1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Bucureşti
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Parcul Garii de Nord
Short description of the intervention
An urban park located in front of the central train station in Bucharest, built in 1937, and rehabilitated in 2008, as a response to an environmental awareness campaign. The park is a buffer green zone between the train station and the industrial neighborhood (1)
Address

Garii de Nord str.
010857 Bucuresti
Romania

Area boundary
POINT (26.076099 44.4445)
POINT (26.077038 44.445251)
POINT (26.075976 44.445925)
POINT (26.075145 44.445274)
NBS area image
Source of NBS area image
Google maps: https://www.google.pt/maps/place/44%C2%B026'43.0%22N+26%C2%B004'30.5%22E/@44.4452548,26.0747105,273m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m13!1m6!3m5!1s0x40b201e2c31e798f:0xac417e59144be278!2sMinistry+of+Transport+of+Romania!8m2!3d44.4439834!4d26.0772206!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d44.4452739!4d26.0751445
Total area
18940.00m²
NBS area
10000.00m²
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
unknown
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
2008
End date of the intervention
2009
Present stage of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
1. To ensure the rehabilitation of the park in order to reduce air pollution level and carbon sequestration (1);
2. To act as a buffer zone in a noisy area (2);
3. To allow access to a green area in an industrial quarter (3);
4. To counterbalance the aesthetics of the area since the park is the only green space in a grey zone (1);
5. To reduce summer temperatures (2).
Quantitative targets
1. Plant 600 trees and stubs, 154 plants, and 10000 sqm turf (3)
2. Install an irrigation system (3)
3. Install 50 benches and 50 garbage bins (2)
4. Install a chess table arbor (2)
Monitoring indicators defined
1. Amount of trees, plants and stubs needed to be planted (3)
2. Amount of benches and garbage bins installed (2)
Climate change adaptation: What were the goals of the NBS?
Climate change adaptation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Climate change mitigation: What were the goals of the NBS?
Climate change mitigation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Implementation activities
British American Tobacco summoned its own employees to provide manual labor. (2)
Type of NBS project
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Grey infrastructure featuring greens
Institutional green space
Parks and urban forests
Large urban parks or forests
Vegetation Type
Please specify how many trees were planted
600 trees, 154 plants
Please specify other amenities offered by the NBS
an area designed only for chess tables (1)
Amenities offered by the NBS
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Regulating services
Local climate regulation (temperature reduction)
Air quality regulation
Noise reduction
Carbon storage/sequestration
Cultural services
Tourism
Aesthetic appreciation
Recreation
Social and community interactions
Scale
Spatial scale
Micro-scale: District/neighbourhood level
Beneficiaries
Governance
Non-government actors
Private sector/Corporate/Business
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
The municipality of Bucharest was the initiator of the intervention since it had a campaign called, Adopt a green space. As such British American Tobacco, as the executor of the innovation adopted the Central Station Park and use it to develop, among others, cohesion between its employees (3)
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
Local government/municipality
Private sector/corporate actor/company
Citizens or community group
Participatory methods/forms of community involvement used
Policy drivers
NBS intervention implemented in response to an Regional Directive/Strategy
Yes
Please specify the "Regional Directive/Strategy"
The intervention mentions the 2004/35/CE, Council of Europe Directive in regards to Environmental Protection (7)
NBS intervention implemented in response to a national regulations/strategy/plan
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a local regulation/strategy/plan
Unknown
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Voluntary (spontaneous)
Enablers
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS vision/strategy/plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
Adopt a green space, Bucharest's Municipality's campaign to rehabilitate green spaces in collaboration with business organizations, 2005 (5)
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS section/part in a more general plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
If there is a relevant strategy or plan, please specify the theme / type of the plan.
Presence of city network or regional partnerships focused on NBS - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
This was not exactly a regional partnership but the campaign : Adopt a green space, was transferred to other cities (Cluj Napoca) or neighborhoods in Bucharest (4,6)
Presence of GI / NBS research project - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Subsidies/investment for GI / NBS in the city - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
British American Tobacco invested 120.000 euros (3)
Co-finance for NBS
Yes
Co-financing governance arrangements
Unknown
Was this co-governance arrangement already in place, or was it set up specifically for this NBS?
Financing
What is/was the Cost/Budget (EUR) of the NBS or green infrastructure elements?
Unknown
What are the total amount of expected annual maintenance costs?
Unknown
What is the expected annual maintenance costs of the NBS or GI elements?
Unknown
Please specify cost savings
Unknown
Please specify total cost (EUR)
120.000 Euros (3)
Source(s) of funding
Non-financial contribution
Yes
Business models
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Type of innovation
Please specify social innovation
It is an economic innovation since the park was auctioned and rehabilitated by a corporate institution (5)
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
Pajura Park went in 2007 under the same innovation benefiting from the same campaign, Adopt a green space. The executors were this time members of the Press Monitoring Agency (4)
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
The innovation was transferred to another city, Cluj-Napoca, in 2012, based on the intent to collaborate with various economic agents and institutions in Cluj, so that the green spaces in the city of Cluj-Napoca meet the standards of the European urban landscape (6)
Impacts, benefits
Description of environmental benefits
The NBS didn't release any reports. Even so it was expected from the innovation to increase the green space area (which was an impact achieved) and also it was expected to improve air quality in a part of the city "suffocated by buildings and cars" (3)
Economic impacts
Description of economic benefits
Unknown
Description of social and cultural benefits
The NBS didn't release any reports. Even so, it was expected from the action to increase social cohesion if not among the citizens of the area, at least among the employees of British Tobacco who took part in planting the trees and had access to the area afterwards (3)
Type of reported impacts
Indicators
Unknown
Analysis of specific impact categories
Job creation: The NBS created ...
Negative impacts: Did the project cause any problems or concerns?
No information was found regarding negative impacts of the project
COVID-19 pandemic
Unknown as of August 2020.
Methods of impact monitoring
Process of recording NBS impacts
Methods used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
Evidence for use of assessment
Presence of an assessment, evaluation and/or monitoring process
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/evaluation reports
No evidence in public records
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
Impact assessment mechanism
Name of any specific impact assessment tools
Unknown
Use of GIS in mapping impacts
No evidence in public records
Citizen involvement
Citizens involvement in assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Citizens involvement in the analysis of the assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Follow-up to the evaluation / assessment
Unknown
References
List of references
1. Responsabilitate Sociala (2009), "British American Tobacco a reamenajat parcul Garii de Nord" Available at https://www.iqads.ro/articol/10969/british-american-tobacco-romania-a-finalizat-proiectul-de-implicare-sociala-aer# (Accessed 18-8-2020)
2. Green Report (2009), "O viata noua pentru Parcul Garii de Nord", Available at http://www.green-report.ro/po-viata-noua-pentru-parcul-garii-de-nordp/ (Accessed 18-8-2020)
3. Green Report (2009), "British American Tobacco Romania a finalizat proiectul “Aer de oras”", Available at http://www.green-report.ro/22072009-british-american-tobacco-romania-british-american-tobacco-romania-finalizat-proi/ (Accessed 18-8-2020)
4. Green Report (2007), "Campania Adopta un spatiu verde, in Parcul Pajura" , Available at http://www.green-report.ro/campania-adopta-un-spatiu-verde-parcul-pajura/ (Accessed 18-8-2020)
5. Primaria Sectorului 1 Bucuresti (2007), "Primăria Sectorului 1 vă recomandă: “Adoptă un spaţiu verde” Available at http://www.primariasector1.ro/articole/citeste/comunicate-presa/366/primaria-sectorului-1-va-recomanda-adopta-un-spatiu-verde (Accessed 18-8-2020)
6. Primaria Municipiului Cluj-Napoca (2012), "Proiectul „Adopta un spatiu verde!”, Available at http://www.primariaclujnapoca.ro/comunicate.html?gId=1509 (Accessed 18-8-2020)
7. Directive 2004/35/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage, (2004), Available at https://www.ecolex.org/details/legislation/directive-200435ce-of-the-european-parliament-and-of-the-council-on-environmental-liability-with-regard-to-the-prevention-and-remedying-of-environmental-damage-lex-faoc043202/ (Accessed 18-8-2020)

Interview comments
I have also sent an e-mail to find out more info about monitoring reports. The municipality answered saying that they don't provide data through e-mail but only in person.
Comments and notes
Public Images
Image
Parcul Gării de Nord
Parcul Gării de Nord
Source: http://wikimapia.org/59742/ro/Parcul-G%C4%83rii-de-Nord#/photo/2482653