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Engaging citizens requires not only informing them about the importance of NbS for improving their quality of life, but also generating enthusiasm and involvement, to benefit from their ideas in the transformation process and future management practices.
This report supports GrowGreen cities and others in devising and implementing effective citizen engagement for NbS.
It has two primary focuses, firstly to engage citizens around local NbS projects, and secondly to engage citizens in the development and implementation of a city‐wide strategy for NbS. The training package draws on the expertise of GrowGreen partners’ in terms of; external resources on citizen engagement, lessons learnt from the GrowGreen cities to date, and the experiences of other cities around Europe and beyond. Furthermore, the training package provides guidance on engaging citizens, an overview of engagement actions taken in GrowGreen cities, providing an in‐depth review of the lessons learnt from those processes. Lastly, it provides additional resources for further exploration of this topic.