Strengthening international cooperation between EU and CELAC countries on sustainable urbanisation: nature-based solutions for restoration and rehabilitation of urban ecosystems

The funding was used to participate in two workshops held during the preparation of the proposal; Rome (May, 2018), and Bogota (November, 2018). The proposal was submitted in February 2019 and the four-year project was granted in December 2019. The project is starting in 2020.

CONEXUS is led by University of Sheffield, with SLU as co-lead. CONEXUS will structure, coordinate and promote access to the shared, contextualized knowledge needed to support cities and communities to co-create NBS (Nature Based Solutions) and together restore urban ecosystems to help drive the required step-change in urban policy and practice in European and CELAC countries.

SLU is the leader of Work Package 3, focusing on the establishment of learning labs in the seven case cities involved: Santiago, Bogota, Buenos Aires and Sao Paolo in South America, and Turin, Barcelona and Lisbon in Europe. The Life-Labs will in partnership identify, initiate and co-create nature-based solution interventions, and thus embed these into urban places, plans and policies.