Promoting Nature-based Solutions in Municipalities in Hungary
About this good practice
The good practice is a decision-making preparatory project with multiple output result packages (baseline assessment, recommendation package and knowledge sharing). The basis of the survey was extensive data collection by addressing local governments, authorities, government, ecological, engineering and economic specialists, processing documents and good practices. The engagement process consisted of questionnaires, interviews, workshops (national stakeholders workshop, municipal workshop, international workshop).
The survey was coordinated by the OECD on behalf of the EEEOP Management Authority with the involvement of domestic experts as a professional preparation for the 2023-2027 nature-based solutions and green (blue) infrastructure support schemes. As a result of the process, not only documents were created, but also online knowledge-sharing workshops were organised in order to share the results widely.
The GP presents the challenges that may justify the use of nature-based solutions (climate change and its consequences, loss of natural capital or unfavourable urban environmental conditions), the current practice of their application, and the circumstances that influence the uptake of NBS, providing a technical basis for efficient resource allocation.
Resources needed
The resources used for this project, the amount of overall support was 450 000 EUR (157 500 000 HUF).
Evidence of success
As a result of this project, overall 69 recommendations have been outlined regarding governance and coordination frameworks, strategic background, regulatory framework, knowledge capacity and funding opportunities.
Additionally, 4 workshops were organised.
Regarding the materials, an OECD document and a training material was created.
Potential for learning or transfer
From this decision-making preparation project, its thematics, its approach that processes as many related segments connected to the spread of NBS as possible can be adopted as a good practice. These segments include: (1) environmental and climatic features, trends, challenges, (2) human resources at local governments, in planning, implementation, authorization, (3) opportunities for civil and professional involvement, (4) regulatory environment in management, authorization and public procurement, maintenance, land management, value protection, (5) institutional frameworks, (6) planning tools, (7) ownership problems, (8) financing opportunities for development and maintenance, (9) technical capacity, (10) access to basic data, data collection, (11) maintenance and management issues, (12) monitoring, (13) education, attitude formation, dissemination, (14) feedback of implementation results to the decision-making bodies.