Welcome to URWAN – Urban Regenerative Water Avant-garde(N). 

The Mediterranean region faces severe droughts and water scarcity, which are becoming significant problems and concrete social challenges. Our living areas are highly vulnerable to climate change’s effects and are experiencing more extreme events. In response, decision-makers plan investments in urban greening actions, often without a long-term strategy on resource availability, impacts, and opportunities. Yet the transition to a greener environment requires an integrated vision, harmonised knowledge, and empowered stakeholders.
The URWAN project demonstrates how multifunctional NbS, emerging from community-driven processes, are the joint response of decision-makers, technicians, and citizens to develop living spaces resilient to climate change. NbS act as amplifiers of beauty and social inclusion, and their harmonisation promotes sustainability and optimisation of public investments while solving the critical link between urbanisation, green infrastructures, resource consumption and water scarcity.

The 12 partners from Italy, Spain, Malta, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal, Albania and Greece, with the support of 11 associated partners, are jointly implementing activities to influence the decision-making process and multiply the impact of public investment.

Regional Association of Italian Towns in Lazio – ANCI Lazio (IT) • IRIDRA s.r.l. (IT) • EuroMediterranean Centre for the Sustainable Development – SVIMED (IT) • Make it Better, Association for Innovation & Social Economy (PT) • MedCities (ES) • Scientific Research Centre Bistra Ptuj (SI) • Energy and Water Agency (MT) • City of Sarajevo (BA) • Regional Centre for Development and Cooperation – RCDC (AL) • MUSOL Foundation (ES) • University of Patras – Department of Civil Engineering (EL) • Energy and Environment Agency of Arrábida – ENA (PT)