2017-2022), focused on co-producing nature-based solutions with front-runner cities across Europe.
• Park4SUMP
  Demonstrates UIRS's applied mobility expertise — linking parking management strategy directly to sustainable urban transport outcomes through social living labs.