TRANS-lighthouses project
> Strengthens socio-politics as part of the public agenda for nature-based solutions towards systemic change.
> Aims to gather evidence on material and immaterial results of nature-based solutions in order to rethink and reframe the main elements that compose the complexity of creating social and ecologically just solutions.
> Funded by the European Union, from May 2023 to October 2026, with a budget of 5.9 million euros, under grant agreement n.º 101084628.
Ambition and work plan
> Become a European reference in terms of socio-political challenges, in order to locally support nature-based projects and solutions.
> New governance models to be tested, as well as approaches and tools for co-creation in small scale but big picture projects that can be upscaled over time.
> Prioritise the perspectives of citizens, in dialogue with other interested actors.
> Assessment of the benefits and effects of solutions already developed to recognize practices and disseminate more economically and socially fair guidelines for their implementation.
Lighthouses
> Network of “lighthouses” in urban, rural, coastal and forest areas.
> Metaphor for a set of local governance arrangements and instruments, within multi-stakeholder networks and concerted groups.
> Composed of living knowledge labs, assessment cases, pilot cases and international associated partners.
> Interaction of different knowledges, experiences and roles to support the assessment of ongoing solutions and the testing of new ones.