Hungary faces several challenges regarding nature-based solutions (NBS) to address water-related climate risks. There is low awareness of NBS and a lack of supportive legal and regulatory frameworks. Expertise needs strengthening as grey infrastructure projects often dominate. However, political and economic factors could support NBS, and Hungary has local expertise and networks. The Structural Reform Support Programme aims to mainstream NBS into policies and help municipalities enforce green-blue infrastructure. Related strategies and projects include the EU Strategy for the Danube Region and an INTERREG program for the Tisza River Basin. Useful links provide studies, meetings, and examples of NBS projects in Hungarian municipalities.

1. Satellite meeting of the TFCCA:
Scaling up nature-based solutions to
address water-related climate risks:
country insights and recommendations
Hungary – EEEOP MA
Ms. Noémi Dálnoky
head of unit

2. The situation of NBS in Hungary
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The main problems
 NBS is rather weak, low awareness
 Lack of supportive (enforcing) legal and regulatory background
 Expertise needs to be strengthened
 Dominance of fancy grey projects (with everything behind)
HOWEVER
- Political aspects: pressure from the public (but short term survival will always
be more important than long term survival, look at covid)
- Economic aspects: new, emerging market (our sales strategy)
- Global problems – „global” solutions with integrative tools (different
disciplines and solutions to several problems)
- Think big and rely on your „country konwledge” (e.g. universities, projects)
- Local expertise and networks exists, funding was available for green-blue
municipal solutions

3. Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP/TSI)
Promoting green and blue municipal infrastructure
Three main goals:
 An overview of the problems of the Hungarian building codes in terms of green
infrastructure, and how these can be amended (instead of „climate, biodiversity” approach)
 Mainstreaming into other policies (e.g. transport, water utilities, energy etc.)
 How municipalities and local bodies involved in construction, municipal and regional
development can enforce the aspects of green-blue infrastructure in their own regulations

4. Related macro-strategies
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EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR)
https://danube-region.eu/

5. Other related „paperwork” projects
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INTERREG – JOINTISZA (Tisza River Basin)
http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/jointisza

6. Related „real” projects
https://vizmegtartomegoldasok.bm.hu/en
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5 municipalities, 5 solutions

7. Good practices in Hungary
Budapest Green Infrastructure Booklets
Miskolc Szinva creek Szeged Zápor Lake Budapest district XIII

8. Useful links
Studies and literature
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iR-mLxXSxExnM7tSS_aOGrqRBXGi8Nnh?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1k0MXIVJKUWRm2lhY-sjXIoNv9DLrZVL3
Meetings for beneficiaries
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Vts3S-Gua98SOMlRdWqe1b21zrRE_OAF
LIFE project
https://vizmegtartomegoldasok.bm.hu/hu
Booklets published by Budapest
https://www.hugbc.hu/hirek/zoldinfrastruktura-fuzetek-budapest-fovaros-onkormanyzata-megbizasabol/3936
Or
https://leptek.hu/en/publications
SRSP introductory meeting
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1Y9ldhWFuLsdbpfPKAi2xZMROYAznpAU2

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Thank you for your attention!