About the project

GINA project seeks to address the growing global challenge of water management amidst climate change, particularly in urban environments. With more frequent extreme events like floods and droughts impacting water availability, Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) such as rain gardens and green infrastructure offer effective remedies for stormwater management, groundwater restoration, and urban climate adaptation. However, barriers in practical implementation hinder their full potential. This project aims to overcome those challenges by introducing a blended-learning course designed to equip higher education (HE) students, local authorities, and educators with the knowledge and skills to design, implement, and manage NBS solutions.

The project’s objectives are multifaceted. First, it will provide comprehensive education on NBS to local governments, enhancing their understanding of these solutions through e-learning modules and social media outreach. Second, it will prepare HE students for careers in NBS by offering practical skills through international schools and innovative blended-learning methods, such as gamification and project-based learning. Third, the course will empower HE teachers with innovative teaching techniques, fostering cross-border collaboration and research. This will ensure the transfer of cutting-edge knowledge to future professionals and enhance local governments' capacity to integrate NBS into urban planning and investment strategies.

The project is innovative in its approach, combining advanced engineering methods with ecosystem service principles and circular economy strategies. Its focus on practical NBS design, monitoring, and social engagement fills a gap in current educational offerings, aligning with the needs of the labor market and supporting climate-neutral urban development. By enhancing collaboration among European cities, the project will strengthen efforts toward sustainable, resilient urban futures.

Planned activities and outputs

• Blended-learning course, certificated e-modules,
• Card game,
• Intensive programs for HE teachers,
• International schools for HE students nad teachers,
• Local schools for public administration, local governments, NGOs,
• Promotion and dissemination.

1. Personal data controller

The controller of your personal data is the Gdansk University of Technology. You can contact the controller of your personal data in the following way:

• by post, to the address: ul. G. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdansk
• by ePuap: politechnikagdanska/SkrytkaESP
2. Data protection officer

A data protection officer may be contacted by you on all matters concerning the processing of your personal data and the exercise of rights related to the processing of the data by email dpo@pg.edu.pl

3. The purposes of data processing and the legal basis for the processing

Personal data shall be processed in order to carry out the recruitment process for international academic exchange mobilities under the Erasmus+ Programme, in accordance with Art. 6 sec. 1 (e) of the GDPR – processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller, Art. 6 sec. 1 (a) of the GDPR – the data subject has given consent to the processing of their personal data by completing and submitting an application form.

4. Period of personal data storage

We will keep your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the relevant purposes described in section 3.

5. Data Recipients

We may share your data with entities rendering postal or courier services, public authorities or entities that are entitled to obtain personal data on the basis of applicable law as well as other entities cooperating with us, to the extent necessary and for the purpose compliant with the performance of the contract.

6. Rights related to processing of personal data

You have the following rights related to the processing of your personal data:

• the right to access your personal data;
• the right to demand rectification of inaccurate personal data and supplementation of incomplete personal data;
• the right to demand deletion of your personal data. data; This right does not apply, in particular, if the processing of the data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation requiring such processing under the applicable law or to perform a public task;
• the right to request limitation of your personal data processing;
• the right to object to the processing of your personal data, due to your specific situation, in cases when we process your data due to our legitimate interest, including direct marketing or performance of a public task. NOTE: as regards processing for direct marketing purposes, you may object at any time regardless of your specific situation
• the right to transfer your personal data, i.e. the right to receive personal data from us, in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. You may transfer this data to another data controller or request that we transfer your data to another data controller. However, we will only do so if such transfer is technically possible. You have the right to transfer your personal data only in respect to the data which we process automatically, i.e. in electronic form, on the basis of an agreement with you or on the basis of your consent;
• the right to lodge a complaint to the supervisory authority dealing with personal data protection, i.e. the President of the Personal Data Protection Office [Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Danych Osobowych];
7. Transfer of personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA)

Your personal data will not be processed outside the EEA.

8. Profiling and automatic processing

Your data will not be profiled.

In case of being accepted for an international academic exchange under the Erasmus+ Programme, the applicants’ personal data shall be processed for the purpose and in the manner set on the following webpage:
https://ec.europa.eu/erasmus-esc-personal-data