COEVOLVERS goes Brussels – On networking at NetworkNature events, and busting myths
Michael Kull participated in the NetworkNature Task Force meetings and Annual Event between 24–25 September in Brussels. The meeting started with sharing insights and updates from the various Task Forces.
Some highlights:
TF1: Data and Knowledge sharing is committed to developing nuanced data for measuring the success of NbS. This involves gathering feedback from cities through ground-truthing efforts, ensuring that approaches are grounded in real-world experiences.
TF2: Integrated Assessment Framework works on a comprehensive handbook featuring 73 core indicators for evaluating NbS projects. A mini handbook will soon be available online, and local feedback is encouraged.
TF3: Finance and Business Models maps finance and business models within a nature-positive economy.
TF4: The NbS Communicators are producing engaging videos showcasing various NbS types and co-creation processes and operationalizing tools that have been developed across projects.
TF5: On NbS Education is also aimed at transforming outputs into accessible, easily understood and applied learning materials, e.g. for public sector representatives
TF6: Looking into co-creation and governance is particularly relevant for our project and wide participation encouraged. A very tangible project is the handbook on co-creation and co-governance. The aim is to engage underrepresented groups and to foster knowledge exchange across continents, bridging the gap between theory and practice.
At the meeting on digital support tools for the co-creation and co-governance of NbS, the NatureNex and VirtualNature tools of COEVOLVERS was presented. COEVOLVERS thoughts on Co-creation phases and modules were met with interest.
The NN annual meeting on 25.9. was under the motto “Busting myths”. Some of the many myth-busting interventions were: a new French law on “No Net Land Take”, green gentrification and environmental racism.
Among the highlights was to meet colleagues from our Translighthouses sister project. We discussed possible collaboration, including mapping systematisation of experience in our cases from Latin-America.