{"id":10108,"date":"2025-12-10T16:35:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/?p=10108"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:03:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T08:03:53","slug":"the-fifth-b40-balkan-cities-network-summit-to-take-place-in-zagreb-in-january-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/the-fifth-b40-balkan-cities-network-summit-to-take-place-in-zagreb-in-january-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fifth B40 Balkan Cities Network Summit to Take Place in Zagreb in January 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-8q9uql-4d62388af1e1c55e62246b9b1383a613\">\n.avia-section.av-8q9uql-4d62388af1e1c55e62246b9b1383a613{\nbackground-color:#6cc068;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-8q9uql-4d62388af1e1c55e62246b9b1383a613 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-10108'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m67ntix5-84ad77dabe08d538849d8a126bf424a8\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-m67ntix5-84ad77dabe08d538849d8a126bf424a8{\npadding-bottom:10px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-m67ntix5-84ad77dabe08d538849d8a126bf424a8 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-m67ntix5-84ad77dabe08d538849d8a126bf424a8 .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#ffffff;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-m67ntix5-84ad77dabe08d538849d8a126bf424a8 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-m67ntix5-84ad77dabe08d538849d8a126bf424a8 av-special-heading-h1 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >The F\u0131fth B40 Balkan C\u0131t\u0131es Network Summ\u0131t to Take Place \u0131n Zagreb \u0131n January 2026<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-10108'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-m6qt2hnr-58b68686560819ecc949be7f7ee78d2c\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-m6qt2hnr-58b68686560819ecc949be7f7ee78d2c .avia_textblock{\ntext-align:justify;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-m6qt2hnr-58b68686560819ecc949be7f7ee78d2c '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>\ud83c\udf0d <strong><b>The Fifth B40 Balkan Cities Network Summit\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><br \/>\n\ud83d\udcc5\u00a0<b>25\u201327 January 2026<\/b> | \ud83d\udccd Zagreb, Croatia<\/p>\n<p>The B40 Balkan Cities Network will hold its fifth<b>\u00a0and highest-level annual Summit<\/b>\u00a0between <b>25\u201327 January 2026<\/b>\u00a0in Zagreb, bringing together <b>mayors and local government representatives<\/b> <strong>and leading experts<\/strong>\u00a0from across the region and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The program will spotlight green transition, sustainability, cultural and tourism cooperation, and democracy\u2014featuring dynamic roundtables designed to deepen knowledge exchange and accelerate joint action among member cities.<\/p>\n<p>As the Network\u2019s flagship event, the Summit will also host the <strong>B40 General Assembly<\/strong>, the <strong>Executive Committee Meeting<\/strong>, and a series of <strong>high-level bilateral talks<\/strong> among city leaders. In addition, a Local Democracy Panel, organized in cooperation with Eurocities, will bring together mayors from many major European cities and focus on protecting and defending local democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Building on the momentum of previous editions, the Zagreb Summit aims to deliver <strong>concrete, collaborative, and future-oriented outcomes<\/strong>\u2014advancing more sustainable, democratic, and resilient Balkan cities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The detailed program of the B40 Zagreb Summit is available <a href=\"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ZAGREB-B40-SUMMIT-2026.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":{"id":10109,"url":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B40_vizual-za-Summit.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B40_vizual-za-Summit-80x80.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B40_vizual-za-Summit-300x169.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B40_vizual-za-Summit-768x433.jpg","large":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B40_vizual-za-Summit-1030x580.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B40_vizual-za-Summit-1536x865.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B40_vizual-za-Summit.jpg","widget":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B40_vizual-za-Summit-36x36.jpg","square":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B40_vizual-za-Summit-180x180.jpg","featured":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B40_vizual-za-Summit-1500x430.jpg","featured_large":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B40_vizual-za-Summit-1500x630.jpg","extra_large":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B40_vizual-za-Summit-1500x845.jpg","portfolio":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B40_vizual-za-Summit-495x400.jpg","portfolio_small":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B40_vizual-za-Summit-260x185.jpg","gallery":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B40_vizual-za-Summit-845x684.jpg","magazine":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B40_vizual-za-Summit-710x375.jpg","masonry":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B40_vizual-za-Summit-705x397.jpg","entry_with_sidebar":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B40_vizual-za-Summit-845x321.jpg","entry_without_sidebar":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/B40_vizual-za-Summit-1210x423.jpg"}},"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10108"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10118,"href":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10108\/revisions\/10118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/b40network.org\/v2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}