Nature-Based Solutions in Action: Scaling Innovation Across Europe
Project: City Blues
Virtual Meeting
17. September 2026
13:00 - 15:00 (CET)
From City Blues to Blue-Green Futures – Learnings, Implementations and the NBS Model
Project: City Blues
Virtual Meeting & Physical Meeting
Andreas [FranzXaver] Süß.
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Date & Time30. September 2026
09:00 - 15:30 (CEST) -
OrganiserCity Blues
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Venue
- Einstein Center Digital Future, Wilhelmstraße 67
- 10117 Berlin
- Germany
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Contact
- Paul Schütz
- [email protected]
- Jeannette Jährig
- [email protected]
Description
We are pleased to invite you to the City Blues Final Event in Berlin on 30 September 2026.
You can also join online: The morning session will be organised as a hybrid event (9:15 – 12:30).
In the event, participants get to hear about the outcomes of the City Blues project and the NBS model. We will also discuss how to leverage the experiences in the future.
In the afternoon, there is an interesting site visit to naturebased solutions in Potsdamer Platz Berlin.
The event is free of charge and open to anyone interested.
Agenda
- TimeItem
- 09:00 - 09:15 (CEST)Arriving with coffee and snacks
- 09:15 - 09:30 (CEST)Welcoming words
Project Manager Anna Vilhula, City of Tampere
Welcoming words
Dr. Andreas Matzinger, KWB - 09:30 - 09:50 (CEST)Key note: Nature-based solutions – catchment fit or fit to catch?
Professor Ivar Annus, Tallinn University of Technology - 09:50 - 10:35 (CEST)Panel discussion on joint NBS model, City Blues pilots & lessons learnt
Pilots in pictures
NBS model website - 10:35 - 11:00 (CEST)Coffee break – Scaling up the NBS model
- 11:00 - 11:30 (CEST)Key note: Who Builds the Sponge City? Public action, civil society and Berlin’s Blue-Green Transformation
Director Lisa Junghans, Rainwater Agency Berlin - 11:30 - 11:40 (CEST)Who Engages and How: Lessons from City Blues
Dr. Cristian Tosa, University of Stavanger - 11:40 - 11:50 (CEST)BGI Monitoring & Condition assessment – Integrated App
Researcher Paul Schütz, KWB - 11:50 - 12:00 (CEST)Regional policy perspective and future outlook
Coordinator Elsi Kauppinen, Policy Area Nutri of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region - 12:00 - 12:10 (CEST)Leveraging the City Blues experience for new opportunities in the EUSBSR, EU Missions and MFF 2028–2034
Coordinator Esa Kokkonen, Policy Area Innovation of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region - 12:30 - 13:30 (CEST)Lunch
(Hybrid event ends at 12:30) - 13:30 - 15:30 (CEST)Site visit: Nature-based Solutions around Potsdamer Platz
Guide: Dr. Andreas Matzinger, Group lead, KWB
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