Community of Practice on Nature-based Solutions in Water Resource Management
Nature based solutions (NBS) are actions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural and modified ecosystems that address societal challenges effectively and adaptively, simultaneously providing human well-being and biodiversity benefits.

NBS have been identified as an important topic also for Global Water Partnership (GWP). They are recognized as a suitable solution for several water challenges and other related global issues (e.g. climate change, sustainable development goals). On the other hand, there is still a lack of awareness, insufficient cross-sectoral exchange and knowledge fragmentation which all burdens a wider recognition and implementation of NBS.

Based on the relevance of the NBS, the GWP has established a mission to define, design and launch the community of practice related to the nature-based solutions. We wish to involve in the design process as many experts as possible. For this purpose we will carry out a short survey. We thank you in advance for your vauable input that will help us design the community which will serve your needs as much as possible.
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I. Profile:
Region of your work or activity *
Country of your work or activity *
At what geographical level(s) do you mostly work? *
What kind of organization do you work for? *
Which sector does your work mainly relate to? (multiple answer is possible)
II. NBS related questions:
How is your current work related to NBS? *
How many years of experience you have working with NBS?
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What are currently the main challenges for NBS? (Multiple answer is possible)
What are the most interesting topics on NBS that should be discussed? (1 least relevant; 5 most relevant) *
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NBS for climate change mitigation and adaptation
Economic benefits of NBS
Ecosystem services of NBS
Mainstreaming NBS in governance/spatial planning
NBS for environment protection and restoration
NBS for resource recovery and reuse
NBS for flood and drought management and water retention in landscapes
NBS in sanitation and storm water management
NBS in water bodies and floodplains
NBS in urban areas
NBS and cross-sectoral benefits (Synergies between water and other sectors)
III. Community of Practice
How do you exchange on NBS related topics with experts from other organizations?  (1 least frequent; 5 most frequent) *
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Bilateral exchanges via email/phone/ online meeting
Through specific events, conferences, workshops, webinars
Through common activities/projects
On specific online platforms/communities (forums; debates)
If you exchange a lot on online platforms or communities, could you share the name or link?
Would you be interested to follow and participate in an online community of practice dedicated to NBS in water resources management?
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What kind of information/tools available in an online community of practice would be most helpful to you?  (1 not helpful; 5 very helpful) *
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Online space (forum) to exchange with other experts on specific topics/challenges on NBS.
Online space to share ideas and develop common projects in NBS.
Online space where you could make the results of your work more visible.
Platform to host online seminars/events/workshops to follow and learn on the recent developments related to NBS.
Platform to read interesting articles, expert inputs on NBS.
Library of case studies, projects.
What should be the most important value of a community of practice for you?  (select max. 3 answers)
How do you think that you would position yourself in the community of practice? (Select what fits you best at this stage)
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If you responded that you would be interested to become a key member of the community, kindly share your email address so that we may contact you:  
The launch of the GWP community of practice for NBS in water management is planned for an early autumn 2022. Would you be willing to promote/disseminate the community inside your internal network of experts/stakeholders?
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Would you like to add something else?
Thank you for your valuable input.
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