The overarching objective of Connecting Nature is to position Europe as a global leader in the innovation and implementation of nature-based solutions. The project partners will form a community of cities fostering peer-to-peer, transdisciplinary capacity-building between front-runner, fast-follower and multiplier cities. Connecting Nature will co-develop the policy and practices necessary to scale up urban resilience, innovation and governance via nature-based solutions. An open innovation ecosystem approach bringing together city governments, SMEs, academia and civic society will be used to co-produce usable and actionable knowledge in all cities. Connecting Nature will provide the reference framework for a new generation of urban nature-based solution processes and empower transitioning ambassadors who will globalise this approach through a strategy targeting multiplier cities. This novel approach, coupled with the high capacity of the consortium, makes Connecting Nature an exciting prospect. In addition, linking all open-sourced data to the Oppla platform will ensure perpetuation beyond the end of the project.
COproductioN with NaturE for City Transitioning, INnovation and Governance
Funding programme:
H2020
Project ID:
PR-H2020-14
Acronym:
CONNECTING Nature
Description:
Lead entity:
THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS & THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN
Lead Country:
Ireland
Partners:
EMPRESA MUNICIPAL DE INICIATIVAS Y ACTIVIDADES EMPRESARIALES DE MALAGA SA;CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL-NOOSPHERE STUDIES NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA;CLIMATE ALLIANCE - KLIMA-BUENDNIS - ALIANZA DEL CLIMA e.V.;GREENSPACE SCOTLAND;SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY;CITTA METROPOLITANA DI BOLOGNA;STICHTING OSMOS;AYUNATMIENTO DE A CORUNA;GIS and RS Consulting Center GeoGraphic;UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN; NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND; DUBLIN;GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL;ANAPTYXIAKI ETAIREIA LEFKOSIAS (ANEL) LTD;MUNICIPALITY OF IOANNINA;UNIWERSYTET IM. ADAMA MICKIEWICZA W POZNANIU;OPPLA EEIG;SARAJEVSKA REGIONALNA RAZVOJNA AGENCIJA SERDA DOO SARAJEVO;ABU INTERNATIONAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT LIMITED;STAD GENK;BIOAZUL; SL;Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences;HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITAET ZU BERLIN;UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON;MIASTO POZNAN;ICLEI EUROPEAN SECRETARIAT GMBH (ICLEI EUROPASEKRETARIAT GMBH);TTI-TECHNOLOGIE-TRANSFER-INITIATIVEGMBH AN DER UNIVERSITAT STUTTGART;DIMOS PAVLOU MILAS;UNIVERSIDADE DA CORUNA;OBSHTINA BURGAS;UNIVERSITATEA DE VEST DIN TIMISOARA;DUTCH RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TRANSITIONS BV;HELIX PFLANZEN GMBH;HORIZON NUA INNOVATION;URBANISTICNI INSTITUT REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE
Partners countries:
Spain, Armenia, Germany, United Kingdom, South Korea, Italy, Netherlands, Georgia, Ireland, Cyprus, Greece, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belgium, China, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia
Start/end date:
Thursday, 1 June 2017 to Tuesday, 31 May 2022
Time frame:
2017 - 2022
NBS type:
Type 3
Societal challenges:
Climate Resilience
Approach:
NA
Environment:
Urban Ecosystems