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The EU-funded MULTISOURCE project aims to facilitate the systematic city-wide planning of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for urban water treatment, storage and reuse and will support decision-making with co-designed tools, contributing to the achievement of a Water-Smart Society.

Nature-based Solutions are increasingly adopted as an effective tool to address urban challenges, as they provide a range of ecological, social, and economic benefits. But to what extent do current policy frameworks support or hinder their implementation? How the concept of NbS is addressed in selected EU and Member State policies and funding instruments? What are the financial challenges for the sustainability of NbS?

To address these issues and to improve cooperation between EU-funded projects, MULTISOURCE and Water Europe co-organise a clustering event involving four EU funded NbS focused projects (MULTISOURCE, NICE, HYDROUSA, UNALAB, CONNECTING NATURE) are invited to discuss at WPE in this public, clustering event on the achievement, challenges, pressures and opportunities perspectives from their respective experiences from the NbS projects, with the support of the POs of the EC Executive Agencies.

The event is part of Water Project Europe (WPE) that is a series of events of Water Europe made to learn from and build on the experience of innovating water related projects working on converging topics to support innovation and policy development and stimulate the market uptake of innovations.

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NATURE BASED SOLUTIONS FOR WATER SECURITY AND ECOLOGICAL QUALITY IN CITIES - Challenges, pressures and opportunities

Andrea RubiniJaime NivalaKamal AzragueMaria WirthDaiane Trevisan RuwerSimos Malamis

ZOOM Session - Online

Speakers

  • Andrea Rubini (Director of Operations at Water Europe)

    Andrea Rubini

    Director of Operations at Water Europe

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  • Jaime Nivala (Director of Research at INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

    Jaime Nivala

    Director of Research at INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement

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  • Kamal Azrague (Senior Researcher at SINTEF - Society for Industrial and Technical Research / Stiftelsen for Industriell og Teknisk Forskning)

    Kamal Azrague

    Senior Researcher at SINTEF - Society for Industrial and Technical Research / Stiftelsen for Industriell og Teknisk Forskning

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  • Maria Wirth (MSc; Project Development, Environmental technology, Climate change adaptation, Water-energy-food nexus at Alchemia Nova)

    Maria Wirth

    MSc; Project Development, Environmental technology, Climate change adaptation, Water-energy-food nexus at Alchemia Nova

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  • Daiane Trevisan Ruwer (Doctora en Ciencias Ambientales e investigadora en Limnología, Ecología Acuática, Bioindicadores y Tratamiento de aguas at CETIM Technological Centre)

    Daiane Trevisan Ruwer

    Doctora en Ciencias Ambientales e investigadora en Limnología, Ecología Acuática, Bioindicadores y Tratamiento de aguas at CETIM Technological Centre

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  • Simos Malamis (Associated Professor at NTUA - National Technical University of Athens)

    Simos Malamis

    Associated Professor at NTUA - National Technical University of Athens

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  • Laura Wendling (Research Team Leader, Nature-Based Solutions at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland)

    Laura Wendling

    Research Team Leader, Nature-Based Solutions at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

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  • Antonia Lorenzo Lopez (CEO and R&D Directos of BIOAZUL SL)

    Antonia Lorenzo Lopez

    CEO and R&D Directos of BIOAZUL SL

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Sponsors and Partners

Horizon H2020-EU.3.5.2.

The MULTISOURCE project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon H2020-EU.3.5.2. under grant agreement 101003527.

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