Key insights from the August 25-webinar: The Nordic Nature Network is now moving from identifying shared challenges to testing new approaches in practice by establishing concrete mini-pilot projects.
The Nordic Nature Network is moving from shared challenges towards concrete action. On August 25th the participating municipalities came together for the second webinar in Track 1. This time focusing on connecting the translation of the global biodiversity framework and the developing indicator framework with the mini-pilots and on bringing together the municipalities to develop their ideas for cross-municipal mini-pilot projects.
A key part of the webinar was the continued development of the project’s indicator framework. The aim is to translate the global biodiversity framework into a municipal context and develop a draft indicator framework that supports local action.
The work focuses on three questions: What challenges do municipalities face? What gaps make it difficult to act – in frameworks, knowledge, competences or resources? And how can an indicator framework strengthen municipal agency and support action towards the global targets?
The next step is to put this into practice through the mini-pilots, testing coherent indicator sets and exploring how indicators can create agency and support action.
The second key focus of this webinar was the establishment of the mini-pilot projects. A survey among the participating municipalities revealed shared challenges, interests and learning needs, pointing towards four main directions for the work ahead. Two additional mini-pilots are also being explored and may be added to the programme.
The first four mini-pilots will focus on:
While the mini-pilots have different starting points, they all provide an opportunity to test approaches locally, document experiences and learn from peers across the Nordic countries.
As the work moves forward, the Nordic Nature Network is now also launching its thematic learning track, consisting of six thematic network meetings addressing key themes relevant to municipal biodiversity work. The meetings will bring municipalities together around these topics through expert presentations, facilitated discussions, knowledge exchange and inspiration from biosphere areas.
The first meeting will focus on Nature-based solutions.
The Nordic Nature Network will carry out several cross-municipal mini-pilot projects, bringing together municipalities in collaboration with a biosphere area.
The pilots are small-scale testing and learning projects. They provide a space to test concrete approaches locally, document experiences and learn from peers across the Nordic countries – while contributing to the development and testing of an indicator framework adapted to municipal realities.
The mini-pilots will:
Each pilot group receives a DKK 50,000 grant to support testing and documentation. The experiences will ultimately contribute to the project's shared knowledge base and be presented as examples of “next practice” at the final Nordic conference in autumn 2027.