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Verdefuturo – Governance, execution and maintenance of Nature-based Solutions

Empleaverde+ program

Verdefuturo is an innovative training programme designed to respond to the urgent need to adapt urban environments to climate change and extreme phenomena (such as floods) in the Valencian Community and the Region of Murcia. Its objective is to close the existing technical gap in public administrations and the private gardening sector to facilitate the absorption of European funds and the creation of resilient green infrastructures.

Through a mixed training of 150 hours, divided into two specific itineraries (Governance and Execution/Maintenance), the project prepares 120 active professionals through dynamic methodologies such as Project-Based Learning, personalized mentoring in “project clinics”, the use of generative AI to write specifications and direct experimentation with efficient irrigation and IoT sensors.

Verdefuturo not only teaches, but also creates tangible solutions by leaving preliminary projects ready to tender in the municipalities and transferring the results of European R+D+i directly to the local level.

Line of action:

Terrestrial ecosystems

Status:

En ejecución

Execution date:

2026

End date:

2027 Related call
  • Train 120 active professionals (60 technicians/consultants and 60 gardening operators) in planning, tendering, execution and maintenance of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), through a 150-hour training itinerary (70% online and 30% face-to-face).
  • Accompany the development of at least 10 preliminary projects and 10 real maintenance plans so that they are ready for tender or to be submitted for public subsidies, mobilising a potential investment of 3 million euros.
  • Build and calibrate a 15 m² sensorized vertical micro-garden that will serve as a “living classroom” for practical training and as a generator of open data on the performance of NBS in Mediterranean climate.
  • Establish an online community of more than 150 active members and an open access repository (CC-BY-SA) with syllabi, BIM templates and indicator matrices to ensure the scalability of knowledge.
  • Accredit the competences of the participants through digital badges (Open Badges) interoperable with Europass and evaluate the feasibility of registering the specialties in the SEPE catalog.
  • Promote equality and local recovery by guaranteeing at least 45% participation of women and 15% of people residing in rural areas or municipalities affected by the DANA.

-Accreditation of 120 professionals: Accreditation of the skills acquired through digital badges (OpenBadges) interoperable with Europass, reinforcing employability at European level.
-In addition, the registration of the specialty “Governance of NBS” in the SEPE will be processed, with the issuance of an official microcredential once it is approved.
-Portfolio of projects ready to bid: Creation of at least 10 preliminary projects and 10 urban renaturation maintenance plans fully ready to tender or apply for subsidies. This will prepare municipalities to raise public funds, mobilising a potential investment of around €3 million.
-Demonstration garden and open data: Implementation of a sensorized vertical micro-garden (15 m²) that will serve as a living classroom for students. This space will receive hundreds of visits a year and will generate real-time open data on the performance of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) in Mediterranean climate.
-Community and open access resources: launch of an open repository (under a CC-BY-SA license) that will include the syllabus, templates in BIM format and indicator matrices.
All this will be supported by the creation of an online community with more than 150 active members to ensure continuous updating and scalability of knowledge.
-Capacity to absorb funds: providing participants with practical knowledge for the application for financing and monitoring of NBS works, preparing municipal technicians for future public calls and reducing their external dependence.

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Verdefuturo – Governance, execution and maintenance of Nature-based Solutions