Nature-bAsed soluTions for a jUst Resilience in thE Adriatic-Ionian cities

Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B IPA Adriatic-Ionian

Date of latest update: 2025-06-23

Description

Description (EN):

The NATURED Project Offers Nature-based Solutions for the ADRION Region Facing Climate Change Crisis: The ADRION region is a hotspot of climate change. Spanning multiple countries and cities in the Adriatic-Ionian area, it is grappling with the severe consequences of climate change. Flooding, droughts, landslides, storms, and wildfires have become increasingly frequent, impacting vulnerable communities and exposing the urgent need for adaptation measures. In response to this pressing challenge, the NATURED project aims to empower policymakers and stakeholders to prevent the effects of climate change on urban areas, particularly flash floods, and urban heat islands. The project seeks to promote a just, safe, and inclusive resilience approach, prioritizing the most vulnerable groups, such as those living near rivers and those affected by heat waves. NATURED's approach is anchored in a series of interlinked activities, which include understanding the interactions between climate and cities, creating databases and digital maps for climate vulnerability and hazards in different urban zones, and engaging citizens and stakeholders to define action plans for Nature-based Solutions (NbS). These solutions will be tested in pilot actions and subsequently integrated into the public work plans of cities, with the ultimate goal of replicating the most effective solutions on a wider scale. The transnational approach is crucial, as climate change effects transcend geopolitical boundaries. The Adriatic-Ionian region shares common vulnerabilities that demand collective efforts and joint action. NATURED's originality lies in its place-based approach and the inclusion of NbS in city public work plans, which are currently dominated by grey infrastructure approaches. The project prioritizes Nature-based Solutions over traditional grey infrastructures. By embracing NbS, NATURED aims to create a more resilient and sustainable future for the ADRION region, leaving no one behind in the face of the climate crisis.

Expected Achievements (EN):

To inform and train policymakers, civil servants, professionals, and groups of citizens on the complex interactions between climate and the city (composition, structure), as evidence-based knowledge for decisions, actions, and change of behaviors. To build a climate vulnerability/hazards characterization of the different zones of the cities by collecting open-source data from Copernicus, national and regional meteorological services, observatories, and any other reliable source. To define action plans for implementing NbS though the engagement of citizens and stakeholders (supported by experts), to improve the interaction between climate and cities, and hence reduce the risks for people, infrastructures and structures. Review the public work plans, approved or under preparation in the cities concerned, against criteria prioritizing Nature-based Solutions, instead of grey infrastructures, to enhance resilience to climate change.

Project outputs: Joint strategy to tackle the vulnerabilities/risks of cities to enhance resilience to climate change(EN)
Joint action plan of implementable Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for urban resilience to climate change(EN)
Pilot actions to test Nature-based Solutions to enhance resilience to climate change in urban areas(EN)
Tested solutions to increase the resilience of cities to effects of climate change(EN)
Partners cooperating across borders (EN)

Thematic information

Social inclusion and equal opportunities Climate change and biodiversity

Priority: (VI-B_IPA-A_2) Supporting a greener and climate resilient Adriatic-Ionian region

Priority specific objective: RSO2.4. Promoting climate change adaptation and disaster risk prevention and resilience, taking into account eco-system based approaches

Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO2 A greener, low-carbon transitioning towards a net zero carbon economy and resilient Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation, risk prevention and management, and sustainable urban mobility

Type of intervention: 058 Adaptation to climate change measures and prevention and management of climate related risks: floods and landslides (including awareness raising, civil protection and disaster management systems, infrastructures and ecosystem based approaches)

Partners (12)

Lead Partner: Unione della Romagna Faentina

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 939095510

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 02517640393

Address: Piazza del popolo, 48018 Faenza, Italy

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: http://www.romagnafaentina.it

Total budget: EUR 166 340.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 141 389.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 85.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 24 951.00

Contractors:

Name: Ag per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile
VAT registration or tax identification number: 04356920407
Name: FMARKET CAFE SRL
VAT registration or tax identification number: IT02524490394
Name: E-BISTROT SRL
VAT registration or tax identification number: IT11661200961
Name: Stampamondo
VAT registration or tax identification number: IT02558950396

Grad Banja Luka

Name: Grad Banja Luka

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 913500702

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 4401012920007

Address: Trg srpskih vladara , 78000 Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: https://www.banjaluka.rs.ba/

Total budget: EUR 77 716.06

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 66 058.65

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 85.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 11 657.41

Komuna e Gostivarit / Општина Гостивар

Name: Komuna e Gostivarit / Општина Гостивар

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 950379326

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 4007004131702

Address: Braka Ginovski, 1230 Gostivar, North Macedonia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: http://www.gostivar.gov.mk

Total budget: EUR 83 674.60

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 71 123.41

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 85.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 12 551.19

Contractors:

Name: Technical expertise
VAT registration or tax identification number: Physical person (Non-company)

Bashkia Tirane

Name: Bashkia Tirane

Department: General Directory of Integration, Strategic Planning and Economic Development

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 938474419

Partner’s ID if not PIC: K11729002L

Address: Sheshi “Skënderbej”, 1001 Tirana, Albania

Legal status: public

Organisation type: National public authority

Website: http://www.tirana.al

Total budget: EUR 93 904.54

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 79 818.85

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 85.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 14 085.69

Prijestonica Cetinje

Name: Prijestonica Cetinje

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 02005115 | Registration number (EN)

Address: Baja Pivljanina , 81250 Cetinje, Montenegro

Department address:

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: http://www.cetinje.me

Total budget: EUR 90 692.80

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 77 088.88

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 85.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 13 603.92

Regionalna razvojna agencija Jug

Name: Regionalna razvojna agencija Jug

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 929369029

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 106262882

Address: Balkanska, 18000 Niš, Serbia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Other

Website: http://www.rra-jug.rs

Total budget: EUR 100 454.56

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 85 386.37

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 85.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 15 068.19

Regionalni centar za društveno-ekonomski razvoj – Banat Doo

Name: Regionalni centar za društveno-ekonomski razvoj – Banat Doo

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 933934528

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 100652867

Address: Dr Kornela Radulovića, 23000 Zrenjanin, Serbia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Sectoral agency

Website: http://www.banat.rs

Total budget: EUR 109 840.13

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 93 364.11

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 85.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 16 476.02

Contractors:

Name: STUDIO DI MANO DOO ZRENJANIN
VAT registration or tax identification number: 109203293
Name: CECC DOO NOVI SAD
VAT registration or tax identification number: 111427712
Name: INGRATO ING PR
VAT registration or tax identification number: 107252537
Name: Time Computers
VAT registration or tax identification number: 100912768

INTERNACIONALNI UNIVERZITET U SARAJEVU

Name: INTERNACIONALNI UNIVERZITET U SARAJEVU

Department: Faculty of Engineering and Natural Science - FENS / The Business Excellence Center of International University of Sarajevo - BECIUS

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 959296439

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 200877730003

Address: Hrasnička cesta, BA - 71210 Ilidža-Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.unsa.ba

Total budget: EUR 106 446.44

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 90 479.47

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 85.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 15 966.97

ΠΕΡΙΦΕΡΕΙΑ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΙΑΣ

Name: ΠΕΡΙΦΕΡΕΙΑ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΙΑΣ

Department: Directorate of Development Planning / Department of European programmes and initiatives

Partner’s ID if not PIC: EL997844846

Address: Papanastasiou & Koumoundourou, Riga Feraiou square, 41222 LARISSA, Greece

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Regional public authority

Website: https://www.thessaly.gov.gr/

Total budget: EUR 97 918.15

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 83 230.42

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 85.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 14 687.73

Javna ustanova RERA S.D. za koordinaciju i razvoj Splitsko -dalmatinske županije

Name: Javna ustanova RERA S.D. za koordinaciju i razvoj Splitsko -dalmatinske županije

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 891314280

Partner’s ID if not PIC: HR40887282015

Address: Domovinskog rata, 21000 split, Croatia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Sectoral agency

Website: http://www.rera.hr

Total budget: EUR 103 480.85

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 87 958.72

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 85.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 15 522.13

Contractors:

Name: NET MEDIA SISTEMI.
VAT registration or tax identification number: HR03380490457

RRA SEVERNE PRIMORSKE d.o.o. Nova Gorica

Name: RRA SEVERNE PRIMORSKE d.o.o. Nova Gorica

PIC (Participant Identification Code): 950215881

Partner’s ID if not PIC: SI95877835

Address: Cesta 25. junija, 5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Sectoral agency

Website: http://www.rra-sp.si

Total budget: EUR 118 770.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 100 954.50

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 85.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 17 815.50

CORILA - Consorzio per il Coordinamento delle Ricerche inerenti al Sistema Lagunare di Venezia

Name: CORILA - Consorzio per il Coordinamento delle Ricerche inerenti al Sistema Lagunare di Venezia

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 94041400279 | fiscal code (EN)

Address: San Marco , 30124 Venice, Italy

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.corila.it

Total budget: EUR 120 675.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 102 573.75

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 85.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 18 101.25

Contractors:

Name: Università IUAV di Venezia
VAT registration or tax identification number: n.a
Name: Arcangelo Bicchieri
VAT registration or tax identification number: 02289620730
Name: ASSO Agenzia
VAT registration or tax identification number: 04356920407

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Summary

Project name (EN): Nature-bAsed soluTions for a jUst Resilience in thE Adriatic-Ionian cities

Project acronym: NATURED

Project ID: IPA-ADRION00445

Project start date: 2024-07-01

Project end date: 2026-12-31

Project status: ongoing

Relevant linked projects:

Urban Heat Islands (UHI) – Interreg Central Europe (EN) | The UHI project aims to analyse the phenomenon of "urban heat islands" to define policies and initiate transnational initiatives for the prevention, adaptation and mitigation of the risks associated with temperature increases in population centres. This will also be implemented by tracing appropriate models for the transformation of urban areas and proposing suitable regulatory and design measures, to be included in the territorial and urban planning tools that can contribute as best practices of procedural experiences, pilot actions and plans implemented for the action plans of resilience, and consequent pilot actions for the experimentation of solutions, to be developed in NATURED. CORILA, partner in UHI, will ensure the expected synergy. (EN), STREAM - Strategic development of flood management (Interreg Italy - Croatia). (EN) | This project is focused on the development of local tools to cope with coastal and urban flooding. The focus of STREAM is on the forecasting and early warning component; therefore, it is in synergy with the aims of NATURED without having conflicts or overlap. NATURED can capitalise on the experiences, results, and approaches of these tools to increase the resilience of urban areas to effects of climate change. (EN), ADRIACLIM - Climate change information, monitoring and management tools for adaptation strategies in Adriatic coastal areas (Interreg Italy - Croatia). (EN) | Due to the coastal territorial focus of the project, its results on information, monitoring, and management tools to support adaptation strategies in coastal areas of the Adriatic are useful for the activities to be implemented in Split. (EN), SECAP - (Interreg Italy - Slovenia). (EN) | SECAP has a strong cross-border component to support adaptation planning. On the one hand, the approaches used, and the results obtained from the analyses for the cross-border knowledge frameworks can work in synergy with the status quo WP, although applied to different territories. On the other hand, the coordinated adaptation strategies and their implementation in local Sustainable Energy and Adaptation Plans can contribute as best practice of procedural experiences, pilot actions and implemented plans for the resilience actions plans, and consequent pilot actions for testing solutions, to develop in NATURED (EN)

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 269 913.13

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 079 426.13

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 85.00%

Co-financing sources:

Investments, deliverables, policy contributions

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Deliverables:

Program of transnational/ local training seminars to understand interactions climate/city.
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Transnational technical assessment report
Narrative report on the complex interactions between climate and cities
A set of vulnerability/hazard matrixes at the city level on the effects of climate change
Joint developed strategy for resilience of cities
Transnational technical qualitative assessment
Report resuming the citizens/stakeholders’ opinions and contributions.
Joint action plan on implementable NbS
Transnational technical qualitative assessment report
Review of the public works plans to prioritize NbS
One package of 11 pilot actions to test NbS solutions of resilience to climate change in cities.
Replicability plan at wider scale of the successful tested joint solutions

Contribution to wider strategies and policies:

EuropeanGreenDeal Scientists have clarified that even if emissions of GHG were stopped, their concentration in atmosphere is so high that their impacts would last for a long time. Thus, making urban areas more resilient to climate change and its catastrophic effects is a key component of EU Green Deal (as stated by new EU Adaptation Strategy of February 2021), to which NATURED will contribute through data collection, a vulnerability matrix, a portfolio of implementable solutions to be tested in pilot actions.
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EUStrategyAdriaticIonianRegion
Even if climate change (mitigation/adaptation) is not mentioned in the strategy as a specific pillar or goal, the EUSAIR acknowledges that the Region is under threat from climate change as flooding, drought, soil erosion, and forest fires are all increasing realities. By working to make more resilient to climate change in urban areas (flooding, heatwaves), NATURED will contribute to the Pillar 3„Environmental quality“ of EUSAIR, which overall goal is the preservation of natural ecosystems.
Other TERRITORIAL AGENDA 2030: IT points out that the impacts of climate change vary considerably across European geographical regions with different degrees of vulnerability. The increased risks of sea-level rise, heat waves, forest fires, drought, desertification, soil degradation, floods, and other natural and mixed natural and technical hazards call for place-based responses, cooperation, and coordinated policies, that require tailor-made responses at all levels. NATURED is wholly designed on these assumptions.
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EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR): One of the goals of Danube Strategy is to provide a timely opportunity to put in place the required elements on which to build a Danube Adaptation Strategy in nearest possible future, underling that is essential a full cross-cutting, integrated approach to climate change. NATURED, through the vulnerability matrix, pilot actions by which some solutions will be tested, with an overall place-based approach founded on NBS-Nature-Based Solutions, will contribute to the strategic goal above.
Other EU Strategy for the Alpine Region (EUSALP): the region is particularly vulnerable to climate change. In 20th century, temperature increased by almost 2°C, against around 1°C in nearby regions. Small glaciers are likely to disappear, while larger glaciers will suffer a e reduction of between 30 % and 70 % by 2050. In 2018, the Italian side of region has been affected by catastrophic tempest Vaia, whilst climate instability is increasing with anormal heat waves. Through its own NBS approach, NATURED will provide useful inputs to EUSALP.

Programme Common Output Indicator:

RCO 084 - Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects, Measurement unit:
RCO 116 - Jointly developed solutions, Measurement unit:
RCO 083 - Strategies and action plans jointly developed, Measurement unit:
RCO 087 - Organisations cooperating across borders, Measurement unit:

Programme Common Result Indicator:

RCR 084 - Organisations cooperating across borders after project completion, Measurement unit:
RCR 104 - Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations, Measurement unit:
RCR 079 - Joint strategies and action plans taken up by organisations, Measurement unit:

Project part of European Union Macro-Regional or Sea Basin Strategy: EUSAIR

EUSAIR Priority (Policy) area / Horizontal action:

EUSAIR Degree of compliance:

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2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B IPA Adriatic-Ionian

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2025-06-23

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70 / 70 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

638 / 638 (100%)

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Nature-bAsed soluTions for a jUst Resilience in thE Adriatic-Ionian cities

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