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PROGRAMME 2021-2027
priority
2 Water-smart societies
objective
2.1 Sustainable waters
Project type
Implementation
November 2023 - October 2026
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City Blues

In the project City Blues, cities develop plans for their urban waters and green areas to better respond to the negative effects of climate change, like floods and pollution, and create liveable areas for people at the same time.
Making the use of nature-based solutions mainstream

Growing cities are facing negative effects of climate change, such as biodiversity loss, increased flooding, erosion of the stream banks, and pollution from the stormwater runoff. While the situation has been identified, many cities find it difficult to embark on a path of change.

In City Blues, we create a web-based tool for the cities which brings together our experiences and best practices on how to use nature-based solutions (NBS) and catchment-based approach for urban flooding and stormwater management. We describe the different stages from financing and planning to implementation, maintenance, and monitoring. We focus also on how to involve stakeholders in this work.

During the project, we design and implement five different pilots in Aarhus, Malmö, Stavanger, Tampere, and Tartu. We share our learnings in transnational workshops and other events and add them to the online tool.

Using nature-based solutions in stormwater management brings other benefits as well, like better living environment with more species. We want to make the use of NBS and watershed-based thinking mainstream.

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Budgets

City Blues
in numbers.
  • 2.95
    Million
    Total
  • 2.01
    Million
    Erdf
  • 0.22
    Million
    Norway
Henrietta Soininen
45 Benefitting organisations 1 Solution(s) in preparation 1 Solution(s) plannedfor use / upscale 5 Pilotactivities 17 Organisationsin the project

City Blues
in numbers.

  • 61.500397123.7601795
  • 55.5982502513.007463506209552
  • 58.379894726.7224985
  • 58.93746095.697361
  • 52.491545913.300957
  • 59.394974124.66761888709302
  • 56.149627810.2134046

Project partners

Lead partnerCity of Tampere
  • Town
    Tampere
  • Region
  • Country
    Finland
  • Region
    Pirkanmaa
Total partner budget
598,500.00
City of Malmö
  • Town
    Malmö
  • Region
  • Country
    Sweden
  • Region
    Skåne län
Total partner budget
373,650.00
City of Tartu
  • Town
    Tartu
  • Region
  • Country
    Estonia
  • Region
    Lõuna-Eesti
Total partner budget
499,610.00
University of Stavanger
  • Town
    Stavanger
  • Region
  • Country
    Norway
  • Region
    Agder
Total partner budget
437,330.00
Berlin Centre of Competence for Water gGmbH
  • Town
    Berlin
  • Region
  • Country
    Germany
  • Region
    Berlin
Total partner budget
416,870.00
Tallinn University of Technology
  • Town
    Tallinn
  • Region
  • Country
    Estonia
  • Region
    Põhja-Eesti
Total partner budget
228,480.00
Aarhus Municipality
  • Town
    Aarhus
  • Region
  • Country
    Denmark
  • Region
    Østjylland
Total partner budget
399,450.00

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Events

09-10
April
Transnational workshop in Stavanger
Project: City Blues
Virtual Meeting & Physical Meeting
09. - 10. April 2025
    26-27
    September
    Transnational workshop in Malmö
    Project: City Blues
    Virtual Meeting & Physical Meeting
    26. - 27. September 2024
    28
    August
    Riding the wave: Ensuring Water Security in BSR Through Sustainable and Resilient Water Management
    Project: City Blues
    Virtual Meeting & Physical Meeting
    28. August 2024
    14:00 - 15:00 (EEST)
    04-05
    June
    Transnational workshop in Tartu
    Project: City Blues
    Virtual Meeting & Physical Meeting
    04. - 05. June 2024
    00:00 - 23:59 (EEST)
    30-31
    January
    City Blues Kick-off Meeting
    Project: City Blues
    Physical Meeting
    30. - 31. January 2024
    09:00 - 12:30 (EET)

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