Introducing NURISH
Duration: 54 months
Project name: NURturing transformative capacities, Innovation in NBS and Harmonious resilience in rural areas
Project acronym: NURISH
Call: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01
Topic: HORIZON-MISS-2024-CLIMA-01-07
Type of action: HORIZON Innovation Actions
Granting authority: European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency
Topic of the initiative: NURISH aims to enhance climate resilience and sustainable development in rural and small urban communities by implementing transformative nature-based, technological and circular economy solutions. It supports the EU’s long-term vision for stronger, connected, resilient, and prosperous rural areas by 2040, contributing to territorial cohesion, innovation, job creation, skills development, better
infrastructure and sustainable agriculture. The project will develop the Regenerative Rural Resilience Framework to help rural areas
mitigate climate risks through nature-based solutions (NBS), fostering entrepreneurship and creating green jobs. Resilience Hubs (RHs)
in Greece, Cyprus, Finland and the UK will demonstrate tailored NBS to address flooding, water scarcity and land degradation, while
digital tools will support real-time monitoring and decision-making. Communities in the demonstration and replication areas will actively
participate in the EU Rural Pact, promoting rural perspectives, fostering collaboration and advancing nature restoration and conservation
through NBS. By sharing knowledge and scaling solutions across rural regions, NURISH ensures its strategies are adaptable and
replicable throughout Europe, contributing to the EU Green Deal, the Climate Adaptation Strategy and rural prosperity goals by 2040.
The project is financed by the European Union under the Horizon Europe Framework Programme.
Project Coordinator: ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION
Project Partners: ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION, EREVNITIKO PANEPISTIMIAKO INSTITOUTO SYSTIMATON EPIKOINONION KAI YPOLOGISTON, FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG
DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE, UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT, FUNDACION CIRCE CENTRO DE INVESTIGACION DE
RECURSOS Y CONSUMOS ENERGETICOS, BIOAZUL, SL, FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, INSTITUTE FOR HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT STUDIES BV, CORE KENTRO KAINOTOMIAS AMKE, BREAK-EVEN SYMVOULEFTIKI IKE, DIMOS SKIATHOU, DIMOTIKI EPICHEIRISI YDREFSIS – APOCHETEFSIS SKIATHOU, YDRASPIS EE, IRIDRA SRL, AKTI KENTRO MELETON KE EREVNAS, ATHIENOU DIMOS, TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY, Ranuan kunta, POHJOS SUOMEN BIOKAASU OY, Pudasjärven Kehitys Oy, THAMES21 LIMITED, OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, DIMOS DYTIKIS LESVOU, DIPUTACION PROVINCIAL DE MALAGA, ACEA ATO 5 SPA, ENERGY AND WATER AGENCY
