NES national workshop in Italy was held by UNINA last June 24. The purpose of the event was to expand the NES approach and training tools to a wider community, while strengthening the involvement of local stakeholders. To this end, participants reflecting the main components of the local ecosystem took part to the event:
– Education and training (university, school, etc.)
– Public entities (municipality, local health authority, etc.)
– Industry in the habitat sector (construction, natural environment, tourism, health, food, etc.)
– Civil society (nonprofit organizations, etc.)
The first part of the meeting was devoted to illustrating the NES approach and tools, involving experts to explore further opportunities for local pilot experiences that focused on health and tourism.
The second part of the meeting was organized as a roundtable discussion of the challenges and opportunities anticipated during the implementation and use of NES tools by pilot sites.
The workshop highlighted that the approach used to analyze locally relevant big data and integrate the resulting information with the survey targeting the involved areas was valuable to identify coherent training courses, for example focused on habitat naturalistic, agri-food, and hydrogeological resources.
The final considerations were that altogether, the information collected from pilot areas are pivotal to sharpen the focus of each pilot site participation to NES training opportunities. Upcoming effort will focus on the identification of the over-45s to be involved in the project.