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ERA-Net CRUE funding initiative

EDC

Aim and goals


Aim:

The overall objective of this two-year project is to assist efforts to improve resilience of communities in flood prone areas.


The main objectives are:

• to convey the concept of resilience to decision makers, flood managers and the general public, and help to translate resilience concepts into flood management practices;

• to identify important factors of flood resilience as well as strategies and measures that increase flood resilience;

• to identify quick wins (simple but effective measures) to enhance flood resilience on case study level;

• to provide guidance on the integration of flood resilience in flood risk management as a contribution to the implementation of the Flood Risk Directive (FRD);

• to convey project results to the policy level, as well as to the scientific community.



In the end the following products will be available:

• Document presenting guidelines on enhancing resilience;

• Brochure about the possible quick wins by implementing the resilience guidelines;

• Policy briefings concerning the policy lessons learned and recommendations;

• Project leaflet;

• International workshop for experts and authorities.