Rio Neiva - Environmental NGO

Civil society organisation

rioneiva.com/Antas - Esposende, Portugal
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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.

Social media

Connecting the green transformation, social inclusion and local democracy

NEB-2025-PARTICIPATION-01: The impact of common space on neighbourhood communitiesNEB-2025-PARTICIPATION-02: Fostering and maintaining the social fabric for the green transition in neighbourhoodsNEB-2025-PARTICIPATION-03: Beautiful, sustainable and inclusive street furniture for the transformation of neighbourhoods

Circular and regenerative approaches for the built environment

NEB-2025-REGEN-01: Applying regenerative design to the built environment in neighbourhoodsNEB-2025-REGEN-02: Bio-fabricated materials for sustainable and beautiful construction

Innovative funding and new business models for the transformation of neighbourhoods

NEB-2025-BUSINESS-01: Renovating the built environment through design for adaptability and disassemblyNEB-2025-BUSINESS-02: Bottom-up social entrepreneurship for the cocreation of neighbourhoods in line with the NEB

Representatives

Rui Monteiro

Programme Manager & Researcher

Rio Neiva - Environmental NGO