• Create new high competence skills and practices for an ecosystem-based governance of water, transferring tools, system and policies in the Italy – Croatia areas, adapting them to a sustainable use of water resources in rural-urban landscapes.
• Raise awareness of institutions and civil society on the risks related to water scarcity and the need for water saving and adaptation policies.
• Promote cross-border regeneration and governance Strategy and tailored Action Plans on water landscapes, supporting adaptation to/mitigation of climate change effects.
• Improve public institutions capacities in water and forest landscapes management through capacity building paths supporting policy makers and institutional stakeholders and introducing a multilevel mitigation risk approach.

CMCC role
CMCC is the WP1 coordinator, supporting the rest of the partnership in reviewing the existing policies/practices for water landscape governance in targeted natural and cultural landscapes, assessing the scenarios of climate change related effects on targeted areas and impact on water-landscapes and lastly producing the two reports outlining the Climate-resilient water ecosystems management solutions in different scenarios. CMCC will also support the stakeholders dialogue and good practice sharing and help the Communication Leader to explain the scientific contents of WP1 activities, during the organisation of the Regional Workshops targeting key-institutional stakeholders.

Activities
The project is based on a cross-border cooperation of public institutions, university foundations and development agencies from different regions of the Italy – Croatia Programme area, supporting natural and cultural landscapes with:
1. climate-resilient water ecosystems management solutions; 
2. a cross-border regeneration and governance Strategy and tailored Action Plans on water landscapes, supporting adaptation to/mitigation of climate change effects; 
3. multi-functions material Nature- Based Solutions (NBS) for recovering ecological/landscape networks and non-material Nature-Based Solutions aimed at improving site resilience towards risks; 4. Capacity building paths supporting policy makers and institutional stakeholders. 
Outputs will improve public institutions capacities in water and forest landscapes management, introducing a multilevel mitigation risk approach, and positively impact citizens, businesses and the economic and social system, getting more protected from extreme phenomena.

Expected results

• Jointly developed solutions: material and non-material NBS for man-made ecosystems & communities and improve site ecological management.
• Participation in joint training schemes: capacity Building paths for the institutional local stakeholders.
• Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects: testing of material and non-material NBS for man-made ecosystems & communities and improve site ecological management.
• Strategies and action plans jointly developed Climate-resilient water ecosystems management scenarios; territorial regeneration cross-border general strategy and action plans on water landscapes for climate change adaptation.

Partners
Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Foundation (IT), Regional Strategic Agency for the Eco-sustainable Development of the Territory – Apulia Region (IT), San Bartolo Regional Park (IT), Authority, Zadar County Development Agency ZADRA NOVA (HR), Public Institution RERA SD for coordination and development of Split Dalmatia County (HR), Public Institution for the Management of Protected Natural Areas of Dubrovnik-Neretva County (HR). 

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