Boosting Nexus Framework Implementation in the Mediterranean

BONEX project aims to provide practical and adapted tools, examine concrete and context-adapted technological innovations, enhance policies and governance and facilitate WEFe Nexus practical implementation that balances the social, economic, and ecological trade-offs.

With this purpose, the project aims to produce a novel, robust, transdisciplinary, and diagnostic WEFe Bridging Framework (named WEFeF) to serve the production of context-specific Nexus Bridging Plans (NBPs). These NBPs will be concise and practical context-specific plans guiding the transdisciplinary implementation of the proposed WEFe solution approaches targeting policy makers and practitioners. NBPs will consist of context-adapted strategies to implement WEFe solution approaches and create an enabling environment in their regard.

Within BONEX, WEFeF will be implemented and validated in 7 Demonstration Projects (DPs) in the MedRegion. NBPs will be built in a participatory way with the active involvement of local actors that will be engaged in Regional Working Groups (RWGs). As a result, BONEX will provide policymakers and practitioners with an interactive decision-making tool to evaluate trade-offs and synergies and nexus solutions approaches in a transdisciplinary manner. WEFeF modules will be strengthened with the development a Water Accounting Tool: REWAS.