NbS Hubs

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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. 

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. 

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).

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.