Technical advisory

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Technical Advisory

Navigating the transition toward nature-positive territories requires specialized expertise and a deep understanding of the evolving regulatory and financial landscape. Our Technical Advisory services provide the evidence-based guidance and strategic support needed to turn complex environmental mandates into successful, place-based projects. Through ICLEI’s core leadership, we bridge the gap between high-level policy and local implementation, ensuring your actions are technically sound, financially viable, and built for long-term resilience. We partner with local and regional governments to provide advisory services tailored to the unique ecological and social contexts of your landscapes. Our approach is built to ensure our territories are resilient by design, strengthening both climate and infrastructure stability across four strategic focus areas, if you have any doubts contact us:

We help local and regional governments harmonize their local priorities with the evolving global and European policy landscape. We translate these high-level commitments into place-based opportunities, assisting with the monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) processes that showcase your territory's contribution to global nature goals and long-term climate resilience.

The Urban Nature Plan is the roadmap for a resilient future. We facilitate co-creation processes and cross-sectoral collaboration, ensuring that stakeholders and local communities are at the heart of the design. By assisting with baseline assessments and land-use alignment, we help you create UNPs that are socially inclusive and locally owned, forming a strong foundation for community-led resilience.

Sustainability must be backed by sound financial strategies. We advise on how to link nature restoration with economic development, helping you assess costs and benefits to build strong investment cases. Our team provides guidance on innovative financing models—including blended finance, public-private partnerships, and accessing EU or private funding streams—to ensure your projects have the capital they need to flourish and maintain financial resilience over time.

We assist local authorities in leveraging nature as a primary tool for enhancing environmental quality and safeguarding human well-being. Our advisory services help municipalities reduce environmental stressors (such as urban heat and flooding) to create healthier, more equitable living environments that promote the flourishing and well-being of both people and nature.

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The UrbanByNature programme is funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union under Grant Agreements No. 730222 and No. 776604. It has received funding for an update by the Horizon Europe Programme under the Grant Agreement No 101003818. The sole responsibility for the content of this website lies within UrbanByNature and in no way reflects the views of the European Union.