The URGENT’s aim is to promote green & blue infrastructure and nature-based solutions (GBI & NBS) for resilient, climate-friendly, and liveable cities in India and Mongolia through ICT-enhanced tertiary education linked to labor markets & wider stakeholder circles.
To achieve an in-depth understanding of enabling conditions for GBI & NBS and related capacity gaps, in particular as regards educational provision & labor market expectations, URGENT initiative groups ran surveys in 4 locations across India and 2 in Mongolia. In September-December 2019, survey outcomes were discussed in joint stakeholder-academia workshops sessions. Based on survey results, the 5 URGENT cross-cutting themes were offered to experts as a basis of a discussion on needs and capacities:
- Urban forestry,
- Landscape architecture and phytodesign,
- Urban permaculture,
- Integrative smart green & blue urban planning,
- Observation,
- Information, and communication.