Imagine trying to plant a city forest or restore a coast, but the local people aren't on board or the rules don't fit. This work creates a playbook for making these green projects actually work by involving the community from the start. It's like moving from a 'top-down' blueprint to a shared map that everyone helps draw.
Green infrastructure projects often fail or face delays because they ignore the social and political needs of the local community. This leads to wasted investment and public opposition.
["A formalization of 'Lighthouses' (LKL) to serve as governance baselines for pilot projects.", "A data usability prototype to make research results accessible to different users."]
If you are a city development consultancy dealing with community resistance to green infrastructure — this project developed socially fairer guidelines that increase local commitment and project success. This helps avoid costly delays in urban greening projects.
If you are a biocomposting service provider dealing with inefficient rural-urban waste links — this project developed assessment cases for biocomposting that combine ecological goals with social economy practices. This allows for more efficient collective composting models.
If you are an ESG compliance firm dealing with the difficulty of measuring non-financial impact — this project developed a way to gather evidence on immaterial results of nature-based solutions. This provides a better method for reporting social justice outcomes to clients.
Based on available project data, no specific pricing or commercial cost for the guidelines is provided; the project is funded by an EU contribution of EUR 5,991,692.
The project focuses on 'upscaling' spheres of action across 17 countries, using a network of lighthouses in urban, rural, coastal, and forested areas to test scalability.
Based on available project data, there is no mention of patents or licenses; deliverables like the data usability prototype are listed as public (PU).
The project aims to influence the public agenda for systemic change, providing guidelines that help projects meet social and ecological justice standards.
The project runs from 2023-05-01 to 2026-10-31, with specific deliverables like data usability prototyping occurring around month 24.
The consortium is heavily academic, consisting of 15 universities and 3 research institutions, with 0% industry representation. While it lacks commercial partners, it possesses massive geographic reach across 17 countries and 28 partners, making it a powerful network for gathering diverse social data and testing guidelines across different regulatory environments.
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