Thematic observations

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Thematic observations
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FLAPP message

• Integrated river basin management is generally
  accepted as leading policy principle in Europe
• However, implementation in practice can be
  improved, especially across borders
• FLAPP shows what potential benefits are of better
  cross border cooperation in river basins based on
  practical examples
• FLAPP also made recommendations for different
  levels of government on how to improve integrated
  river basin management

POLITICAL AGREEMENT
CHALLENGES IN DAILY PRACTICE
POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES
PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS
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Thematic working groups FLAPP network

• Raising flood awareness
• Cross border flood mapping
• Nature and flood management
• Flood information systems
• Special attention for cooperation in border areas

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1. How to raise flood awareness?
Good practice example in Ireland
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1. How to raise flood awareness?

• Successful flood awareness campaign in Ireland
• Good practice examples in other regions /
  countries
• Why re-invent the wheel again?
• Idea to create generic flood information tools
• FLAPP expert meetings in Belgium

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1. How to raise flood awareness?

• Results
• Generic brochure, leaflet and website
• Pilot in Scheldt basin (NL/BE)
• Pilot in Evros basin (GR)

www.flood-info.eu
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Thematic working groups FLAPP network

• Raising flood awareness
• Cross border flood mapping
• Nature and flood management
• Flood information systems
• Special attention for cooperation in border areas

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2. How to create cross border flood maps?
Expert workshop on flood mapping in Berlin,
September 2006
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2. How to create cross border flood maps?
Pilot cross-border flood map cities
Goerlitz/Zgorzelec
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2. How to create cross border flood maps?

• More information
• - Report on flood map workshop
• - Final report cross-border flood maps
• FLAPP book Part III thematic observations

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Thematic working groups FLAPP network

• Raising flood awareness
• Cross border flood mapping
• Nature and flood management
• Flood information systems
• Special attention for cooperation in border areas

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3. How can nature and flood management go hand
in hand?
Research report on role and values of wetlands
for sustainable flood management in border
areas Recommendations to make better use of
benefits of wetlands for flood management based
on existing good practice examples
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3. How can nature and flood management go hand
in hand?

• Benefits of sustainable river basin management
• Improved ecological process
• Flood mitigation and wetland restoration
• Diversified land use tourism/recreation/fisherie
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• Improved water quality
• Natural hydrological systems
• Improved regional identity
• Increased awareness
• Evidence based on case studies from across Europe

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3. How can nature and flood management go hand
in hand?

• Recommendations
• Conserve and improve storage capacity of
  floodplains
• Fluvial Territory at the heart of flood risk
  management
• Common framework for policy implementation
• Pilot proposal joint implementation in
  demonstration catchments

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Thematic working groups FLAPP network

• Raising flood awareness
• Cross border flood mapping
• Nature and flood management
• Flood information systems
• Special attention for cooperation in border areas

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4. How to stimulate data exchange between experts
across borders?

• Observations
• Undisrupted data flow between countries in
  transboundary catchments is vital
• Systems currently in use in Europe show a wide
  diversity
• Lets not re-invent the wheel again
• Report
• Inventory of existing flood information systems
• Conclusions
• full integration of systems seems not feasible
• but compatibility of systems is a realistic
  option