EcoShape

🎉EcoShape Building with Nature (BwN) III Consortium Agreement Signed🎉 ✍️On July 13, the EcoShape partners signed the five-year consortium agreement for the Building with Nature (BwN) III program 2023-2027. This was done at a celebrational event hosted at Atelier300C in Amersfoort. 🌱The BwN-III program will focus on knowledge development to improve the implementation and upscaling of Nature-Based Solutions, third-party advise in the pre-feasibility phase of project developments and dissemination of guidelines and best practices. The program will cover a broad range of environments, in The Netherlands as well as abroad, including novel topics like biodiversity, the carbon cycle and climate resilient landscapes in its new scope. The recently funded Nationaal Groeifonds Program #NL2120 will become one of the flagship projects in the new program highlighting the importance of upscaling #NatureBasedSolutions. ⭐As a well-established partnership, we look forward to continue successful EcoShape collaborations in the field of #BuildingwithNature, and turn the new program into a success. https://lnkd.in/e6jpXtAB Adaelta Boskalis One Architecture & Urbanism (ONE) Deltares Witteveen+Bos Sweco Arcadis Wageningen University & Research Van Oord Royal HaskoningDHV HKV lijn in water Wetlands International Stefan Aarninkhof Erik van Eekelen Petra Dankers Wouter van der Star Amrit Cado Carolien Wegman Lotte de Jong Bob Smits Trang Vu Jelmer Cleveringa Alex Hekman Autumn Dukich

⭐Wrapping up last weeks WACA- West Africa Coastal Areas Management program visit, participants had the opportunity to visit organizations Invest International and Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) | Partner in Sustainable Development.   🌱Thursday morning consisted of introductions to Invest International and the Commission MER. Engaging with their teams provided everyone valuable insights into how financing can support Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), especially in the context of West African coastal countries. Discussions included the critical role that financial institutions and governments play in promoting sustainable practices and how investments and policies can be aligned with environmental goals.   🌊During the visit participants were presented with an insightful overview of the six EcoShape enablers for implementing NBS, which provides a comprehensive framework for effectively integrating these approaches into projects. NL2120 joined us for this session and discussion on which enablers for NBS West African participants recognized for their own countries.   🤝Thursday afternoon we continued with country presentations on the issues that the West African experts are facing and current projects. After, we had expert-to-expert sessions in which EcoShape and NL2120-experts joined us and discussed with the West African experts on possible NBS. We ended Thursday with a network event for the whole water sector.   💬To end the week on Friday, participants visited Netherlands Enterprise Agency . We discussed how to move forward and continue collaboration between the West African and Dutch NBS sector. There is already a MoA between EcoShape and the University of Cape Coast (African Centre of Excellence on Coastal Resilience), and we discussed how we could sustain that and strengthen each other. We concluded that this was a very fruitful and inspiring week in which many enabling contacts have been established. We hope to see each other soon!   #BuildingwithNature #NatureBasedSolutions #WACA

⭐🌊This afternoon was an exciting session for the program on Nature Regeneration in the North Sea. The program is a public-private partnership with the aim to create a more resilient and richer North Sea, with enough space for sustainable use. 👉Learn more about the program: https://lnkd.in/gnCrbX8s

Tijdens een feestelijke ceremonie in het Rotterdamse Stadhuis reikte burgemeester Carola Schouten vrijdagavond 23 november de Grote Maaskantprijs uit aan NL2120. "Zo'n unieke samenwerking tussen wetenschappers, bedrijven en natuurorganisaties is niet vanzelfsprekend. Het consortium heeft een pragmatische blik op de toekomst en stroopt de mouwen op om te werken aan dat wat ons land nodig heeft. Dit werkt aanstekelijk en inspirerend." 🏆 De Grote Maaskantprijs wordt tweejaarlijks uitgereikt aan personen en initiatieven die zich in bijzondere mate onderscheiden op het gebied van architectuur, stedenbouw of landschapsarchitectuur. Sanne van den Breemer, Onno Dwars, Meta Knol, Ekim Tan en Deltacommissaris Co Verdaas vormden dit jaar de jury. Alex Hekman, directeur van NL2120, reageert opgetogen op de prijs: “We zien deze toekenning vooral als een aanmoediging om onze ambitie kracht bij te zetten. Het laat zien dat er in Nederland ruimte en behoefte is aan hoopvolle en toekomstbestendige oplossingen. Deze prijs bevestigt dat onze aanpak – het benutten van het natuurlijke systeem in plaats van het tegen te werken – de juiste is. We vinden het ook bijzonder dat onze beweging voor natuur en klimaat een architectuurprijs wint. Dat laat zien dat natuur een krachtige stem heeft bij architectuur, bouw en de inrichting van het landschap.” Lees het juryrapport van Stichting Rotterdam Maaskant op https://lnkd.in/ejf4Cmap Wageningen Environmental Research Deltares IUCN Wereld Natuur Fonds (WWF-NL) Stichting De Noordzee Staatsbosbeheer ARK Rewilding Nederland EcoShape IVN Natuureducatie De Vlinderstichting (Dutch Butterfly Conservation) De Natuur en Milieufederaties Natuurmonumenten Dutch Research Institute for Transitions Provincie Fryslân Gemeente Rotterdam TU Delft SoortenNL Vogelbescherming Nederland Gemeente Dordrecht Hogeschool Inholland Hogeschool Van Hall Larenstein – VHL University of Applied Sciences HZ University of Applied Sciences HAS green academy Yuverta University of Twente Aeres Hogeschool Wageningen Universiteit Utrecht Delta Platform

🤝 A week full of knowledge sharing on Natures-Based Solutions (NBS) for coastal protection. In cooperation with The World Bank - the West Africa Coastal Areas Management Program (WACA) and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) | Partner in Sustainable Development - Partners for Water we organised a study tour on NBS. 🌊 West African and Dutch experts from NL2120 and EcoShape toured through the country and discussed a dynamic coastal landscape with notches and blow-outs. Want to know what notches are? Check out our video below. 🌍 Besides that we studied urban NBS, visited the Water Management Centre at Rijkswaterstaat, discussed the barriers to implement NBS in West African countries, we presented the Impact study on NBS for West African countries, learned about financial investments and the importance of strong business cases for NBS and the best part of it, we made connections and new friends. Because only together, we can solve global challenges! Sajid Anwar Liliane Geerling Job Udo Carolien Wegman Tom Wilms Nina Pouls Paula Lambregts Eleanor Treadwell Willem Mak

🏖️ Un motor de arena que ayuda a ampliar la zona costera, creando una zona natural dinámica. ⛲️Un parque creado en el medio de un río para evitar las inundaciones en época de lluvias. 🐚Un arrecife de ostras que evita la erosión mediante estructuras arrecifales tridimensionales eficaces para disipar la energía de las olas. Son algunas de las Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza compartidas por EcoShape en el taller sobre la materia que se tuvo ayer en la Embajada de Países Bajos en Perú. Erik van Eekelen y Petra Dankers, los expertos de la misión técnica, compartieron sus conocimientos y experiencias con representantes de empresas, gobierno, cooperación, sociedad civil y especialistas interesados en la aplicación de estas soluciones en los desafíos costeros del Perú. Conoce más sobre los proyectos impulsados por Ecoshape en distintas partes del mundo en: https://lnkd.in/enxWawF Erik van Eekelen Petra Dankers Enrique Uribarri Jan-Willem le Grand Erik Plaisier José Alberto Del Corral Henrik Laseur Alexander Kofman

💧Yesterday was the third day of the WACA- West Africa Coastal Areas Management program, Nature-Based Solutions tour in The Netherlands! On Wednesday participants visited the Noordwaard and the city of Dordrecht. Berry Gersonius showed tidal park projects. Everyone visited Plan Tij and walked trough the area where the project Vlijweide will be realised. The last visit was Wervenpark. The group concluded the visit in het Wantijpaviljoen where participants had a discussion about the similarities and differences between the Dutch situation and the challenges the participants face in their home countries.   🎞️Watch a video about the Wervenpark (in Dutch): https://lnkd.in/grBVdV_x   Friso Klapwijk, One Architecture & Urbanism (ONE) and João Cortesão, PhD Sweco #NatureBasedSolutions #BuildingwithNature #WACA

🌊On the second day of the WACA- West Africa Coastal Areas Management program tour in the Netherlands, the West African and Dutch experts met at the dunes near Castricum, North Holland. They discussed a dynamic coastal landscape with notches and blow-outs compared to the fixation of dunes by planting marram grass or other vegetation both from the flood safety and the ecological side. Participants even visited an almost closed notch near Castricum! 🌱Back inside Paula Lambregts (on behalf of HKV, Witteveen+Bos + Centre for Coastal Management [Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience] ACECoR) presented the Inventory and Impact Analysis of Coastal Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in West Africa that HKV, Witteveen+Bos and ACECoR did for WACA and Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) | Partner in Sustainable Development. We discussed with the participants the lessons learned that followed from the implemented projects along the West African Coast and if they recognized them. Great need was felt to establish a strong business case as without this NBS will not be selected for implementation. Afterwards, the participants reflected on how they incorporate nature in their solutions. The discussion will be continued during the week as the participants will showcase the issues and (possible) NBS in their coastal systems. 💧The day ended with a tour of the Water Management Centre at Rijkswaterstaat in Lelystad. HKV lijn in water Witteveen+Bos B-WARE Research Centre #NatureBasedSolutions #BuildingwithNature #WACA

Esta semana tenemos una misión de expertos de los Países Bajos que pertenecen a EcoShape una fundación neerlandesa que reúne a los más importantes consultores de ingeniería, institutos de conocimiento, contratistas y ONG que colaboran de forma precompetitiva para desarrollar conocimientos sobre las Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza demostrando su funcionamiento mediante la aplicación a escala real. La misión se encuentra visitando Trujillo junto con el Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones para estudiar los problemas de erosión costera en las playas de Las Delicias, Buenos Aires y Huanchaco. Los expertos de EcoShape visitarán esta zona con el objetivo de evaluar la viabilidad de aplicar las lecciones aprendidas en los Países Bajos en un proyecto denominado «El Motor de Arena», en el que se está aplicando el concepto de Construir con la Naturaleza para restaurar las playas erosionadas. Los Países Bajos tienen una larga historia de colaboración con Perú en temas relacionados con el agua y en el intercambio de experiencias y conocimientos. La misión es un hito más en la colaboración entre los países.

⭐ 🌍 This week EcoShape is happy to welcome representatives from the West African coastal countries of Benin, Senegal, Mauritania, Ghana, The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Togo and São Tomé and Príncipe for a study tour focusing on Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for water management.   🌱📅Yesterday was the first day of the 5-day WACA (West African Coastal Area Management) study tour on Nature-Based Solutions, organized by Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) | Partner in Sustainable Development, WACA- West Africa Coastal Areas Management program, NL2120 and EcoShape. Experts from 8 West-African countries and The World Bank will be toured through the Netherlands to exchange knowledge and discuss NBS to protect and improve coastal areas. The first meeting took place on the fourth floor of a hotel in Egmond Binnen. This is where participants discussed NBS challenges and applications in the West-African region and Netherlands, while overlooking the North Sea waves hitting the Dutch coastline.   🌊After the morning session participants moved to the Hondschbosser Sea defense near the coastal town of Petten. This NBS project was presented and discussed in a nearby beach restaurant, after which everyone walked along the area. The Hondschbosser Sea Defense shows very clearly where the original dike used to be and how a new dune system and beach area was developed right next to it, protecting the area against the sea, but also improving ecological and economic conditions.   🗨️It was a typical Dutch autumn afternoon, with cold wind and rough seas: a perfect day for a walk outside. Our guests had many questions about the maintenance of the beach and dune area, how the local stakeholders were involved, which parts of the dune area was artificial and where natural processes formed the dune dynamics. The day was closed by reflecting on the tour and linking the dune and coastal NBS examples to the local West African context. This resulted in a dynamic discussion about the use of vegetation to improve coastal protection and how to organize NBS projects and its maintenance. There will be more opportunities to continue the discussion during the week, which is needed, because the discussion was not over when yesterday’s program ended.   🤝Guided tour and presentation from Jakolien Leenders, Willem Bodde and Joost Schrander   #NatureBasedSolutions #BuildingwithNature #WACA