About the NetworkNature Project

NetworkNature’s products include a NbS policy roadmap 2024 - 2030, needs and gap analysis, tailored capacity-building for local and regional authorities, decision-makers in governments, businesses and investors, and NbS hubs, as well as pre-standards and advisory services that continue to support the growing NbS community of innovators, practitioners and developers. Together, these actions build capacities to promote a step change from siloed, project-based thinking towards an integrated, systemic and stakeholder-led approach to NbS planning, design and investment.

Project Objectives

  • Working together across different networks to raise awareness, share knowledge and build capacity about nature-based solutions to accelerate their uptake in business, science, policy and practice along the policy priorities of the European Green Deal
  • Support EU, Member States’ and international policy-making through spurring NBS evidence integration and mobilisation
  • Broaden, guide and engage the NBS community of innovators, developers and practitioners in NBS policy, development, investment, implementation and education
  • Build capacities and skills of public authorities, NBS investors and entrepreneurs, and society at large

Methods

  • Projects - a regularly updated project portfolio featuring nearly 100 EU-funded NbS projects
  • Case Studies and Resources - access to the NbS Case Study Database and NbS Resources Hu
  • NbS Hubs - a platform for the NbS Hubs active at national, regional, and EU levels 
  • NbS Task Forces: insights from NbS Task Forces, connecting experts on communication, co-creation, education, finance, governance, and data
  • Events: an events calendar and a yearly in person and online NetworkNature event bringing together various stakeholders, where to meet the NbS community in Europe

Barriers

Common barriers and risks (faced by Horizon projects in their implementation) include: 

  • Budget excess
  • Partner leaves consortium/unable to produce work in adequate quality
  • Delay in project work impacting on other WPs or tasks; Stakeholders do not engage in website or outreach activities
  • Products and resources not used by target groups