"A brief overview of the achievements follows:
1. Development of the ThinkNature platform - The platform is an integrated multi-stakeholder web solution designed to stir dialogue & interaction on NbS through discussion forums and debates in order to identify regulatory, economic & technical barriers and to communicate & promote successful NbS.
https://platform.think-nature.eu/(s’ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre).
2. Stakeholder Engagement
a) Organizational structure of the Regional Think and Do Tanks and the Local Representatives - These have been established to influence policy ideas and decisions concerning NBS and provide input from their local area concerning the NBS technologies, the market aspects, the policy and regulatory framework.
b) Brainstorming Forum and Dialogue on sustainable urbanization and degraded ecosystems was organized in A Coruña and on addressing major societal changes: climate change and risk management in Paris.
c) Barrier landscape and policy analysis was conducted using a variety of methodologies and the results are reported in four deliverables.
3. NBS Capacity Building
a. Development of the NBS Case study Portfolio with 111 Case studies to improve our understanding of the impact of NBS.
b. The ThinkNature Handbook on NbS - It gathered state-of-the-art knowledge to promote NbS. A comprehensive guide that includes methodologies from project development to financing and policy making, and is presented in a concise and comprehensive way, in order to be easily understandable.
c. Expert Interview videos - The ThinkNature project organized a series of short video interviews recorded with conference participants during the H2020 Clustering Action ""Transforming Cities, Enhancing Well-being: innovating with nature-based solutions"".
d. ThinkNature Webinars - ThinkNature organized a series of four webinars covering a wide range of NbS aspects regarding design and implementation: 1. NbS: Concept, Practices and Benefits, 2. Technology and Practice of NbS, 3. Financing and Business Models for NbS, and 4. Governance Models for NbS: Policies, Strategies and Decision-Making Mechanisms.
e. ThinkNature Summer School -The ThinkNature project organized a week-long, hand-on summer school focused on NbS. The program consisted of two days of inspirational talks and discussions.
f. Game App – The ThinkNature project developed this Game App as part of the demonstrators, which serve as introductory, explanatory and dissemination material towards all interested parties.
4. The Business Case for NBS - . The ThinkNature project developed the SITE4NBS and RISE4NBS methodologies that together illustrate a strategic process framework used for identifying the key elements of a project needed to develop an NbS business case. Examples of the application of the methodology are included in the deliverables
5. An International collaboration strategy has been developed aiming at establishing the business case of NbS. ThinkNature has established α list of 126 International partners and organizations for potential synergy to promote NbS dialogue and create market synergies for Europe.
6. ThinkNature is promoting the clustering of the activities of the NbS demo projects by coordinating the dialogue on the four taskforces dealing with data management, indicators, business and governance and communication."
