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INTERnational cooperation to restore and connect urban environments in Latin AmeriCa and Europe

Project description

A sustainable boost for EU and Latin American cities

Cities around the world are facing multiple environmental challenges which, in turn, affect water security and human health. The sustainable restoration of urban ecosystems through nature-based solutions (NBS) can help address these challenges, while also providing wider social, environmental and economic benefits. The EU-funded INTERLACE project led by the Ecologic Institute will connect cities from Europe and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and equip them to effectively restore and rehabilitate (peri)urban ecosystems for livable, resilient and inclusive cities. The project will improve the knowledge of restorative NBS, promote ecologically coherent city planning, and lay the foundation for lasting peer-to-peer interactions between EU and CELAC cities. A network for stakeholder exchange will promote cooperation for transformative impact and the project’s innovative methods will enable the co-production of governance tools for restorative NBS.

Objective

INTERLACE brings together a uniquely positioned consortium to empower and equip European and CELAC cities to effectively restore and rehabilitate (peri)urban ecosystems towards more liveable, resilient and inclusive cities. The project applies an integrative, city-driven approach to address urban challenges through the restoration, rehabilitation and (re)connection of natural and social processes between places. A three-tiered mechanism for city and wider stakeholder exchange and learning – the City Network Accelerator – will strengthen cooperation and peer-to-peer interactions on the local, regional (EU and CELAC) and global scales. Innovative forms of inclusive participation will optimise the collection of available knowledge and experiences and the co-production of governance instruments and tools for restorative NBS. Six committed EU and CELAC partner cities are central to this process, providing and sharing experiences with other cities globally and building technical and procedural capacities. The international city network partners UNGL, Climate Alliance and UCLG will facilitate a wide dissemination and application of project outputs through effective pathways to impact. The web-based Innovation Hub will support these efforts by disseminating INTERLACE’s City NBS Tool for urban ecosystem restoration and rehabilitation and promoting project result exploitation. Comprised of integrated assessment systems, a catalogue of policy and governance instruments, city impulse papers, business cases, guidance documents, and more, the tool will support decision-making processes for urban ecological restoration in EU and CELAC cities and beyond. INTERLACE will advance knowledge and awareness of restorative NBS, foster more ecologically coherent and integrated city planning processes, and lay the foundation for sustained multi-directional cooperation and exchange between EU and CELAC cities for wider transformative impact.

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RIA - Research and Innovation action

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Call for proposal

(opens in new window) H2020-SC5-2018-2019-2020

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Coordinator

ECOLOGIC INSTITUT GEMEINNUTZIGE GMBH
Net EU contribution
€ 965 250,00
Address
PFALZBURGER STRASSE 43-44
10717 Berlin
Germany
SME
Yes
Region
Berlin Berlin Berlin
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Research Organisations
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Total cost
€ 965 250,00

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