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NBS, Porto — January 30, 2023

[Portugal 🇵🇹] Launch of the NBS HUB Portugal

Together with the City of Portimão and NetworkNature, URBiNAT launched a nature-based solutions (NBS) hub in Portugal. The launch event took place on January 26th to 28th, 2023 at the Museu de Portimão, Portugal.

January 26, 2023

[WEF2023 Davos] Revamping Investment for Nature Regeneration

Together with the EU NBS Research and Innovation Task Forces and others, the platform Water and Humanity participated in the co-organization of a Luncheon on the sidelines of World Economic Forum 2023 in Davos on Revamping Investment for Nature Regeneration.

NBS, Nova Gorica — January 6, 2023

[Nova Gorica 🇸🇮] Workshops with local children and a guided walkthrough along the Koren river

As part of the co-implementation of the URBiNAT project, the Municipality of Nova Gorica together with the Centre of Architecture of Slovenia, held a series of workshops at the Nova Gorica Nursery School and Fran Erjavec Primary School.

Porto — January 2, 2023

[Porto 🇵🇹] New tender launched for construction of Alameda de Cartes Park

A new public tender for the construction of the Alameda de Cartes Park, in Campanhã, was published in the Diário da República (Official State Gazette).

Porto — December 17, 2022

[Porto 🇵🇹] Saturday invites healthy walks in Campanhã

Saturday, December 17th, between 9 am and 1 pm, anyone interested can participate in a walk, from three pedestrian routes to choose from.

PUBLICATIONS, Sofia — December 16, 2022

[Academic Papers 🇧🇬] Findings of URBiNAT’s Frontrunner City Sofia presented at several international conferences

Associate professors Milena Tasheva-Petrova and Elena Dimitrova, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy (UACEG), Sofia, Bulgaria, presented findings from URBiNAT in a number of international conferences.

December 9, 2022

Network Nature visualisation of H2020 projects working on Nature-Based Solutions

Sister H2020 project NetworkNature has produced an attractive visualisation that gives an overview of Horizon projects on NBS across ecosystems and societal challenges. It contains more than 24 illustrations on ecosystems and societal challenges, together with an overall visualisation of all the ecosystems and societal challenges in a sole image.

Porto — December 7, 2022

[Porto 🇵🇹] Work meeting between partners of the development of the Campanhã Healthy Corridor

The second meeting of the COT.CS – Working Commission for the Healthy Corridor of Campanhã – an initiative integrated in the URBiNAT project and whose measures will be embodied in the future Alameda de Cartes Park was held .

BEST PRACTICES, Nantes — December 5, 2022

[Nantes 🇫🇷] 2022 Science Festival – Two days of scientific events at the Stendhal College in Nantes Nord

On the occasion of the 2022 Science Festival (Fête de la Science), on 13 & 14 Oct. 2022 members of IRSTV organized a several scientific events in partnership with the Stendhal College in Nantes Nord.

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