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NEWS COVERAGE, Siena — March 1, 2022

[In the News 🇮🇹] Legambiente: ‘The sale of the Ovile spring field risks compromising the cycle/pedestrian path’.

The Siena branch of Legambiente intervenes on the subject of the football field at the Ovile springs: "In recent days, with the private purchase proposal, the story of the former sports facilities outside Porta Ovile seems to have come to an end. For many years they were a place of play and recreation for many young people, and a meeting place for many citizens who went to watch football matches between the various districts; then years of silence and prolonged neglect and disinterest on the part of the administration.

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CONFERENCE, PRESS RELEASES — January 23, 2022

[Press Release] Call for Abstracts for the URBiNAT International Conference 2022

We are delighted to announce that the call for abstracts is now open for the URBiNAT International Conference “Nature for Innovative and Inclusive Urban Regeneration”, to be held 16 & 17 June 2022 in Milan.
We invite our partners from the scientific community, policy makers, urban planners and practitioners, developers of nature-based solutions, social workers, environmental and social activists and artists, as well as representatives of our sister H2020-funded NBS projects and other stakeholders to apply to be a speaker at the URBiNAT International Conference 2022 with a short abstract. The event is open to all. Abstracts submission deadline is 4 March 2022.

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DIGITAL ENABLERS — January 7, 2022

[Digital Enablers] Unlocking Benefits from Digitalisation: Innovation, Business Growth and Prosperity in Perspective

The digital revolution makes a massive amount of information available at much greater speed than was previously thought possible, spanning technical specifications, market analysis, competitors, social dynamics, external events, etc. The implications are profound for corporations of all kinds, as well as for public institutions, academia, and civil society.

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BEST PRACTICES, PUBLICATIONS — December 4, 2021

[Research Paper] Guidelines for Citizen Engagement and the Co-Creation of Nature-Based Solutions: Living Knowledge in the URBiNAT Project

Participation and citizen engagement are fundamental elements in urban regeneration and in the deployment of nature-based solutions (NBS) to advance sustainable urban development. Various limitations inherent to participatory processes concerning NBS for inclusive urban regeneration have been addressed, and lessons have been learnt.

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DIGITAL ENABLERS, Nantes, Porto, Sofia — December 1, 2021

[Digital Enablers] Super Barrio: A video game to boost participatory design, available on Google Play

Developed as part of the URBiNAT project, SuperBARRIO is a video game that boosts participatory design processes. Designed as an open source video game for smartphones and tablets, it is a digital tool for architects and public entities to engage the citizens in the design of public space, to educate in sustainability and inclusiveness, and to collect data about the citizen’s needs, desires and proposals.