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The Nature-based Solutions Hubs (NbS Hubs) are dynamic, locally-driven networks and knowledge centers designed to connect people, ideas, and action. These strategic and creative ‘one-stop shops’ act as catalysts for improving understanding and accelerating implementation of NbS within countries and regions.
Importantly, NbS Hubs do not require a physical space: they are flexible, evolving from existing networks and organisational structures. This allows them to engage stakeholders in their local language and context, creating inclusive and accessible platforms for collaboration.
Each NbS Hub is self-administered and sets its own priorities, focus areas, and activities based on the unique needs of its region and partners. Together, the NbS Hubs are a community of people across Europe working to integrate nature-based solutions into local, regional, and national policy frameworks, transforming shared knowledge into lasting impact.
Curious how different Hubs are moving Nature-based Solutions forward?
Dive into the NbS Booklet — a collection of inspiring interviews with several Hub coordinators, each showcasing their unique approach and local impact.
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Caucasus Hub
The Caucasus Nature-based Solutions (NbS) Hub, the result of cooperation and co-creation by H2020 ConnectingNature.eu project partners from Armenia and Georgia, is a collaborative platform that brings together researchers, policymakers, businesses, and the public sector to promote the implementation and mainstreaming of NbS in the Caucasus region.
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NetworkNature Nordic Hub
The NetworkNature Nordic hub is a gathering place for all those who work with nature-based solutions in the Nordic region. It is a platform where we exchange contacts and share the knowledge, we gain about implementing nature-based solutions in our part of the world. Also, we post Nordic cases on the Case Study Finder page, so you can see different examples of nature-based solutions in the Nordic region.
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Polish NbS Hub in Wroclaw
The Polish NbS Hub in Wroclaw is intended to be a place where information on nature-based solutions, good practices and recommendations for local implementation will be gathered. The idea of our Hub is to establish cooperation with cities, scientists, practitioners in order to gather and transfer knowledge about nature-based solutions. These are also potential partnerships that together can compete for external funding for projects, training, NbS-related initiatives.
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Portugal NbS Hub
NbS HUB Portugal is a gathering space for meeting and fertilizing with specialists in Nature-Based Solutions, citizens, municipalities, associations, researchers, companies and professionals and aims to be a platform for sharing good practices and applied knowledge.
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Hungarian NbS Hub (TeAM HUb)
TeAM HUb is a professional community of organisations and individuals committed to the widespread dissemination of nature-based solutions in Hungary. Coordinated by BURST Nonprofit Ltd., TeAM HUb brings together ca. 50 partners, incl. ministries, government agencies, municipalities, universities, research institutions, NGOs, professional organisations, practitioners. TeAM Hub activities contribute to raising awareness, building capacities and generating projects for the wider-scale application of NbS. Contents on the TeAM HUb sup-page are shared in Hungarian language.
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NbS Hub Italy
As part of the NetworkNature project, the European Commission has promoted the formation of national Hubs dedicated to Nature-based Solutions (NbS). The National Research Council (CNR), together with the Universities and local administrations that in recent years have actively contributed to the development and dissemination of the concept of NbS throughout the country through research and innovation activities, has created the Italian NbS Hub.
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South Eastern Europe NbS Hub
UrbanByNature’s South Eastern Europe Hub (UbN SEE) officially launched on 17 May 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia, strengthening regional collaboration on nature-based solutions. The launch was made possible through the joint efforts of the City of Belgrade, ICLEI World Secretariat, ICLEI Europe, the Centre for Experiments in Urban Studies (CEUS), and the Environmental Protection Agency Covasna.
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NbS France Hub
The French NbS Hub is a collaborative, bottom-up initiative that brings together a wide diversity of actors from across France — including overseas territories — to co-create, implement, and scale up Nature-based Solutions (NbS).
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Spanish NbS Hub
The Spanish Hub of UrbanByNature, led by the association Consensus in collaboration with the City of A Coruña and the University of A Coruña, is a platform dedicated to promoting and disseminating nature-based solutions in Spanish cities.
Are you working with Nature-based Solutions and looking to strengthen your community? This is your platform to connect with other professionals in your region and country — or even start your own! Find out more about how to here.
Interested in joining a Hub?
To join, please email the Hub coordinator directly.
No Hub in your country or region yet?
NetworkNature can help! Express your interest here or contact us via email at: hubscoordination@networknature.eu
