NURISH
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Nurturing transformative capacities, innovation in NBS and harmonious resilience in rural areas
Duration: 1 October 2025 - 31 March 2030
Funding programme: Horizon Europe (HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01)
Project budget: € 8.039.877,50
SEL NTUA budget: € 866.750
Coordinator: SEL NTUA
SEL NTUA role: Project Coordinator, WP6 leader “Demonstration activities: Pilot testing of transformative solutions in rural communities”
Project website: Coming soon
NURISH in a nutshell
The vision of NURISH is to support the transformative transition of rural areas towards climate resilient futures through regenerative practices in community building, economic development, multilevel governance, and climate adaptation planning. Combined with technological, circular and social innovations, nature-based approaches offer regenerative perspectives to rural areas and turn them into powerful Climate Resilience Hubs and Nodes. NURISH facilitates the implementation and transfer of regenerative solutions through a structured approach for climate adaptation planning, knowledge exchange and innovation adoption.
The application of the Regenerative Rural Resilience Framework (RRRF) guides the demonstration of solutions, while the reapplication of tested solutions in other rural communities is achieved through the deployment of the Reapplication Framework (RAF). NURISH is structured along 4 pillars: (1) Empowering skills and capacities, (2) Co-created systemic change, (3) Transformative nature-based innovation and nature-based economy, and (4) Digital tools for Regenerative Rural Resilience.
SEL NTUA expertise in action
SEL NTUA is the Project Coordinator of NURISH, overseeing administration, financial management, quality and risk management while ensuring technical and scientific guidance. Moreover, we coordinate the implementation of NBS the Resilience Hubs, guiding permitting, construction, and operational phases. We lead the analysis of socio-spatial, economic, and institutional conditions at the Resilience Hubs and the Resilience Nodes. Moreover, we design, refine and finalize the NURISH Regenerative Rural Resilience Framework, a methodology for rural adaptation and resilience planning, through testing, validation, NBS monitoring and evaluation, and stakeholder feedback.
Connecting rural communities in Resilience Hubs and Nodes
NURISH connects 4 demonstration communities (Resilience Hubs - RH) and 5 reapplicating communities (Resilience Nodes - RN) to foster climate adaptation and resilience through knowledge exchange across Europe.
RH1 - Skiathos, Greece: Sustainable water management and renewable energy supporting agriculture and tackle wildfires
RH2 - Athienou, Cyprus: Circular symbiotic green waste management, sustainable agriculture & desertification mitigation
RH3 - Ranua & Pudasjärvi, Finland: Lake restoration and rehabilitation paired with strengthening the local bioeconomy
RH4 - Uttlesford & Epping, United Kingdom: Connecting habitats and reducing flood risk through NBS
RN1 - West Lesvos, Greece: Fostering sustainable water management and agricultural solutions
RN2 - Guadalhorce green corridor, Spain: Enhancing ecosystem connectivity and climate resilience in the Guadalhorce green corridor
RN3 - Valle di Comino, Italy: Decentralised wastewater treatment solutions in the Frosinone area
RN4 - Mġarr, Malta: Greening solutions for public buildings in rural areas
RN5 - Cherwell & West Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Inventory of case studies for flood and erosion mitigation
