Rio Neiva - Environmental NGO
About
Rio Neiva - Environmental NGO, is a community-based non-profit association, founded in 1989, with the mission to defend and enhance the local environment and promote sustainable development, through: Environmental Education and Sustainability, and Nature Sports.
Key facts:
- Public Interest Organisation Status (Prime Minister’s Office Recognition)
- Member of CLAS – Local Council for Social Action _(Coordinated by the Municipality of Esposende)
_- Member of Municipal Council for Environmental and Climate Action (Coordinated by the Municipality of Viana do Castelo)
- New European Bauhaus Official Partner (since 2021)
- In 2024: 9500 participation and 350 activities
Our target-locations are the Municipalities of Esposende and of Viana do Castelo, in northern coastal Portugal. Within a Natura 2000 site and between the Northern Litoral Natural Park and the Litoral GeoPark.
Connecting the green transformation, social inclusion and local democracy
Circular and regenerative approaches for the built environment
Innovative funding and new business models for the transformation of neighbourhoods