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FOSTER Project

FOSTER aims to contribute to the development of governance frameworks that can address future environmental challenges at local level.

AT A GLANCE

FOSTER – Future Oriented Solutions Toward Environmental Resilience – aims to contribute to the development of governance frameworks that can effectively and inclusively address future environmental challenges at local level, by fostering foresight strategies and preventative local management of climate change-related phenomena.  Indeed, during the project, participants build capacity for foreseeing and analyzing future socio-economic needs as consequences of climate change at local level; as well as, co- designing potential solutions bringing together all relevant stakeholders and community representatives at public and private level. Finally, internal online networks are created to share best practices, materials and widely raise the debate of future oriented environmental governance.  

OBJECTIVES

  • Future oriented environmental governance: To improve the local management of climate change related phenomena and foster foresight strategies and preventative local governance system
  • Local partnerships: To improve the spaces for dialogue and collaboration between civil society actors and local governments, in relation to climate-change driven policies
  • Capacity building: To increase the local governments’ and civil society’s capacity to foresee the future needs of a wide range of citizens who will be facing the consequences of climate change
  • Community empowerment: To improve civil society’s capacities, sense of responsibility and confidence in its capacity to influence local policy making processes related to climate change and its consequences

HASHTAGS

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