This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, Call H2020-SC5-2016-2017 Greening the economy, under grant agreement No 730338.

Giorgos Somarakis

Nektarios Chrysoulakis

Capacity Building

Bucharest Forum on NBS

2-3 October 2019

Contents

Handbook on NBS

NBS Case Studies’ Portfolio

Webinars

Summer School

ThinkNature Demonstrators

Handbook on NBS

Content Resources

Literature on NBS

NBS projects

ThinkNature Dialogue Steering Events

ThinkNature Questionnaires, Interviews

International Dialogue and Collaboration

Main Contents

1. Introduction

2. Classification of NBS

3. Multiple & Multi-scale Benefits

4. Making it Happen: Project Development

5. Technical Innovation

6. Financing & Business

7. Policy & Decision Making

8. Recommendations for NBS Uptake

Online: http://tiny.cc/1f7hdz

Handbook on NBS

Handbook on NBS

1. Introduction

Emerging concept of NBS

Challenges and goals

EU initiatives

2. Classification of NBS

NBS classification scheme

Case study portfolio analysis

Handbook on NBS

3. Multiple & Multi-scale Benefits

Benefits at different scales

Benefits versus unwanted impacts

Model cases

Handbook on NBS

4. Making it Happen: Project Development

Planning stage

Execution stage

Delivery stage

Practical considerations

Handbook on NBS

5. Technical Innovation

NBS practices in urban areas

Rebuilding nature in the landscape

Monitoring technologies

Handbook on NBS

6. Financing & Business

NBS Economic opportunities

Economic risks

Financial instruments

Handbook on NBS

7. Policy & Decision Making

Policy and legislation barriers

and drivers

Governance perspectives from

local to regional level

Policy and decision-making

mechanisms

Handbook on NBS

8. Recommendations for NBS Uptake

Knowledge and innovation issues

Funding opportunities and business models

Policies and synergies across scales and agendas

Decision-making perspectives

Handbook on NBS

NBS Case Studies’ Portfolio

Total NBS Case Studies: 112

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NBS Case Studies’ Portfolio

Quality Assessment

Information Completeness

NBS Case Studies’ Portfolio

Planning Information

Implementation Information

Impact Information

WebinarsIncluding: 2-3 presentations and polls, questions and answers

Online: https://platform.think-nature.eu/content/thinknature-webinars

Webinars

285 unique attendees

Webinars

Summer School

Summer SchoolOver 90 applications – 40 participants – 16 instructors

Summer School

Online: https://platform.think-nature.eu/thinknature-summer-school

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Game App

Online and playable at http://game.think-nature.eu/

Providing alternative solutions for different challenges

Associating each solution with a score

Connecting each challenge with a NBS case study

Expert interviews

SCIENCE POLICY BUSINESS AUTHORITIES

Deltares

Victor BeumerPeter de Ruiter

Jennifer Senick

Marcus Collier

Ricardo Garcia Mira

University of A Coruña

Josefina Enfedaque

European Commission

Kristyna Pelikanova

European Investment Bank

Zuzana Hudekova

Bratislava Municipaiity

Anna Levonmaa

City of Tampere

ThinkNature Message Tree

Highlighting

the reasons (why),

the ways (how) and

the benefits (what) of NBS

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