Community4Nature data collection template

Welcome to the Community4Nature data collection template on good practices. Please use the following fields to describe a project/action/research. Thank you!

Please provide your contact information so that we can contact you in case any answer is unclear.

(Note that, if you are a thematic project from the Interreg Euro-MED Natural Heritage Mission and you would like to showcase your solutions in the Interreg Euro-MED Library and Natural Heritage Mission Catalogues, you will need to activate and fill an extra section at the end of the form. Please, don’t hestitate to contact your Natural Heritage Mission assigned partner and the CREAF team for any doubt, clarification and support needed.)

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1. WHAT

In this section describe the challenge and a proposed solution.

1.1. Challenge(Required)

Please identify the broad scope of the challenge by ticking one or more boxes. If you cannot find a suitable challenge please tick “Other” and describe it.

1.2. Problem(Required)

Write a brief explanation of the challenge addressed.

1.3. Solution(Required)

Describe in few words a measure to address the challenge described above.

1.4. Type of solution(Required)

Please choose one or more types of solutions in the list below. If you cannot find a suitable solution please tick “Other” and describe it.

1.5. Added value of the solution regarding the state of the art(Required)

0 of 700 max characters

2. Policy context

Use this section to provide information on the International, the European Union, or Mediterranean frameworks on which the solutions described above can be applied. If you cannot find a suitable organisation please tick “Other” and write it down.

2.1. Which specific international initiatives can your solutions support?(Required)

Biodiversisty - Global Biodiversity Framework (website)

Climate change - United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change (website)

Habitats - New UN Urban Agenda for Habitat (website)

Oceans - UN Decade of Ocean Sciences (website)

Restoration - UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (website)

Sustainable Development - Mediterranean Action Plan—Barcelona Convention (website)

Sustainable Development - UN 2030 Agenda (SDGs) (website)

Wetlands - Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (website)

Other

2.2. Which specific European Union initiatives can your solutions support?(Required)

2.3. Which specific Mediterranean initiatives can your solutions support?(Required)

3. WHO

In this section indicate who is the provider of the solution (giver) and who is the receiver (taker). If you cannot find a suitable option please tick “Other” and write a short description.

3.1. Giver(Required)

Please indicate who is giver/developer of the solution.

3.2. Taker(Required)

Please indicate who is the taker of the solution.

4. WHERE

Indicate where the solution was developed and/or tested. It can correspond to: A specific place within one country (city, region, forest, etc.); One or more countries; Macro-regions (Mediterranean, Baltic regions, etc.).

4.1. Geographical location(Required)

5. WHEN

Fill in here the timing of the solution. It can either: Indicate a time frame of when a solution was developed, a study was performed, etc.; Or the date when solution, result, article, tool etc. was finished, published, or released.

5.1. Timing of the solution(Required)

6. HOW

In this optional section, please provide information about how the solution was implemented so that users of Adaptive Resource Recipient would know what is needed to replicate it.

Describe how the solution was implemented.(Required)

Explain how the solution was implemented or what steps are needed to implement it.

7. MORE INFORMATION

8. KEYWORDS

Please identify up to 5 keywords.(Required)

9. United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Please specify to which SDGs contribute proposed solution.(Required)

Additional section for Thematic Projects

Are you a thematic project funded by the Interreg Euro-MED programme (2021-2027)?(Required)

Yes

a. Project general information

Project acronym(Required)

Please choose from the drop-down menu

Project Mission(Required)

Please choose from the drop-down menu

Project Specific Objective(Required)

Please choose from the drop-down menu

b. Scientific and technical characterization

This set of descriptors aims to easily grasp the “type” of solutions we’re proposing: approach, scale, timings, responsibilities…

In what environment or setting would the solution be implemented?(Required)

It can be answered with a characterisation of the environment dealt with, the scale tackled, etc. (e.g. water basin, coastal areas, wetlands, municipalities, schools).

How long does it take to implement the solution and for how long is it operative?(Required)

e.g. minimum 3 years to set up a wetland contract that typically lasts 7 years.

Other than providers of the solution and potential target audiences for its transference, what actors are involved in the adoption and implementation of the solution? What roles do they play?(Required)

e.g. responsible parties for implementation, actors engaged in the process that can have an enabling effect, beneficiaries of the impact of the solution and any other stakeholders linked to the implementation process.

What are the expected benefits of the solution?(Required)

e.g. an EWS preserves people’s safety, a NBS that reduces flood risk by 30%, or any other form of expected impact.

How can the impact of the solution be evaluated?(Required)

e.g. monitoring indicator scheme, citizen science program related to the follow up, monitoring sensors installed and operative for 5 years.

Is the solution a policy instrument, a governance tool, or provides input to specific policy needs?(Required)

Yes

If yes, which policies does the solution tackle?(Required)

e.g. policy recommendations for implementing NRL for seagrass meadows.

c. Integrated view: trade-offs, co-benefits, risks of maladaptation

This set of descriptors aims at providing at least some input to a critical evaluation of the potentialities of the solution to foster adaptation to climate change and nature conservation, to enhance values or identify losses, and including considerations on undesired effects and risk management.

Co-benefits: might your solution benefit other actions or management options?(Required)

e.g. an EWS on flood risk can be useful to raise awareness on the climate vulnerability

Co-benefits: do you identify synergistic actions that could enhance the impact of your solution?(Required)

e.g. restoration of a closeby wetland can help reduce the risk of flooding you try to tackle with an EWS.

Trade-offs: could your solution compromise or hinder the efficacy of other environmental, social or economic measures implemented?(Required)

Risks: what are potential undesired effects of the solution?(Required)

e.g. people with unclear juridical conditions would not be reached by an EWS.

Risks: can you identify any drivers of change that can be relevant to consider when evaluating the feasibility of the solution?(Required)

e.g. deforestation in headwater can compromise the NBS for flood risk reduction.

d. Conditions for transference: barriers and enablers

This set of descriptors is more specific towards fostering adoption, allowing to inform potential beneficiaries about barriers and enablers of transference, and can be linked to key topics included in the capacity building activities promoted by the Mission’s Upskilling sessions, the empowerment and mentorship program and the courses included in the Interreg Euro-Med Academy training platform.

We’d like to understand the main requirements for adopting and implementing the solution. What would be the main barriers and the key enablers for adopting and implementing it? How could they be overcome or potentiated?(Required)

Please, consider the following key dimensions in the answer (mention those relevant):

Economic (absolute costs or cost-effectiveness analysis, impact on productivity and employment, costs of maintenance, avoided losses, funding schemes available…);
Juridical and institutional (needs/benefits of specific policy and regulatory settings, consensus and agreements requirements, institutional capacities, …);
Social (social acceptability and awareness, perceptions and mindsets of local communities, accessibility and inclusiveness of the measure, …);
Technical and knowledge (human skills and technologies available, capacity building needed, practitioners mind sets, knowledge uncertainty, …).

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