C4Nature

Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B EURO Mediterranean (EURO MED)

Date of latest update: 2025-05-27

Description

Description (EN):

Med regions share common challenges related to global change impacts: environmental degradation, biodiversity loss & lack of appropriate governance mechanisms. C4Nature aims to achieve coordination -among different levels- of knowledge, best practices & policies to approach the challenges of biodiversity protection and climate change mitigation/adaptation. It enhances the coordination between multi-level stakeholders such as public authorities, sectoral agencies, schools, academic & research centers, NGOs, etc. in the Med area. Concretely, C4Nature will establish a Community of Practice and deliver an Adaptive Resource recipient, a Methodology for assessing the potential of available community "resources", a set of training programmes, a portfolio of services embedded in the Community Amplification Room including a Mentorship programme addressed to specific target groups. In the Mediterranean, the current fragmentation of institutional, financial, and political arenas, as well as a lack of coordinated support, will be overcome by identifying opportunities that benefit all parties, boosting common interests and tackling current inertia towards participation in collaborative environments. Transnational cooperation is a key enabler for capitalising lessons learned from pilot cases and successful policy implementation results. The real novelties of C4Nature are: i) the "tailor- made approach" that applies to all planned activities and ii) the availability of an initial "core community" which allows a smooth identification and engagement of the target groups. According to the coupled philosophy of "resource valorization", C4Nature always exploits, reuses, reshapes the available knowledge, the existing practices and infrastructure (produced by Euro-MED thematic and strategic projects) to avoid the duplication of efforts and to amplify the results.

Description (FR):

Les régions Méd. partagent des défis communs liés aux impacts du changement global: dégradation de l'environnement, perte de biodiversité & manque de mécanismes de gouvernance appropriés. C4Nature vise à assurer la coordination -entre différents niveaux- de connaissance, meilleures pratiques et politiques pour aborder les défis de la protection de la biodiversité & de l'atténuation du changement climatique. Il améliore la coordination entre des multi-niveaux acteurs dans la Méd, tels que autorités publiques, agences sectorielles, écoles, centres de recherche, ONG, etc. Concrètement, C4Nature établira une Communauté de Pratique et fournira un récipient de Ressource Adaptative, une Méthodologie pour évaluer le potentiel des «ressources» disponibles de la Communauté, un ensemble de programmes de formation, un portefeuille de services intégrés dans la Salle de la Communauté d'Amplification, y compris un programme de Mentorat adressé à des groupes cibles spécifiques. En Méd, la fragmentation institutionnelle, financière et politique, ainsi que le manque de soutien coordonné, seront surmontés en identifiant les opportunités pour le profit de toutes parties, en renforçant les intérêts communs et en s'attaquant à l'inertie actuelle vis-à-vis de la participation dans des environnements collaboratifs. La coopération transnationale est un catalyseur clé pour capitaliser les enseignements tirés par les cas pilotes et les résultats réussis de la mise en œuvre des politiques. La vraie nouveauté du projet. est: i) "l'approche sur mesure" qui s'applique à toutes les activités prévues, et ii) la disponibilité d'une «communauté de base» initiale qui permet l'identification et l'engagement des groupes cibles. Selon la philosophie couplée de «valorisation de ressources», C4Nature exploite, réutilise, remodèle la connaissance disponible, les pratiques & les infrastructures existantes (produits par les projets Euro-MED) évitant la duplication des efforts & amplifiant les résultats.

Actual Achievements (EN):

During the first year of activities, the partners spend a large part of the first 6 months for coordinating the technical team (WPs responsible partners) for finalizing the design of the overall approach and building the roadmaps for the three WPs (SHARING/REUSE, TRANSFER/MAINSTREAM, COORDINATION), while effort was put on communication activities aiming to give visibility to the project and the Natural Heritage Mission as a whole. At the end of the year an expert communication manager, for boosting the social media channels. Expecially after the project meeting in Barcelona that took place at the end of the first semester, the project launched some of its activities, such as the community building set-up, the stakeholders mapping, the resources’ collection, the first awareness campaign, the design of the Academy and the forming of the amplification room and its respective Working Groups. The basis of the cooperation with the Dialogue4Nature (D4N) project was also set, as well as relationships with the other Interreg Euro-MED Missions and other Initiatives and institutions (e.g. UfM, EC, etc). As for WP1 – SHARING/REUSE, development of the ‘REUSE Roadmap’, overviewing the WP1 activities, as well as the foreseen synergies with the D4N project (Activity 1.1 REUSE roadmap and WP coordination). In this context, many meetings with the project’s partners were held, as well as with the D4N partners coordinating D4N’s relevant activities. All partners participated in the preparation and implementation of the two community building events and one community building activity (Activity 1.2 Community of practice set-up), i.e., the KoM of Community4Nature (22 March 2023) with the participation of Associated Partners (APs), the hybrid event held in Barcelona (9 June 2023), co-organised with D4N, and engaging the Mission’s APs, and the community building session during the first Institutional Dialogue event (D4N activity) in Piran (Slovenia). All partners, duly coordinated, contributed in the development and updating of the excel tool aiming to map the Mission’s stakeholders (Activity 1.3 Mapping of stakeholders and potential target groups). One of the first activities to be activated has been the methodology for resources collection and the draft Adaptive Resources Recipient (Activity 1.4). All partners contributed by adding resources to the Adaptive Resources Recipient. Moreover, a great effort has been done by the communication team in designing and implementing the awareness campaign on coastal erosion (Activity 1.9 “SOLVE the CHALLENGE” campaigns). In WP2, leaded by the WP responsible, all partners contributed to the development of the ‘TRANSFER roadmap’ (Activity 2.1 TRANSFER roadmap and WP coordination). As for the Interreg Euro-MED Academy activities (Activity 2.2.) during the second period the partnership focused on the design of the first summer school in presence. A discussions for the design of the services of the Amplification Room (Activity 2.3 Creation of the C4Nature Community Amplification Room) has been initiated, while all partners actively contributed to the launching of the thematic Working Groups (WGs) and the elaboration of the relevant factsheets (Activity 2.5 Transfer by clustering through WGs for strategic liaising, exchanges and advice panels). In addition, partners took part in Activity 2.6 (Mainstreaming support to D4N), where contribution to the policy related objectives was offered to D4N, mainly on the organisation of the first Institutional Dialogue event on 22 & 23 November 2023, in Slovenia. Finally, some partners are actively involved in the Mission4Nature joint communication team that meets every week for planning and implementing the planned communication activities (Activity 2.7 Communication and dissemination). In WP3, all partners contributed to the overall project’s planning. In the first semester a restricted group has participated in the elaboration of the application for receiving the EU Green Week and EMD In my Country labelling for specific project activities, in the context of Activity 3.3 Synergies with other programmes and initiatives, as well as to the contribution/co-organization of several online events with the Union for the Mediterranean. Finally, many partners and especially the LP and WPs responsible participated in meetings with JS representatives and the other three Missions regarding the Programme’s annual event held in Slovenia on 21 & 22 November 2023 (Activity 3.4 Coordination among governance projects and with JS). Specifically C4N played a relevant role by coordinating the inter-mission team that co-organized the presentation of the old transversal horizontal projects of the previous programme period and the governance framework of the new one. Moreover it took care of the session dedicated to the young voices and produced an introductory video for the event. WP1 During the first semester of this second year of activities, this WP has been implemented with the contribution of all partners. In specific, all partners participated in the design, organisation and implementation of the community building events and activities (main objective: welcoming the TPs including them in the community – 26th January 1st online meeting with LPs, and in presence in July next period) one partner has taken in charge the relation with 2 or more projects. As for the development and updating of the database of target groups and stakeholders a decision has been taken: its functionality must be improved through the design and implementation of a new tailor-made CRM tool. IrRADIARE will work on this task. As for the the resources collection (whose methodology needs to be integrated and slightly revised), it has been further implemented. Moreover the communication team has worked for the planning and the development of the first contents for the raise awareness campaign on restoration (launched in Piran in June). WP2 This WP has been framed by CREAF in its complex mechanism during this period and some activities have been already initiated. The revision of the roadmap and strategy of this WP has been developed during the joint meetings with D4N as many activities are synergic. During this period the partners also started the activities related to the Interreg Euro-MED Academy, i.e., whose first step is the organization of a first in-presence summer school on Restoration in Iran the 18-19 1nd 20 June. A part of this activity will be included as a session in the upcoming online Academy (activity to be coordinated at programme level - Activity 2.2 Contribution to the Interreg Euro-MED Academy). All partners were also involved in the development of the Working Groups activities (initiated by D4N) the 26 of April. The communication team goes on with the weekly meetings for implementing the Editorial plan at monthly basis. WP3 The most important activity in this WP is the COORDINATION relation with D4N, the governance projects and JS. As for the D$N synergic working plan, the partners meet at least once a moth or even more when urgent issues needs to be finalized. In addition, during this period the partnes of the Mission worked hardly for preparing 2 activities that have been included in EMD and Eu Green week in June/July. Synergies with other programmes and initiatives are implemented whenever possible. Finally, all partners participated in joint meetings with D4N, TPs and APS both online and in presence.

Project outputs: -(FR)
C4Nature enlarged partnership (PPs + APs)(EN)
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Mentorship services for empowerment(EN)
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Mentorship services for ownership(EN)
Thematic Working Groups (methodology)(EN)
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Joint Institutional Dialogues(EN)
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Policy recommendations/agreements with relevant actors, programmes and initiatives in the Mediterranean region and in Europe(EN)
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Website: https://interreg-euro-med.eu/en/

Thematic information

Governance, partnership Education and training

Priority: (VI-B_EM_3) MED Governance

Priority specific objective: ISO6.6. Other actions to support better cooperation governance (all strands)

Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO6 (ISO1) A better cooperation governance

Type of intervention: 173 Enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders to implement territorial cooperation projects and initiatives in a cross-border, transnational, maritime and inter-regional context

Partners (10)

Lead Partner: Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999510990

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 91020470109 | IT403000001 | - (FR), - (EN)

Address: Piazzale Flaminio, 00196 Roma, Italy

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.conisma.it

Total budget: EUR 1 010 780.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 808 624.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 202 156.00

Contractors:

Name: Morrison Lourdes Angelica
VAT registration or tax identification number: IT17048361004
Name: RONDINO FEDERICA
VAT registration or tax identification number: 13485221009

IrRADIARE, Lta

Name: IrRADIARE, Lta

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 994908049

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 503513156 | PT510000018 | - (FR), - (EN)

Address: Rua de Goa, 2795-089 Linda a Velha, Portugal

Legal status: private

Organisation type: SME

Website: https://www.irradiare.com/

Total budget: EUR 603 860.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 483 088.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 120 772.00

Contractors:

Name: Ana A.Santos, C.Sousa Góis&Ass
VAT registration or tax identification number: 501501169

Office Francais de la Biodiversite

Name: Office Francais de la Biodiversite

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 13002591902193 | FR103000027 | - (FR), - (EN)

Address: rue Henri Barbusse (Bât. CMCI, 4e étage) , 13001 Marseille, France

Legal status: public

Organisation type: National public authority

Website: http://www.ofb.gouv.fr

Total budget: EUR 522 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 417 600.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 104 400.00

Υπουργείο Γεωργίας, Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Περιβάλλοντος

Name: Υπουργείο Γεωργίας, Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Περιβάλλοντος

Department: Department of Environment

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999434845

Partner’s ID if not PIC: CY90002700J | CY103000001 | - (FR), - (EN)

Address: Amfipoleos , 2025 Strovolos Nicosia, Cyprus

Department address: 28th Octovriou Ave., 2414 Engomi, Nicosia, Cyprus

Legal status: public

Organisation type: National public authority

Website: https://moa.gov.cy/?lang=en

Total budget: EUR 195 217.50

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 156 174.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 39 043.50

Contractors:

Name: HMI & Partners Ltd
VAT registration or tax identification number: CY10197348U

Асоциация на парковете в България

Name: Асоциация на парковете в България

Partner’s ID if not PIC: BG131066056 | BG220000003 | - (FR), - (EN)

Address: Han Asparuh, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Interest groups including NGOs

Website: http://parks.bg/

Total budget: EUR 334 932.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 267 945.60

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 66 986.40

NACIONALNI INŠTITUT ZA BIOLOGIJO

Name: NACIONALNI INŠTITUT ZA BIOLOGIJO

Department: Marine Biology Station Piran

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999650476

Partner’s ID if not PIC: SI83534784 | SI403000015 | - (FR), - (EN)

Address: Večna pot, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Department address: Fornače, 6330 Piran, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: National public authority

Website: https://www.nib.si/

Total budget: EUR 612 880.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 490 304.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 122 576.00

Contractors:

Name: Bojan Hlastec, s.p.
VAT registration or tax identification number: SI51027780

Centro de Investigación Ecológica y Aplicaciones Forestales

Name: Centro de Investigación Ecológica y Aplicaciones Forestales

Department: Water and global change research group

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 998880005

Partner’s ID if not PIC: Q5850011G | ES499000036 | - (FR), - (EN)

Address: Campus UAB – Edifici C, 080193 Bellaterra, Spain

Department address: Campus UAB – Edifici C , 08193 Bellaterra, Spain

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: https://www.creaf.cat/

Total budget: EUR 712 080.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 569 664.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 142 416.00

Contractors:

Name: FAURA-CASAS AUDITORS C., SL
VAT registration or tax identification number: B58671710

Agjencia Kombetare e Burimeve Natyrore

Name: Agjencia Kombetare e Burimeve Natyrore

Department: Directory of RES and Natura

Partner’s ID if not PIC: K71331001H | AL103000004 | - (FR), - (EN)

Address: Blloku “Vasil Shanto”, 1001 Tirana, Albania

Department address: Blloku “Vasil Shanto”, 1001 Tirana, Albania

Legal status: public

Organisation type: National public authority

Website: http://www.akbn.gov.al

Total budget: EUR 246 440.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 197 152.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 49 288.00

ΕΘΝΙΚΟ ΜΕΤΣΟΒΙΟ ΠΟΛΥΤΕΧΝΕΙΟ

Name: ΕΘΝΙΚΟ ΜΕΤΣΟΒΙΟ ΠΟΛΥΤΕΧΝΕΙΟ

Department: SCHOOL OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE & MARINE ENGINEERING

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 999978142

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 099793475 | EL403000001 | - (FR), - (EN)

Address: HEROON POLYTECHNIOU, 15780 Athens, Greece

Department address: HEROON POLYTECHNIOU, 15780 Athens, Greece

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: https://www.ntua.gr/en/

Total budget: EUR 761 810.40

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 609 448.32

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 80.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 152 362.08

United Nations Office for Project Services

Name: United Nations Office for Project Services

Department: Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI)

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 998003707

Address: Bd Euromediterranée Quai d'Arenc , 13002 Marseille, France

Department address: Bd Euromediterranée Quai d'Arenc , 13002 Marseille, France

Legal status: public

Organisation type: International organisation, EEIG

Website: https://www.cmimarseille.org/

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Lead partner

Project partner

Summary

Operation of strategic importance (OSI) or above EUR 5 million

Project name (EN): C4Nature

Project acronym: Community4Nature

Project ID: Euro-MED0300730

Project start date: 2023-01-01

Project end date: 2029-09-30

Project status: ongoing

Relevant linked projects:

Interreg MED Biodiversity Protection Community (BPC) (EN), - (FR) | The Interreg MED Biodiversity Protection Community (BPC) consists of the core basis on which C4Nature will launch its activities.The thematic projects realised within the BPC covered a large area of the sectors targeted by C4Nature, e.g. water quality monitoring system, impacts of litter on marine mega fauna, Marine Protected Areas management and biodiversity protection support, ecosystem-based adaptation, etc.
BPC’s Knowledge Platform will be a pool of gathered results and outputs (funded by the Interreg MED Programme) to start with, as existing knowledge, when building the project’s Adaptive Resources recipient (A1.4). Moreover all achieved results will be fully uptaken and capitalised.
(EN), - (FR), - (FR), European Climate Adaptation Platform CLIMATE ADAPT (EN) | The protection and restoration of natural resources presuppose adaptation measures for climate change impacts to be put in place and push the frontiers of knowledge on adaptation so that we can gather more and better data on climate-related risks and losses. C4Nature will follow the policies monitored by the European adaptation Strategy, EU Covenant of Mayors, etc., and enhance Climate-ADAPT as the European platform for adaptation knowledge by feeding and using the knowledge repositories provided by the initiative (climate data explorer, Case studies, Countries profile, etc.).In particular, C4Nature aims to explore the development of adaptation strategies at local level, for example by promoting solutions to first assess and then mitigate species vulnerability to climate change. Key cross-sectoral issues will also be addressed in the framework of the project, with a special attention to ecosystem-based adaptation solutions. Activity 2.7 will specifically target this initiative for streamlining C4Nature's results.
(EN), - (FR), United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) (EN), - (FR) | The United Nations has proclaimed a Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) to support efforts to reverse the cycle of decline in ocean Ocean health. This is an important mission which is well complementary to the project aims Indeed, C4Nature will work on transferring scientific knowledge, tools and methodologies to targets involved with nature preservation, restoration, valorisationand climate change issues. In this context, the partnership will be involved by either submitting a proposal for a Decade Activity, that can be an event, a publication, a workshop or a training and participate in forums which will allow networking opportunities and getting involved in the Ocean Decade community by providing and co- creating knowledge. This way we will be able to provide to a wider audience the necessary scientific understanding of the ocean’s responses to pressures and management actions that are fundamental for a sustainable development and implementation..
(EN), - (FR), European Marine Observation and Data Network (EN), - (FR) | EMODnet observes the sea, processes the data according to international standards and makes this information freely available as interoperable data layers and data products. Considering that C4Nature will collect and consolidate information and data, the project will both contribute and receive information to/from EMODnet.
In specific,C4Nature will receive data from the Human Activities repository that registers marine (EMODnet) and maritime human activities throughout Europe, from the Biology Data Portal
monitoring data on temporal and spatial distribution of marine species and the Geology portal (data on coastal behavior, etc.), and capitalize this information into the transference activities targeting improved marine governance ( A2.5)
(EN), - (FR), CoastPredict (EN), - (FR) | C4Nature, will take advantage of the CoastPredict initiative’s outcomes focusing on the Mediterranean region. CoastPredict's main purpose is to observe and predict the Global Coastal Ocean, providing integrated knowledge for coasts (from events to climate). C4Nature will include this information as a prediction tool for governments to foresee challenges for the natural coastal resources as well as to classify coastal areas based on their level of suitability for the implementation of various sustainable solutions. C4Nature will explore the potential to create a fit-for-purpose coastal prediction system for the end-user communities in the Mediterranean Basin that is directly linked with the outcomes of the coastpredict initiative (A2.5). (EN), - (FR), - (FR), Interreg MED Sustainable Tourism Community (STC) (EN) | - (FR), The Interreg MED Sustainable Tourism Community (STC) actively works to make Tourism tourism a real driver for inclusive and sustainable development in the Mediterranean region. This community presents also a direct relation with other communities and, therefore, the STC thematic projects results are highly interesting to be included in the C4Nature resources recipient (A1.4) as well as the actors engaged in those communities will be invited to engage into the Amplification Room (A 2.3), if relevant. Therefore, C4Nature will gather information regarding the results and outputs that contributed to the sustainable enhancement of the development of policies for more efficient valorisation of natural resources and cultural heritage in coastal and adjacent maritime areas of a sustainable and responsible coastal and maritime tourism in the MED Area.
(EN), Climate Action Tracker (EN), - (FR) | The Climate Action Tracker is an independent scientific analysis that tracks government climate action while CAT quantifies and evaluates climate change
mitigation targets, policies and action. In this context, C4Nature will use this observatory to identify local, regional and territorial challenges related to climate change mitigation and adaptation while it will communicate outputs related to policies to CAT. Activity 2.7 will specifically target this initiative for streamlining and communicating C4Nature's results. (EN), - (FR), Interreg MED Renewable Energy Community Project (EN), - (FR) | The contribution of Interreg MED Renewable Energy Community Project was the integration of energy transition strategies with a holistic perspective that allowed guiding decision-making to enhance a better territorial, social and economic developments.
The Interreg MED Renewable Energy Projects’ main targets were the island and rural areas of the Mediterranean Regions, precisely because of their high vulnerability to climate change, and the emergency actions that small villages/island should take with the scarcity of resources. The Interreg MED Renewable Energy Community promotes the integration of renewable energies in rural and island areas, and both the thematic focus and the stakeholders targeted by this project are relevant to C4Nature.
Activity 1.4 will gather information regarding the results and outputs regarding the thematic projects realised and dedicated to renewable energies and energy transition model promotion, while the actors will be invited to become part of the enlarged C4Nature community (A2.3)
(EN), - (FR), - (FR), Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) (EN) | - (FR), CEMS is a dynamic system that provides information for emergency response and disaster risk management. C4Nature will ensure its enlarged community acknowledges the service (A1.6) and enhance its use by different societal actors and public authorities, offering useful information to build climate services addressing challenges such as for floods, droughts and forest fires (A 2.5). Relevant outcomes from knowledge exchange with the C4Nature community on the usability of the service will be fed into specific feedback reports, aiming at jointly boosting the use of this information for climate change risk management in the Mediterranean (A 2.7).
(EN), OPPLA (EN), - (FR) | Oppla is the EU Repository of Nature-Based Solutions.It provides a knowledge marketplace, where the latest thinking on natural capital, ecosystem services and nature-based solutions is brought together.Its purpose is to simplify how we share, obtain and create knowledge to better manage our environment.
It is an open platform that is designed for people with diverse needs and interests - from science, policy and practice; public, private and voluntary sectors; organisations large and small, as well as individuals. C4Nature will both feed into and use the information contained in this repository, contributing with peer reviewed resources (A 1.6) and putting into value the approaches promoted through the transfer activities (A2.5 and A 2.7).
(EN), - (FR), Biodiversity information system for Europe (EN), - (FR) | - (FR), The Biodiversity information system for Europe is a partnership between the European Commission and the European Environment Agency. The system encompasses a broad range of aspects, ranging from data and research outputs, policy making features, case studies and indicators. C4Nature will both feed into and use the information contained in the system, contributing with peer reviewed resources (A 1.6) and putting into value the approaches promoted through the transfer activities (A2.5 and A 2.7)
(EN), - (FR), United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030) (EN) | United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration aims to prevent, halt and reverse the ecosystem degradation, objectives coinciding with the mission of C4Nature. Therefore, C4Nature will capitalise the knowledge provided by the initiative (A1.4) and seek for synergies (A2.43) and matching solutions with ecosystem challenges (A2.5) as well as boosting advocacy activities, , through A3.5 (EN), - (FR), Interreg MED Blue Growth Community (EN), - (FR) | Provided theC4Nature Consortium includes three organisations that are partners of the Blue Blue Growth Community HP, the project will be able to generate strong interlinkages. . In specific, C4Nature will utilise the work done by BCG in gathering (A1.4) , consolidating (A1.6), disseminating and transferring resources/project results related to the blue economy (A 2.3). BGC project has done valuable work on interacting with the projects of the Community, studying and understanding the developed results developed. such as factsheets overviewing the most attractive tools developed by the projects of the Community, available in the repositories of marine platform. Furthermore, C4Nature integrated lessons learned from the BGC experiences, such as the “Appropriation approach” fostering uptake of solutions (A 2.4) and other “lessons learnt” basis.
(EN), - (FR), Interreg MED Green Growth Community (EN), - (FR) | GG Community has produced tools that can contribute to climate change mitigation, one of the themes tackled by C4Nature. The Capitalisation Platform developed by GGC promotes sharing of results and materials and can be a pool of solutions to enrich C4Nature's resource recipient (A1.4) (EN), - (FR), - (FR), Alternet (EN) | - (FR), Alternet brings together international natural and social science researchers from 21 European countries to integrate our understanding of biodiversity, ecosystems, and the services they provide to society and to create a platform for meaningful communication with policy-makers and the public. Pro.Ve.Va will link up with science policy initiatives promoted in this framework (A2.3), such as Eklipse, aiming at contributing to filling the gap at the European Science Policy Interface (SPI) by establishing a self- sustainable European support mechanism for evidence-informed policy on biodiversity and ecosystem services. C4Nature partner CREAf is member of its Executive Committee and in charge of the Network Communication and can ensure the interlinkages are sounly established. (EN), - (FR), Horizon Europe Green Missions. (EN) | EU Missions within Horizon Europe (2021-2027) are a new way to bring concrete solutions to some of our greatest challenges. Mission Restore our ocean and waters will help achieve the marine and freshwater targets of the European Green Deal, such as protecting 30% of the EU’s sea area and restoring marine eco-systems and 25.000 km of free-flowing rivers. As one of its objectives, the Mission will prevent and eliminate pollution by, for example, reducing plastic litter at sea, nutrient losses and use of chemical pesticides by 50%. The C4Nature core community will closely monitor the activities and funded grants under this mission (A1.4) , especially those connected to the Mediterranean sea basin lighthouse. In addition, we will also focus on other relevant Horizon Europe Missions such as “Adaptation to climate change” and “A soil deal for Europe”. he collaborators within these missions will be identified as target groups (A 1.3 ) and establish connections with C4Nature’s enlarged community to share, co-create knowledge and good practice examples and possibly organise joint events and future collaborations (A2.3). C4Nature PP and APs will contact the national mirror groups that work in line with the MIssion experts groups, like for example in the case of Spain these are managed by the Ministry for Economy, industry and Competition and Centre for technological and industrial development (CDTI) and will be contacted though CREAF. (EN), - (FR), - (FR), BioAgora project (EN) | Bio Knowledge Agora: Developing the Science Service for European Research and Biodiversity Policymaking, has the overall aim to connect research results to the needs of environmental policy in a targeted dialogue between science, other knowledge holders and policy actors. This project will establish a dynamic, inclusive and functional Science Service in support of project proposals as for them to develop strong and clear governance arrangements, including how to prioritise requests, and designed to support implementing, monitoring, reporting and reviewing the EU biodiversity strategy and supporting the orchestration of current and future knowledge mechanisms to implement the long-term European strategic biodiversity research agenda.’
The Bio-Agora project will create an ‘agora’, or gathering place, where existing and future actors can each bring in their expertise, experience and products to share and exchange to support the ratcheting up of biodiversity action and boost the sustainability transformation in the EU. C4Nature will actively engage in this agora, both presenting resources (A1.6) as well as fostering the AR community engagement (A2.3). C4Nature partner CREAF is a partner in the BioAgora project and therefore, even if the project is very recent, a sinergetic link between the projects´agendas can be ensured.
(EN), - (FR), - (FR), EUROPABON project (EN) | - (FR), Europa Biodiversity Observation Network: integrating data streams to support policy (EuropaBON) will work with stakeholders to identify user and policy needs for biodiversity monitoring and investigate the feasibility of setting up a center to coordinate monitoring activities across Europe. Together with stakeholders, EuropaBON will assess current monitoring efforts to identify gaps, data and workflow bottlenecks, and analyze cost-effectiveness of different schemes. A set of EuropaBON showcases will demonstrate that its results provide timely and relevant data for EU member states and regions, including policy-relevant indicators to assess progress in biodiversity targets, short-term biodiversity and ecosystem services forecasts, and scenarios that support IPBES and other assessments. C4Nature will take up the indicators produced in the resource recipient (A 1.6) and boost its adoption through its specific activities targeting its enlarged community (A2.4). C4Nature partner CREAF is a partner in the EUROPABON project, ensuring transference of knowledge (EN), - (FR), WISE (EN) | WISE ids the European information gateway to water issues, concerning both freshwater and marine environments.WISE-Freshwater provides information and data on the state of Europe’s rivers, lakes, groundwaters, on the pressures affecting them, on the measures and actions taken to protect and conserve the aquatic environment, while WISE-Marine provides access to information and data on the state of Europe’s seas, on the pressures affecting them, and on the actions being taken to protect and conserve the marine environment.
C4Nature will both feed into and use the information contained in the system, contributing with peer reviewed resources and putting into value the information managed through the transfer activities.(A 1.6) and putting into value the solutions promoted through the transfer activities (A2.5 and A 2.7) (EN), - (FR), - (FR), Forest Information System for Europe (FISE) (EN) | The Forest Information System for Europe (FISE) is a one stop shop for data and information to support forest-related policies in Europe. The platform aims to allow clear, easy-to-use, open access to updated information about the state and trends in Europe’s forests through meaningful data and narratives. C4Nature will capitalise the information stored (A 1.4) and actively promote its use in the community (A2.3). C4Nature will specially focus on ecosystem restoration and the key potential of forests for biodiversity conservation (A2.5), as well as feeding relevant new resources into the system (A2.7). (EN), - (FR)

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 4 999 999.90

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 3 999 999.92

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 80.00%

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REUSE roadmap and WP coordination plan
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Community Building Activities' communication contents
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Database of target groups and stakeholders
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Resources collection methodology
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Executive Synthesis of available "resources"
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Peer-review methodology
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Analysis of the TPs key outputs’ potentialities
Catalogue of transferable outputs
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Report on contribution to UN SDGs indicators
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Capsules of training material
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Communication contents on the “SOLVE the CHALLENGE” campaigns
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TRANSFER roadmap and WP coordination plan
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Thematic modules created for the Interreg Euro-MED Academy
Community Amplification Room framework
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Amplification Room's assessment report
Mentorship programmes (1 for empowerment + 1 for ownership approaches)
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Transfer by clustering report
Synthesis report on mainstreaming support within the annual D4N Institutional Dialogues
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Communication strategy and annual plan
Report on communication and dissemination
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Mission 4 Nature Joint plan
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C4N planning
Carbon footprint project monitoring sheets/reports
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Dossier on synergies with other programmes and initiatives
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Executive report on synergies with other Euro-MED GPs
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Policy recommendations

Contribution to wider strategies and policies:

TerritorialAgenda2030 C4Nature will follow the Territorial Agenda 2030 overarching objectives for a Just and a Green Europe, and will respond
to the increasing pressure for sustainable development and for fighting climate change. More specifically, C4Nature’s A 3.3 will contribute to national and regional Agendas’ priorities concerning FUNCTIONAL REGIONS applying an integrated multilevel governance approach, INTEGRATION BEYOND BORDERS promoting cross-border cooperation and dialogue with all governance levels, HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT linking ecosystems and protected areas in spatial planning, increasing the resilience of all places impacted by climate change, raise communities’ awareness for protecting, restoring and valorizing the natural environment and heritage. Moreover, C4Nature will put the Territorial Agenda 2030 into practice by taking part in its joint actions and inspiring future ones. . Interesting results of these actions and the pilot experiences will be evaluated through A1.5 , particularly those related to ‘Climate change adaptation and resilience through landscape transition’ and ‘Climate action in Alpine towns’, as to be taken up in the project resources catalogue A1.6. Finally, C4Nature’s aim to support multilevel cooperation between all actors, enhancing multi-level governance, place-based approaches and territorial cohesion is in line with the agenda and will be strengthened by specific advocacy activities (A3.5) .
EuropeanGreenDeal European Green Deal priorities aims to protect biodiversity and ecosystems, reduce pollution, promote circular economy and ensure sustainability of the blue economy. Indicatively, the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 acknowledges nature restoration as a key contribution to both climate change mitigation and adaptation and the Forest Strategy proposes measures for strengthening forest protection and restoration. Moreover, one of the European Green Deal Actions is dedicated to the Environment and Oceans. This Action includes priorities aiming to protect biodiversity and ecosystems, reduce air, water and soil pollution and move towards a circular economy, improve waste management and ensure the sustainability of the blue economy and fisheries sectors. C4Nature through its multi-discipline partnership and collaboration with TPs (A1.2) covers all the thematic areas and objectives of the above Action and Strategies. The achievement of these priorities requires action in multiple layers, engaging a cross-sectoral partnering, augmenting knowledge and upscaling, as well as mainstreaming of pioneering ideas (A2.4). C4Nature will target locations and regions (A2.5) that are biodiversity hotspots, face pollution challenges and are characterized by intense economic activity, focusing also in the coastal and maritime areas. The project will aim to take these activities one step further by promoting and systematizing transferring and mainstreaming of the results aiming to address the environmental objectives of Green Deal on a larger scale producing real impact in the Med region (A3.3). In addition, C4Nature will seek for a collaboration with CINEA (European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency) which is the European Green Deal Executive Agency, mainly on the ‘Climate and Environment’ & ‘Maritime’ Programmes.
Other The EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change (an EU Green Deal Climate Action) was built based on the impacts of climate change that earth is facing, such as extreme weather including heat waves and droughts. Due to climate change impact, environmental degradation is faced and also the health and the well-being of people all around the world is affected.
This new EU Strategy identifies ecosystem-based approaches as a cross cutting priority. Its principal objectives are to make adaptation smarter, swifter and more systemic, and to step up international cooperation on adaptation to climate change.
C4Nature will be aligned with the EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change and will work towards the Strategy’s vision by improving knowledge on climate impacts by promoting nature-based solutions for adaptation,, by enhancing climate risk assessment and adaptation actions and streamlining these into the CLIMATE ADAPT platform (A1.4, A 1.6, A 2.7), and by helping to strengthen climate resilience in the whole Mediterranean area and beyond (A 3.3).
Other The EU Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP) is a holistic approach to all sea- related EU policies, which seeks to provide a more coherent and coordinated approach to marine and maritime issues, also considering climate change. The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) is the IMP’s environmental pillar, which seeks to protect the marine ecosystem and biodiversity upon which our health and marine-related economic and social activities depend. It establishes a common framework requiring Member States to take the necessary measures to achieve and maintain Good Environmental Status of the EU's coastal and marine waters.
C4Nature will take into consideration MSFD’s 11 Qualitative descriptors for determining good environmental status (e.g., that biological diversity and sea-floor integrity is maintained, human-induced eutrophication is minimized, etc.) when evaluating proposed solutions (A1.5), ensuring the resources presented all contribute to the IMP goals..
Other The EU Water Framework Directive (DIRECTIVE 2000/60/EC) aims to establish a framework for the protection of inland surface waters, transitional waters, coastal waters and groundwater. Its aim is to prevent further deterioration and protect and enhance the status of aquatic ecosystems, to promote sustainable water use, to establish specific measures for the progressive reduction of discharges, emissions and hazardous substances, to ensure the progressive reduction of pollution of groundwater and prevent its further pollution, and to contribute to mitigating the effects of floods and droughts. All the above are directly linked with the aim of C4Nature’s project, which will contribute to climate change actions and initiatives in order to prevent, restore and valorize the aquatic environment by integrating impactful solutions into its Catalog of transferrable TCP results (A1.6) and fostering transference and uptake by a broad community (A 2.3).
Other The EU Floods Directive (FD), adopted in 2007, aims to assess and manage all kind of floods (river, lakes, flash floods, urban floods, coastal floods, including storm surges and tsunamis) in a coherent way across the EU and integrates the consideration of climate change impacts directly in its implementation. In order to reduce and manage the risks that floods pose to human health, the environment, cultural heritage and economic activity, the Directive requires Member States to identify the river basins and associated coastal areas at risk of flooding, then draw up flood risk maps and establish flood risk management plans focused on prevention, protection and preparedness.
C4Nature will focus flood risk reduction solutions aligned with the EU Floods Directive (A1.4) and capitalize the implementation related challenges diagnosed in the the 1st Floods Directive Implementation Report and the 2nd Preliminary Flood Risk Assessments Report, integration lessons learned into specific working groups (A 2. 5). and policy making processes (A 2.6)
Other The Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) of the United Nations Environment Programme was established in 1975 by Mediterranean governments as the first regional action plan under the UNEP Regional Seas Programme with clear objectives to foster regional collaboration against marine pollution and promote integrated planning and sustainable use of marine resources. At the heart of MAP lies the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea - the so called Barcelona Convention . Over time the Convention was complemented by seven (7) Protocols addressing different aspects of marine and coastal environment and resource protection and management.
C4Nature will contribute to the MAP by identifying concrete solutions enhancing the implementation of the protocols (A1.6), ensuring transference towards a broad community of target groups (A 2.4) and fostering incidence into policy making (A3.5 and A2.6). To support the latter, C4Nature community direct contributions will be crucial, ensuring resources to be streamlined through their representation in key bodies, i.e CREAF is a UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) observer.
EUStrategyAdriaticIonianRegion The Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region (EUSAIR) is one of the Adriatic and Ionian four EU macro-regional strategies. Its general objective is to promote economic and social prosperity in the region by improving its attractiveness, competitiveness and connectivity.
C4Nature's activities are expected to contribute to two of EUSAIR’s main pillars:
the “Environmental Quality” pillar (ensuring a good environmental and ecological status of the marine and coastal environment / halting the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of ecosystem services, and restoring them by addressing threats to marine and terrestrial biodiversity / improving waste management by reducing waste flows to the sea and, reducing nutrient flows and other pollutants to the rivers and the sea). So C4Nature will contribute to both topics of this pillar, i.e., the marine environment and the transnational terrestrial habitats and biodiversity and the “Blue Growth” pillar (promoting the sustainable seafood production and consumption, by developing common standards and approaches for strengthening these two sectors).
C4Nature aims to promote tools and actions( A 1.6 and A1.9) that preserve the environmental quality, including also the marine environment, a crucial aspect for the Mediterranean region that is surrounded by sea. Covering almost the whole ADRION area (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro and Slovenia), C4Nature’s community (A.2) will have the capacity (A2.4) and channels (A2.5 and A2.6). to contribute to the common objectives in the macro-region.
EUStrategyAlpineRegion The EU Macro-regional Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP) aims to bring a new impetus for cooperation and investment to the benefit of all involved: States, regions, civil society stakeholders and, above all, European citizens. The main challenge for this strategy is the preservation of natural and cultural assets in the Alpine area.
C4Nature will contribute to EUSALP on its 3rd objective ‘Ensuring sustainability in the Alps: preserving the Alpine heritage and promoting a sustainable use of natural and cultural resources’. In particular, A2.5 will target EUSALP’s Action Groups: 6. Preserve and valorise natural resources, including water and cultural resources, 7. Develop ecological connectivity in the whole EUSALP territory and 8. Improve risk management and better manage climate change, including major natural risks prevention. In the same line, EUSALP Cross-cutting Policy Area on “Governance, including Institutional Capacity”, will be targeted through A 3.3 for improving cooperation and coordination of actions in the region.
MediterraneanSeaBasin The WestMED initiative was developed with the aim of building bridges between Southern Europe and North Africa and strengthening relations between partner countries in the Western Mediterranean. This is also one of the main priorities for C4Nature, which is a project targeting all western Mediterranean countries and regions, northern, southern, and eastern. C4Nature will establish a close collaboration with the WestMED initiative
(A3.3) and will try to co-work on common axes, as the WestMED’s Axis II – Common priorities for action to be developed in the framework of the WestMED initiative, and more precisely on Priority 2 “Biodiversity and marine habitat conservation and restoration” (as described in the WestMED’s Ministerial Declaration and Roadmap). This priority focuses on the fight against pollution at sea and land, the protection of coastal and marine ecosystems, and the fight against coastal erosion and habitat degradation. Collaboration is foreseen also on Priorities 8 (Marine and maritime knowledge) and 9 (Biodiversity and marine habitat conservation)
C4Nature will especially target WestMED hubs for fostering dialogue and joint actions (A2.5), aiming to enhance the community’s network and promote transference of results, tools and strategies in both Mediterranean shores.
Other C4Nature targets national through streamlining TCP results and other highly transferable resources using existing mechanisms for science into policy making, starting from the PP and AP countries. This is straightforward for governmental bodies included in theC4Nature consortium and community, who will streamline solutions (A1.6) into national and regional policy making processes (A3.5 andA 2.6), through their responsibility areas.
-For example, in France, FOB (under the supervision of the ministries responsible for Ecology and Agriculture & Food) contributes to the exercise of administrative and judicial environmental policies. It provides support for government environmental policies and assists managers of national areas. It also strives to educate the public on biodiversity issues and gain their support for conservation.
Nevertheless, all partners and community members will strongly contribute to this task, relying on their direct advisory services towards governmental bodies of interest. Only few examples are given here, but more applications are pursued in the course of the project:
- In Greece, through the close collaboration with NECCA, C4Nature will follow and address the aspects of the National Strategy for Biodiversity and the Five-Year Action Plan, the National Strategy for climate change adaptation and the recently published Greek Climate Law on the transition to climate neutrality and adaptation as well as environmental protection.
- In Italy, CoNISMa counts in its board 5 key ministries (MUR, MIPAAF, MiTE, MIms, MIBAC) and through ISPRA and the regional agencies, C4Nature can contribute to the process of environmental legislation and the implementation of policies.
- In Slovenia, C4Nature's contribution is in line with the Nature Conservation Act and its measures for biodiversity and natural resources conservation, protection and the obligation to include the measures.
Other Regional strategies in the same line as for the national level, C4Nature will target regional policy makers and contribute to streamlining the catalogue of transferrable resources (A1.6)starting from the PP and AP countries relations with public authorities. in example for Spain, CREAF will use its direct relationship with the Government of Catalonia, through its council members in the Advisory Council for Sustainability (CADS) in the implementation of the Agenda 2030, its direct collaboration established with the Catalan Office for Climate Change (C4Nature AP) in the development of the climate change law and adaptation strategy, (ESCACC), with the DG for mountain and coastal management for the elaboration of the new law for Mountains areas and new Coastal Zone Protection Plan, its direct engagement in the design of the Natural Heritage and Biodiversity strategy for Catalonia, or for example by jointly organising with the Ministry for Foreign Action and Open Government the yearly MedCat Days fostering the implementation of the Agenda 2030 and promoting a Mediterranean macroregion. During the project duration, the regional dimension will be expanded by territorial clustered working groups (A2.5) and further addressed through specific advocacy actions (A3.5).

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RCO 087 - Organisations cooperating across borders, Measurement unit:

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RCR 104 - Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations, Measurement unit:

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RCR90N Long-term cross-border innovation networks, Measurement unit: Number of networks
PSR 1: Organisations with increased institutional capacity due to their participation in cooperation activities across borders, Measurement unit: Organisations

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