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• 20 offices throughout the world

• Work on policy – practice - knowledge

About Wetlands International

We are the global not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the conservation and restoration of wetlands; for people and nature.

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Blue – Green – Grey : same same, but different?

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Green Infrastructure

planned networks of

natural and semi-

natural areas with

other environmental

features designed and

managed to deliver

different ecosystem

services

(EU Commission 2013)

GreyInfrastructure

Blue-Green Infrastructure

planned

interconnected

networks of natural

and semi-natural

areas, including water

bodies and green and

open spaces, that

provide different

ecosystem services

(own definition, drawing on EU

Commission 2013, Voskamp

and Van de Ven 2015 and

Ghofrani et. al 2016)

traditional human-

engineered measures

that perform

infrastructure

functions such as

water and wastewater

treatment plants or

protective infrastructure

such as dykes and

seawalls.

Examples: grey infrastructure

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Examples: green infrastructure

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Examples: blue-green infrastructure

Problem

• Recurrent urban flooding in Juan Diaz

• Increased frequency and intensity after landfilling floodplains and swamps

• Sectors blaming each other: govt., communities, private sector, NGOs

Participatory – inclusive approachesExample 1 – Panama Dutch Water Dialogues

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Approach

• Invite top water experts from the Dutch Risk Reduction (DRR) Team

• Acquire a hydrological and hydraulic modelling for the required flood risk

reduction infrastructure

• Start multi-stakeholder dialogues focusing on solutions

• Participatory design sessions

• Policy analisis

• Community clean-ups of drainage system

Participatory – inclusive approachesExample 1 – Panama Dutch Water Dialogues

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Results

• Action Plan

• Adjustment of existing and new regulations to prevent new risk

• Hydraulic measures identified

• Urban design elaborated for Sta. Inés pilot site

• Inter-American Development Bank loan for USD$100mln approved, for

implementation by the Municipality of Panama City

Participatory – inclusive approachesExample 1 – Panama Dutch Water Dialogues

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Approach

• Multi-sectoral “Design Teams” to develop transformative water infrastructure projects

• Advisory Board with NL govt., MDBs, architecture orgs, NGOs

• In 4 cities a call for proposals – best design teams to compete

• 2 design teams per city engage stakeholders incl. communities during 3 local workshops

• Regional workshops with MDBs to assure bankability

• Conceptual designs for next pase full project development (e.g. DPR in India)

Participatory – inclusive approachesExample 2 – Water as Leverage for Resilient Cities: Asia

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Participatory – inclusive approachesExample 2 – Water as Leverage for Resilient Cities: Asia (Semarang, Indonesia)

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Manila Bay Sustainable Development Master Plan

Participatory – inclusive approachesExample 3 – Involving communities and Nature-based Solutions into Master Planning

• Bringing communities to the table

• Key biodiversity information

Tacloban resilience building

• Input into Tacloban Coastal Protection Strategy

• Mobilizing communities to prevent/adjust “grey”/traditional infrastructure plan

(seawall) that actually increases flood risk

Thank you!

Contact:

Sander.Carpaij@wetlands.org

www.wetlands.org