Supporting the Implementation of Green Infrastructure Final Report Supporting the Implementation of Green Infrastructure Contract details: European Commission, Directorate-General for the Environment ENV.B.2/SER/2014/0012 Service Contract for “Supporting the Implementation of Green Infrastructure” Presented by: In association with: Contact: Trinomics B.V. Westersingel 32A 3014 GS, Rotterdam The Netherlands E: [email protected] T: +31 10 341 45 92 Date: Rotterdam, 31 May 2016 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this report are purely those of the writer and may not in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission. May 2016 2 Supporting the Implementation of Green Infrastructure Table of Contents Table of Contents .............................................................................................. 3 Executive summary ........................................................................................... 6 Task 1: Ensuring a more effective promotion of GI at all levels .......................... 6 Task 2: Capacity building, training, education for GI ......................................... 6 Task 3: Improving information exchange mechanisms for GI ............................. 6 Task 4: Assessing technical standards and innovation possibilities...................... 7 Task 5: Exploratory work on a TEN-G ............................................................. 7 Introduction .....................................................................................................11 Context ........................................................................................................11 Approach and objectives .................................................................................12 Task 1: Ensuring a more effective promotion of GI at all relevant levels .............12 Task 2: Capacity building, training, education for GI ........................................13 Task 3: Improving information exchange mechanisms .....................................14 Task 4: Assessing technical standards and innovation possibilities.....................15 Task 5: Assessing costs and benefits of establishing a TEN-G ...........................16 1 Task 1 – Ensuring a more cost-effective promotion of GI at all levels ...................18 Chapter summary ..........................................................................................18 Introduction ..................................................................................................19 1.1 GI promotion in Member States .................................................................19 1.1.1 Development of country fact sheets ......................................................19 1.1.2 Insights and lessons learnt from developing the country factsheets ...........20 1.2 Communication of costs and benefits of GI to sector groupings ......................20 1.2.1 Production of 6 sector factsheets and 4 topic factsheets ..........................21 1.2.2 Sector workshops ...............................................................................21 1.2.3 IEREK – Urban planning and architecture design for sustainable development ................................................................................................................22 1.2.4 Arad Workshop – GI implementation in Romania ....................................23 1.2.5 Helsinki Sector Workshop - CBD Business Forum ....................................26 1.3 Supporting key actions of GIIR WG .............................................................28 2 Task 2 – Capacity building, training, education for GI .........................................29 Chapter summary ..........................................................................................29 Introduction ..................................................................................................30 2.1 EU-28 Quick Scan of existing training and information initiatives ....................30 2.2 Development of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on GI .......................31 2.3 “Train the trainers” workshops ...................................................................32 2.3.1 Training on GI & Wetland Restoration in Budapest, Hungary ....................32 2.3.2 Training at the event ‘Implementation of the Strategy for Green Infrastructure in Romania: Nature – our health our wealth’ ..............................33 3 Task 3 – Improving information exchange mechanisms ......................................37 Chapter summary ..........................................................................................37 Introduction ..................................................................................................41 3.1 Problem analysis and objectives of Task 3 ...................................................43 3.2 The digital GI information landscape ...........................................................45 3.2.1 Policy sectors .....................................................................................45 3.2.2 Stakeholders ......................................................................................55 3.2.3 National and international platforms on GI .............................................62 3.3 Increasing GI visibility for selected platforms ...............................................63 3.3.1 BISE .................................................................................................64 3.3.2 NWRM/WISE ......................................................................................70 3.3.3 Climate-ADAPT ...................................................................................74 May 2016 3 Supporting the Implementation of Green Infrastructure 3.3.4 Sustainable cities platform ...................................................................79 3.3.5 International Council of Landscape Architecture Schools ..........................80 3.3.6 World Green Building Council ...............................................................81 3.3.7 Green Roof Association ........................................................................81 3.3.8 European Council of Spatial Planners .....................................................82 3.4 Technical and governance aspects of BISE, NWRM and Climate-ADAPT ...........83 3.4.1 BISE .................................................................................................83 3.4.2 NWRM ...............................................................................................87 3.4.3 Climate-ADAPT ...................................................................................91 3.5 Recommendations ....................................................................................93 3.5.1 BISE to become a GI information hub....................................................93 3.5.2 GI as a common vocabulary across platforms .........................................94 3.5.3 Have GI relevant information made available to the end-users of the various platforms ...................................................................................................95 3.5.4 Stronger connect across platforms ........................................................96 3.5.5 Long-term: machine to machine communication .....................................97 3.6 Further steps for BISE, NWRM and Climate-ADAPT .......................................99 3.6.1 BISE ............................................................................................... 100 3.6.2 NWRM ............................................................................................. 100 3.6.3 Climate-ADAPT ................................................................................. 101 4 Task 4 - Assessing technical standards and innovation possibilities .................... 102 Chapter summary ........................................................................................ 102 Introduction ................................................................................................ 105 4.1 Problem analysis and objectives of Task 4 ................................................. 106 4.2 Setting .................................................................................................. 107 4.2.1 Advantages and disadvantages of working with standards ..................... 107 4.2.2 Broader context: sustainability ........................................................... 107 4.3 Methodology .......................................................................................... 108 4.4 Overview of standards for GI for different sectors ....................................... 111 4.4.1 GI standards and the financial sector .................................................. 111 4.4.2 GI standards and the building sector ................................................... 116 4.4.3 GI standards and the water sector ...................................................... 121 4.4.4 GI standards and the transport sector ................................................. 124 4.4.5 GI standards and the public health sector ............................................ 132 4.4.6 GI standards and the industry sector................................................... 135 4.4.7 GI standards and climate adaptation ................................................... 139 4.4.8 GI standards and rural abandonment .................................................. 143 4.4.9 GI standards and the energy sector ...................................................