INTERLACE

Project Outline

INTERLACE was funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 869324) and ran from 2020-2025. The project sought to empower and equip European and CELAC cities to effectively restore and rehabilitate (peri)urban ecosystems towards more liveable, resilient and inclusive cities.

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Objectives

• Strengthen cooperation between European and CELAC communities of practice on (peri)urban ecological restoration and rehabilitation
• Foster participatory engagement to co-produce and promote ownership of guidelines, decision support systems and tools for the design, construction and monitoring of cost-effective restorative NBS
• Build on existing knowledge, experiences and good practices from EU and CELAC cities on urban ecosystem restoration and rehabilitation
• Increase the capacity of local governments to implement integrated and ecologically coherent urban planning and governance approaches responding to their needs and challenges
• Mobilise existing European and CELAC city and regional networks to inspire and support sustained multi-directional learning and exchange on restorative NBS
• Raise awareness and understanding of the benefits of healthy (peri)urban ecosystems for social, cultural and economic wellbeing