Activities envisaged ahead include joint surveys and consultations with stakeholders, capitalization of co-design and participatory toolkits, development of collaborative research topics, lectures, seminars, and events.

As observers, CYI participates in URBiNAT communication activities and promotes project results in our channels and communication tools.

The collaboration is coordinated by the Innovation Office at CyI and IKED on the part of URBiNAT. Experts involved from CyI include Prof. Adriana Bruggeman of our Energy Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC) and Prof. Georgios Artopoulos of our Science and Technology for Archaeology and Culture Center (STAR-C), who both bring deep knowledge and broad field experience about the protection and regeneration of river basins and sustainable participatory urban design, as well as the effective connection with the current debate around the urban development of Nicosia and the establishment of the Pedieos river urban park.

The CYI has brought attention to the Pedieos case study as a means to bring strong and mutual benefit, as it could be a testbed for the project methodology, while its progress would be accelerated by the interaction with URBiNAT. Specific NBS in URBiNAT’s catalogue and associated practices and methods may be applied in this paradigmatic urban case, drawing on the expertise of the project network and resources that could be made available for this purpose. CYI is further open to collaborate with URBiNAT on securing future funding and support of the expansion and replication of joint actions.