3rd BESTGRID workshop on "Good Practice Exchange"

26 February 2016

London

Organised by RGI

Have you heard about a pylon design competition that took place in the UK? Do you know the programme “Natural Grid” that aims at enhancing ecosystems through innovative use of National Grid’s assets? And have you ever thought about engaging with your stakeholders with the help of an old sofa?

Infrastructure project promoters, NGOs, and authorities all over Europe are facing very similar challenges regarding public acceptability, stakeholder engagement, permitting procedures and the reduction of environmental impacts. Many have developed new approaches and brainstormed innovative ideas. Why not learning from these and enhancing them instead of risking to reinvent the wheel?

With this purpose in mind, our 3rd BESTGRID workshop was dedicated to exchanging good practices.

Agenda

Roseanne Thomas, National Grid External Affairs & Regional Engagement Manager

Speaker

Antonella Battaglini, RGI CEO

Speaker

Understanding and overcoming the NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) problem

Patrick Devine-Wright, University of Exeter Professor in Human Geography

Speaker

Share your story in four minutes.

At the info market, various contributors presented their specific good practice examples at their respective stands. In order to give background on the practices context and content, three minute pitches were held in this agenda slot. With the support of visual material the challenges, underlying idea and most interesting facts about the practice were addressed.

Following the pitches and lunch, an info market was arranged. There were seven marketplace stalls at which according experts provided content on the above mentioned topics with various materials.