The HARMON 2 project proposal for the seed money facility is specifically addressing the EUSDR's Priority Area 4. - A better cooperation governance in the Danube Region with specific objective 4.1: Support for the governance of the EUSDR.
The development of the Transport Sector is a legitimate priority in the Danube region for socioeconomic and strategic reasons, but the requirement of mitigating its biodiversity impact is often seen by different categories of stakeholders and by the general public as either an unnecessarily costly barrier to rapid development or as a formal procedure without meaningful tangible results for safeguarding biodiversity. Linear infrastructure development is recognized as one of the biggest threats to biodiversity and the challenge in the Danube Region is how to develop it fast AND sustainable, while preserving the high biodiversity level and valuable landscape particular for our region.
The project addresses one of the key gaps/needs identified by DTP SMF HARMON – lack of capacity and integrated expertise of key actors for mainstreaming biodiversity into Transport sector in the Danube Region and will build on the progress / results achieved by HARMON-supported projects (DTP SaveGREEN, Horizon 2020 BISON).
The project is based on four main pillars:
Identification of state of play concerning the knowledge and capacity related to mainstreaming biodiversity into the transport sector.
Development of the main project’s work plan. First, an Action Plan will be developed to tackle the most stringent issues identified during the analysis from the state of play phase.
Identification of potential key funding opportunities to implement the agreed strategic directions and ideas in order to mainstream biodiversity into the transport sector.
Exploration of the possibility to develop a dedicated training curriculum in a joint venture with universities and practitioners.
The aim of the main project proposal is to contribute to preservation of biodiversity, including ecological connectivity, while developing linear transportation infrastructures in the Danube Region by promoting efficient awareness and engagement, adapted policies, capacity-building and transdisciplinary training involving different target groups such as universities, research centres, NGOs, decision makers, authorities, companies, sectoral stakeholders, and general public. By creating synergies between these actors, the main project proposal will promote development of new or improved professional skills / knowledge tailored to the occupational needs demanded by the specifics of transport ecology.
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