Cross-sectoral Cooperation Research Articles

Net-zero transition of the global chemical industry with CO2-feedstock by 2050: feasible yet challenging.

Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) have been projected by the power and industrial sectors to play a vital role towards net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. In this study, we aim to explore the feasibility of a global chemical industry that fully relies on CO2 as its carbon source in 2050. We project the global annual CO2 demand as chemical feedstock to be 2.2-3.1 gigatonnes (Gt), well within the possible range of supply (5.2-13.9 Gt) from the power, cement, steel, and kraft pulp sectors. Hence, feedstock availability is not a constraint factor for the transition towards a fully CO2-based chemical industry on the global basis, with the exception of few regions that could face local supply shortages, such as the Middle East. We further conduct life cycle assessment to examine the environmental benefits on climate change and the trade-offs of particulate matter-related health impacts induced by carbon capture. We conclude that CO2 captured from solid biomass-fired power plants and kraft pulp mills in Europe would have the least environmental and health impacts, and that India and China should prioritize low-impact regional electricity supply before a large-scale deployment of CCUS. Finally, two bottom-up case studies of China and the Middle East illustrate how the total regional environmental and health impacts from carbon capture can be minimized by optimizing its supply sources and transport, requiring cross-sectoral cooperation and early planning of infrastructure. Overall, capture and utilization of unabatable industrial waste CO2 as chemical feedstock can be a feasible way for the net-zero transition of the industry, while concerted efforts are yet needed to build up the carbon-capture-and-utilization value chain around the world.

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AS A PREREQUISITE FOR PRESERVING THE INTEGRITY AND FORMING THE POTENTIAL FOR POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION OF THE REGIONS OF UKRAINE

Introduction. It has been found that security-related challenges actualize the study of digital transformation processes as attractors of the development of the Ukrainian economy at various levels of its functioning. Moreover, technological progress and technological digital innovations accelerated by it lay the foundation for inclusive economic growth and sustainable development, in which digital technologies will work to achieve social and environmental goals and at the same time form prerequisites for the competitive development of the economy of Ukraine and its regions. Goal. The purpose of the article is to develop organizational and scientific approaches to intensifying the use of the potential of digital transformations to support geospatial integrity, post-war recovery and sustainable competitive development of Ukraine's regions. Research methods. The methods of systematic, logical, structural, comparative analysis, systematization and generalization of data were used. The results. The study of the process of digital transformations at the regional level showed that they are manifested in the development of digital infrastructure, access to electronic services; egovernance, which allows to manage local development using digital platforms, digitize the sphere of municipal services, strengthen the participative component in public administration; ensure the development of digital entrepreneurship with relevant digital startups, digital literacy, digital healthcare, digital technologies to optimize the use of resources and create circular industries in the region, etc. Attention is focused on the fact that digital transformations contribute to attracting investment resources to the development of the region's economy and strengthen its innovative activity, acting as an attractor of competitive development. In order to ensure the integral development of the region and strengthen its competitive potential, the creation of a digital hub is proposed, which will allow combining the accumulated national digitalization potential with the European integration advantages of the digital space, will become a tool for effective cross-sectoral cooperation of business entities, individual creative developers, security and defense forces, investors, patrons, charitable funds. The proposed model of the digital hub can, in its structure, provide for the creation of digital platforms for the development of cluster defense technologies, which will allow private companies to develop and propose creative security projects and quickly refine them to meet the needs of the customer. The study confirmed the fact that the effect of digital transformations, which is traced by the index of digital transformations of regions, is more noticeable in those regions where regional target programs to support digital transformations have been developed. Conclusions. Digital transformation is an integral component of maintaining integrity, increasing the innovative potential of territories due to the digitization of all sectors and the creation of the latest digital structures of competitive development, strengthening integration initiatives of regions in the European digital space.

Developing a copula-based input-output method for analyzing energy-water nexus of Tajikistan

Energy and water are closely related and restricted, which hinder the socioeconomic sustainable development associated with resources pressure. In this study, a copula-based input-output analysis (CIOA) method is developed for analyzing energy-water nexus (EWN) through incorporating input-output analysis (IOA), ecological network analysis (ENA), and copula within a framework. The CIOA method cannot only identify key consumption sectors and system characteristics but also build a quantitative EWN dependence structure. CIOA is applied to analyzing EWN system of Tajikistan, where 45 scenarios based on different water-saving rates and joint probabilities are examined to unveil interactions of energy and water. Some major findings are: (i) household is the key final demand, in which manufacturing (MAN) is the main embodied energy consumer, and food crop planting (FCP) is the main embodied water consumer; (ii) the utilization efficiencies of energy (35.9 tce/103$) and water (0.92 m3/$) are both low; however, the circulation and stability of water system are better than those of energy system; (iii) energy-water collaborative conservation can be realized in FCP, cash crop planting (CCP) and service (SER) sectors, especially when the energy-saving rate of SER reaches about 50%. The findings suggest Tajikistan should improve the energy-water utilization efficiency and establish a cross-sectoral cooperation management pattern for supporting its economic development and resources conservation sustainbility.

Risk Factors For Stunting In Toddlers

This study aims to analyze several risk factors for stunting in children under five that are rarely studied in Indonesia and the Province of East Nusa Tenggara, namely factors of water, hygiene, environmental sanitation, history of the quantity of maternal ANC visits during pregnancy, and family food security. This research was conducted in the working area of ​​the Noemuti Health Center. This research is an analytic observational study with a case-control study approach and consists of a case sample of 36 toddlers and a control sample of 36 toddlers. Data analysis in this research is a bivariate analysis using the chi-square test. The results of the analysis show that eight variables are risk factors for stunting in toddlers in the work area of ​​the Noemuti Health Center in 2021, namely birth distance, family food security, adequacy of clean water, clean water sources, physical quality of clean water, mother's hand washing habits with soap and running water, history of quantity of maternal antenatal care visits during pregnancy, and frequency of illness. Health promotion efforts and cross-sectoral cooperation are needed to tackle the stunting problem.

Emergent stakeholders: Using multi-stakeholder issue networks to gain legitimacy in corporate networks

Multi-stakeholder issue networks (MSINs) are models of cross-sector cooperation dedicated to resolving a specific issue. Research to date has not demonstrated the reasons for collaboration (Sun et al., 2021). This paper merges public relations and organizational communication scholarship to theorize that MSINs are one way that marginalized groups achieve salience in corporate networks. Stakeholder salience theory (SST) states that corporations balance stakeholder claims using a manager-defined calculus of legitimacy, urgency, and power. Because these attributes are defined by managers in relation to corporate interests, corporations deny legitimacy to historically, socially, and geographically marginalized groups. MSINs that emerge to highlight the needs of these marginalized groups decenter corporations by constraining corporations’ ability to ignore the needs of groups previously dismissed as nonstakeholders. As MSINs become more active within the corporate ecology, they further limit corporate activity and encourage management to not only to see the legitimacy, urgency, and power of emergent stakeholder claims, but to act upon them. Examples in case-based studies illustrate the emergent stakeholder concept.

The diagnostic water governance tool − supporting cross-sectoral cooperation and coordination in water resources management

In the search for solutions for Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), decision-makers frequently face governance-related challenges such as the fragmentation of institutions, the interconnection with other essential services and overlapping competences. In many cases, solutions to these challenges involve strengthening coordination between different actors and sectors. Today different digital tools and resources are available to support related decision-making processes. These tools can (1) offer a context-specific assessment of the water governance system (“Diagnosis”) and (2) provide, in some cases, context-specific recommendations to tackle identified deficits (“Therapy”). In this paper, we aim to advance the understanding of the potential of digital tools for water governance and management assessments. After reviewing relevant tools, we introduce the Diagnostic Water Governance Tool (DWGT) that builds on a clear diagnosis-therapy-logic. After presenting the empirical basis and functional logic of the DWGT, we test the DWGT in two case studies: the Guadalquivir river basin in Spain and the Emscher river basin in Germany. We find that the DWGT provides context-specific, evidence-based instrument recommendations that can enhance water governance and management, albeit accompanying suitability evaluations by governance experts remain critical. We conclude by discussing the limitations of digital tools for water governance and management assessments and sketch out fields of future research.

Stakeholder Participation and Cross-Sectoral Cooperation in a Quality Circle on Community-Based Teaching: Results of a Qualitative Interview Study.

Community-based learning in family medicine practices is an increasingly important part of the medical curriculum internationally. It is widely regarded as one solution to healthcare system needs, such as training and retaining a workforce willing to work in primary care. However, the perspectives of community-based medical educators and representatives from university-based medical education are rarely integrated. To improve teaching quality and promote exchange between those two sectors of medical education, the Institute for General Practice and Interprofessional Care at Tübingen University started a quality circle in family medicine teaching involving stakeholders from both sectors in 2018. The study aims to describe how the participants of this specific QC describe the cross-sectoral cooperation and participation of stakeholders in the quality management of community and university medical education. After an observed meeting of the quality circle, semi-structured interviews were conducted with n=12 participants of the quality circle. Interview transcripts were analyzed using grounded theory. According to the participants, the quality circle provides a dynamic continuity which allows participants to navigate known barriers to transsectoral collaboration in the quality management of community-based medical education. The quality circle is perceived as an instrument for quality improvement that offered continuity and direction. At the same time, it allows for enough freedom and flexibility for the involved stakeholders to creatively work together on quality management and be inspired by their experiences. The quality circle has the potential to facilitate collaboration between the two teaching settings, form a creative community, and give medical students an active role in educational quality management.

Information System Records of Nutritional Status of Stunted Children Aged Under Five: A Literature Review of Stunting Management in Pandemic Era

Background: Policies and regulations related to stunting reduction in Indonesia are manifested in both specific and sensitive interventions. Throughout the process, these intervention efforts require cross-sector cooperation while noting that stunting is caused by multi-dimensional factors. Unfortunately, the current Covid-19 pandemic has worsened the target achievement of stunting reduction due to limited human resources at the primary service level and various Covid-19 prevention protocols that must be adhered to; both are considered as factors leading to the declining of services at the community level. Objectives: This research was conducted to analyze the implementation of stunting prevention policy by reviewing the literature that doing a research to prevent stunting in pandemic era. Discusion: The results showed that the lack of human resources, which results in inadequate health services, may be one of the indirect causes of ineffective of stunting prevention policy. Conclusions: The development of an information system for recording the nutritional status of children under five with stunting can be an alternative to prevent the impact of stunting through a multilevel approach by involving health cadres and health professionals who are responsible for public health within the community health center scope.

TEACHERS` REPRESENTATIONS AND BELIEFS ON EARLY SCHOOL LEAVING

Children` participation to education is an important concern for the entire educational system, for policy makers, but also for organizations, institutions, employers, etc. interested in what is happening in education, without necessarily being part of this system. With the intention of contributing to promptly identify students in early school leaving situation and to operatively intervene, extensive research was launched within the Erasmus+ Project “Active Cross-sectoral Cooperation for Educational and Social Success” (A.C.C.E.S.S.), having as target-group teachers and students from the four partner countries - Italy, Portugal, Lithuania and Romania. The research circumscribed a quantitative approach, consisting in the development and administration of two questionnaires - one addressed to teachers and the other addressed to students and to those who leave the school early, and a qualitative approach, conducted by the method of interview-based survey, in the case of students and by organizing focus groups with teachers. One of the aspects with a strong impact on the motivation and involvement / engagement of students in the educational process and, implicitly, on the management of the ESL phenomenon is represented by the representations / beliefs of the school managers / teachers / students. That is why part of our research has focused on investigating teachers' perceptions on these beliefs and representations

Capabilities Approach Application in the Development of Regional Rehabilitation Systems in Russia

In Russia, the rehabilitation system for people with disabilities (PwD) is developing rapidly, as resources allocated by the federal and regional authorities are increasing. The policy aims to integrate PwD into society through providing equal access to assistive technologies. To create a well-balanced regional rehabilitation system, the development measures include both indicators of actual life improvements (satisfaction of PwD with assistive technologies, comprehensive rehabilitation, facilitating access, etc.) and resources (staffing, costs, legislation, cross-sectoral cooperation, etc.). Panel data from 85 regions were collected (2018–2020). The analysis demonstrates that most systems need to be improved by applying the capabilities approach for cost-effectiveness.

Impacts of Cross-Sectoral Climate Policy on Forest Carbon Sinks and Their Spatial Spillover: Evidence from Chinese Provincial Panel Data.

This paper examines the impact of cross-sectoral climate policy on forest carbon sinks. Due to the complexity of the climate change issue and the professional division of labor among government departments, cross-sectoral cooperation in formulating climate policy is a desirable strategy. Forest carbon sinks play an important role in addressing climate change, but there are few studies focusing on forest carbon sinks and cross-sectoral climate policies. Thus, based on the panel data of 30 provinces and cities in China from 2007 to 2020, this paper establishes a benchmark regression model and a spatial panel model to analyze the impact of cross-sectoral climate policies on forest carbon sinks. We find that cross-sectoral climate policies positively impact forest carbon sinks. Under the influence of the "demonstration effect", we find that cross-sectoral climate policies have a positive impact not only on the forest carbon sinks in the region but also on those in the neighboring region. Further analysis shows that for provinces with less developed forestry industry and small forest areas, the positive effect of cross-sectoral climate policies on forest carbon sinks is more obvious. Overall, this paper can serve as an important reference for local governments to formulate climate policies and increase the capacity of forest carbon sinks.

TB ASMARA CADRES IN TB CASE DISCOVERY EFFORTS AT UPT PUSKESMAS KARAWACI BARU IN 2022

Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease and is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. One of the efforts to increase coverage of active TB findings is TB screening by TB cadres. This study aims to study TB case finding with the role of ASMARA TB cadres (TB Independent Screening Application). This research is qualitative. The informants are ASMARA TB cadres at UPT Puskesmas Karawaci Baru. Data was collected through a Focus Group Discussion (FGD). of 32 cadres. The results of the study obtained 4 themes, namely Theme 1: Correct understanding of cadres about the meaning, signs, symptoms, and transmission of TB, Theme 2: Cadre's knowledge of TB Contact Investigation, Theme 3: Barriers to TB Contact Investigation, Theme 4: Obstacles Individual, Environmental and Socio-Cultural. The results showed that the Asmara TB cadres had good knowledge about TB, but it was necessary to increase knowledge continuously. Cross-sectoral cooperation is still minimal, there is a lack of public knowledge about pulmonary TB, the distance to health facilities is quite far, local cultural values and education levels are low, the role of trained cadres is not optimal, and religious leaders and the community are less involved. Continuous health education efforts are needed with cadres and community leaders to increase awareness of early detection of TB.

Exploration of Stunting Events as an Effort to Prevent Stunting in Bangkalan Regency

BACKGROUND: The result of Health Research (Riskesdas) in 2018 showed a decrease in the prevalence of stunting at the national average of 6.4% over a period of 5 years, that is, from 37.2% (2013) to 30.8% (2018). The prevalence of stunting in children under five in Bangkalan was the highest in East Java. Data on the Nutrition Status Monitoring of East Java in 2015 showed that the prevalence of stunting in Bangkalan reached 53.2%; consisting of 27.4% of severely stunted children and 25.8% of stunted children. AIM: This study determined factors that influenced the stunting prevalence in the Bangkalan Regency. METHODS: The method of this study was exploratory qualitative research that determined dominant factors influencing the stunting prevalence in Bangkalan Regency and developed a theme analysis instrument. Data were collected through interviews done with 12 health workers in charge of stunting eradication programs. RESULTS: The results and discussions showed that stunting prevalence in Bangkalan Regency remained high that it requires a thorough study to determine the factors influencing it. Results of this study showed that cultural factors shaped how local community in Bangkalan Regency viewed maternity care and parenting styles. From the FGD analysis, stunting programs such as the 1000 first days of life program have been implemented, yet cross-community collaboration was not yet established. It also requires a synergy among health agencies, education agencies, and villages to include contents about stunting eradication programs in all public activities. CONCLUSION: Suggestions were proposed regarding the need to emphasize the importance of cross-sectoral and cross-program cooperation in controlling and reducing the stunting rate. Midwives as officials of Posyandu (Regular Health Care) need to improve the coordination with the local community and emphasize the promotion of stunting eradication programs.

Identifying cross-sectoral cooperation for urban health

Abstract Empirical evidence for collaborative health promotion practices is still limited. The Cross-Sectoral Cooperation Self-Assessment Tool (CroCo SA) presented here provides a tool for cities to assess their current commitment to promote urban health and well-being across sectors. The SA tool was validated by co-operating with 9 pilot cities and seven countries in the framework of the Healthy Boost project funded by Interreg Baltic Sea Region (2019-2022). Addressing the current complexity, interdependence and emerging challenges of health promotion requires cross-sectoral cooperation and tools to assess cross-sectoral processes and make their impact visible. A digitized CroCo SA tool was developed and validated. An SA evaluation matrix was created, including 162 cells of options for reflective and guiding responses according to 6 scale x 27 items used in the SA tool. After submission of the electronic form, respondents can view anonymized results in a digital form on the Healthy Boost platform. The feedback report summarizes the results for respondents and provides, both numerical and descriptive, verbal feedback on the state of the assessed city's capacity for cross-sectoral cooperation, based on each assessment. The steps the respondents could take in their respective cities to improve cross-sectoral cooperation are outlined. Recommendations are based on the evidence found to be the prerequisites for effective cross-sectoral work for health promotion. SA can be conducted in many languages offered by the Google translation programme. Guiding feedback of CroCo SA defines areas for improvement in strategies and actions, allowing respondents also to do benchmarking and learn from other cities and countries. Self-assessment itself is a learning process. Key messages • The CroCo SA tool offers a method for gathering information about the state of cross-sectoral cooperation for urban health promotion. • By identifying strengths and weaknesses in cooperation, the city can build capacity for cross-sectoral cooperation.

Academic network-building for agroecology and sustainable agri-food systems in Southeast Asia: critical reflections on a regional initiative

ABSTRACT This paper discusses a regional academic network-building initiative that advocated university reforms to promote sustainable agriculture in Southeast Asia, and strengthen agroecological/agri-food systems knowledge in campus policies, research, curricula, and extension. Beginning in 2015 the network complemented global higher education responses to SDGs, IPCC Reports, ASEAN work-plans, FAO’s scaling-up agroecology initiative, UNESCO sustainability programming and more. University partners, farmer groups, research institutes, NGOs, regional organizations, governments, international agencies, and donors collaborated. This new Southeast Asian academic network was an innovation to address perceived gaps in other academic networks, alliances, or intergovernmental and non-government membership organizations. It facilitated cross-sectoral cooperation and transdisciplinary discussions with representatives of both specialized or mandated national agriculture colleges or universities as well as multi-purpose universities with agri-food faculties or schools. The network lost some momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic but FAO collaborating with SEAMEO-SEARCA and others initiated some follow-up online. Nonetheless, the initiative remains an unfinished experiment in regional network-building and academic reform. The paper contributes to literatures on higher education sustainability, regional learning, sustainable agri-food systems, and agroecological transitions while critically analyzing network aspirations, outputs, outcomes, and future research needs.

THE RELATIONSHIP OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND THE EXISTENCE OF LARGER WITH THE EVENT OF Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) IN PASURUAN REGENCY

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is an acute viral-febrile disease, often characterized by headache, bone or joint pain and muscle, and rash as a symptom. In Indonesia in 2011 there were 65,432 cases with 595 deaths. East Java Province has determined outbreaks of DHF since 2015 in 37 districts / cities, with a total of 3,136 cases of dengue fever and 52 deaths. Pasuruan Regency is one of Kabupeten in East Java with the highest death rate from DHF compared to other regencies or cities, which is 28 people in 2020. There are many factors that can affect, pray the only environment and vector. The purpose of this research is to see the relationship of environmental factors and vector with the incidence of DBD in Pasuruan Regency. This research is an observational research with case control design. The sample in this research were 76 respondents consisting of 38 case groups and 38 control groups representing from 3 sub-districts in Pasuruan Regency (Gempol, Beji and Kraton Sub-district). Data analysis with Chi-Square test. The results showed that there was a relationship between water pH in house (p = 0.005, OR = 5,343), indoor air temperature (p = 0.046, OR = 3,221), air humidity in house (p = 0.049, OR = 3,923) and presence of larvae (p = 0.037, OR = 3.032) with the incidence of DHF in Pasuruan Regency. The most influential factor in increasing the risk of DHF incidence in Pasuruan Regency is the pH of water, the temperature inside the house and the presence of larvae around the house. It needs cross-sector cooperation to pay attention to the condition of environmental sanitation so it will not be a good place for Ae mosquito development. aegypti. Providing counseling to people who focus on the source of the problem, and the community in order to prevent the occurrence of transmission of DHF by breaking the chain of transmission.

Policymakers Take Notice of Bioeconomy's Potential

Policymakers Take Notice of Bioeconomy's Potential

Ambulante Spezialfachärztliche Versorgung (ASV): eine multiperspektivische Studie zu Status quo, Herausforderungen und Perspektiven

BackgroundIn 2012, the so-called ambulatory medical specialist care (ASV) was implemented in accordance with para. 116b of Book V of the German Social Code (SGB V), enabling physicians in outpatient practices and hospitals to treat patients with rare diseases or complex courses of disease in a uniform framework. The implementation, however, is slow. The Joint Federal Committee (G-BA) has therefore commissioned an evaluation of the ASV with the aim to examine the reasons for this and to provide recommendations for further development. MethodsThe health services research study “GOAL-ASV” (Innovation Fund, 01VSF19002) included a multi-perspective design with primary data collection as well as secondary data analyses. Data from the ASV service center and the central association of statutory health insurances and the notification forms of the extended state committees were analyzed. Data from the Robert Koch-Institute, the Federal Joint Committee, the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds and a literature database analysis were used in order to estimate the proportion of insured persons qualifying for ASV. Care was examined by analyzing pseudonymized routine data from the statutory health insurances using selected indicators. Participating and not participating physicians were asked to complete an online survey. ResultsSince the start of ASV, 615,531 insured persons have been treated in this form of care. At the time of analysis, 509 teams were operating, with 26,540 physicians treating 102,898 patients by the end of March 2021 in all indications. This comprises less than 9.8 %. of all approx. 1.05 million eligible patients. Especially in the case of rare diseases, a low willingness of participation can be seen. In addition, there was a relevant proportion of multiple uses of physicians within and outside ASV at 31 percent as well as indications of passive participation of doctors. We found significant regional differences in type and scope of the notification procedure as well as the implementation of teams with 13.4 teams per 1 million inhabitants in Schleswig-Holstein and no team in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Patient benefits (84 %), interdisciplinary (82 %) and cross-sectoral cooperation (75 %) were cited as motivations for participation. The main barriers reported by the respondents were the complex and laborious notification procedure (60 %), the administrative and documentation effort during participation (50 %), insufficient billing figures (49 %), and a small proportion of patients (32 %) with a consecutively unfavorable assessment of the cost to income ratio due to the current reimbursement system. DiscussionNearly ten years after its introduction, the ASV has not become established nationwide. The reasons for this probably are the complex notification procedure and the reimburesement system for rare diseases. In the case of rare diseases, the risk of underuse is becoming apparent. ConclusionStrategies to further develop the ASV should, in particular, simplify the notification procedure and reduce the obstacles during participation. The remuneration system should take more account of the specific care required.

Linking health and finance ministries to improve taxes on unhealthy products.

The World Health Organization recommends economic measures such as taxes on tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy foods and beverages as part of a comprehensive strategy for prevention of noncommunicable diseases. However, progress in adopting these so-called health taxes has been hampered, in part, by different approaches and perceptions of key issues in different sectors of government. Health promotion is the responsibility of health policy-makers, while taxation is the mandate of finance ministries. Thus, strengthening cooperation between health and finance policy-makers is central to the successful adoption and implementation of effective health taxes. In this paper we identify the shared concerns of finance and health policy-makers about health taxes with the aim of enabling more effective cross-sector cooperation towards both additional financing for health systems and changes in unhealthy behaviours. For example, new approaches to supporting health taxation include the growing priority for health-system financing due to the growing burden of noncommunicable diseases, and the need to address the health and economic damage due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. As a result, high-level efforts to achieve progress on health taxes are gaining momentum and represent important progress towards using the combined expertise of health and finance policy-makers.

P08-03 Integrating public health expertise to support green space planning by promoting active lifestyles in Slovenia

Issue/problemTo minimize public health risks and promote HEPA among citizens, an integrated approach between public health experts and spatial planning is much needed. However, cross-sectoral cooperation is very demanding and needs harmonization of concepts and professional terms to reach mutual understanding.Description of the problemIn 2017 the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia launched the programme entitled Expert Basis for Spatial Planning of Green Areas, aimed at HEPA promotion for citizens. It was co-financed by the Ministry of Health and based on the objectives in the National Programme on Nutrition and Health Enhancing Physical Activity 2015-2025 and the Strategy of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia for Children and Youth Environmental Health 2012-2020. Its purpose is to expertly support the planning and development of towns/settlements in Slovenia for better quality of life and direct it for active and healthy lifestyles of citizens of all ages and social groups. To properly address all relevant issues, cooperation with the National Institute of Public Health was established.Results (effects/changes)The programme contained multidisciplinary collaboration in a form of consultation workshops and an expert review of the programme publication named Going Out for Health: A green space planning manual to promote physical activity and a healthy lifestyle. The emphasis was on supporting spatial planning issues on quality of green spaces with basic objectives of public health perspectives. The guide is the first example of linking public health promotion approaches and quality aspects of green space planning and design in Slovenia. It contains general guidelines for the planning of green areas aimed at promoting HEPA, expert materials to support municipalities in devising relevant approaches, and decision-making in order to provide useful and attractive green areas.LessonsThe aspects of green area spatial planning aimed at promoting HEPA are diverse and closely interconnected. The programme and its manual reflect a good cooperation example between spatial planning and public health experts.Main messagesA good collaboration between urban planners and public health professionals is crucial to prepare useful guidelines for spatial planners and municipality decision-makers on green space planning for HEPA promotion.