Satellite meeting of the TFCCA:
Scaling up nature-based solutions to
address water-related climate risks:
country insights and recommendations
Hungary – EEEOP MA
Ms. Noémi Dálnoky
head of unit

The situation of NBS in Hungary
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The main problems
 NBS is rather weak, low awareness
 Lack of supportive (enforcing) legal and regulatory background
 Expertise needs to be strengthened
 Dominance of fancy grey projects (with everything behind)
HOWEVER
- Political aspects: pressure from the public (but short term survival will always
be more important than long term survival, look at covid)
- Economic aspects: new, emerging market (our sales strategy)
- Global problems – „global” solutions with integrative tools (different
disciplines and solutions to several problems)
- Think big and rely on your „country konwledge” (e.g. universities, projects)
- Local expertise and networks exists, funding was available for green-blue
municipal solutions

Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP/TSI)
Promoting green and blue municipal infrastructure
Three main goals:
 An overview of the problems of the Hungarian building codes in terms of green
infrastructure, and how these can be amended (instead of „climate, biodiversity” approach)
 Mainstreaming into other policies (e.g. transport, water utilities, energy etc.)
 How municipalities and local bodies involved in construction, municipal and regional
development can enforce the aspects of green-blue infrastructure in their own regulations

Related macro-strategies
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EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR)
https://danube-region.eu/

Other related „paperwork” projects
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INTERREG – JOINTISZA (Tisza River Basin)
http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/jointisza

Related „real” projects
https://vizmegtartomegoldasok.bm.hu/en
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5 municipalities, 5 solutions

Good practices in Hungary
Budapest Green Infrastructure Booklets
Miskolc Szinva creek Szeged Zápor Lake Budapest district XIII

Useful links
Studies and literature
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iR-mLxXSxExnM7tSS_aOGrqRBXGi8Nnh?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1k0MXIVJKUWRm2lhY-sjXIoNv9DLrZVL3
Meetings for beneficiaries
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Vts3S-Gua98SOMlRdWqe1b21zrRE_OAF
LIFE project
https://vizmegtartomegoldasok.bm.hu/hu
Booklets published by Budapest
https://www.hugbc.hu/hirek/zoldinfrastruktura-fuzetek-budapest-fovaros-onkormanyzata-megbizasabol/3936
Or
https://leptek.hu/en/publications
SRSP introductory meeting
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1Y9ldhWFuLsdbpfPKAi2xZMROYAznpAU2

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Thank you for your attention!