1. CRUE ERA-Net
16 partners from 12 MS
« Coordination de la Recherche sur la gestion des inondations financée dans l’Union Européenne »
An FP6 ‘Co-ordination Action’ for the FUNDERS of flood research (Govt bodies, agencies etc)
Started in Nov 2004–Ended under FP6 in Oct 2009
Overall budget € 3 million
Focusing on all types of flood
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CRUE Partners have continued to co-operate, from Nov 2009 up to now, on a voluntary basis for the 2nd JFI by signing a co-op agreement

2. 1st ERA-Net CRUE JFI Risk assessment and risk management:
Effectiveness and efficiency of non-structural flood risk management measures
CRUE partners/funding bodies: 6 – BMBF (D); BMLFUW (A); DEFRA (UK); SG-EQD (UK); MEEDDAT (F); MICINN (E).
Research project funded:
FLOODERA
RISKCATCH
Room for the River
EWASE
PRO_Floodplain
Simulation of Risk
Small Urban Catchments
Total budget: ca. € ,00
Call launched in 2005 – Projects started in 2007 and ended in 2008.
Projects’ Final Report and the Synthesis report on 1st Joint Funding Initiative are available on CRUE website: (“Publications” sect.)

3. 2nd ERA-Net CRUE JFI
Within such funding initiative, launched in support of the Floods Directive 2007/60/EC, seven international joint research projects with test sites (34) all over Europe have been funded and focus on a broad spectrum of issues related to the enhancement of resilience.

4. 2nd ERA-Net CRUE JFI
Flood resilient communities – managing the consequences of flooding
(wrt Floods Directive 2007/60/CE)
CRUE partners/funding bodies: 11(+1) – BMBF (D); BMLFUW + Styria Govt (A); EA (UK); ISPRA (I), MICINN (E); MEEDDAT (F); MinVenW (NL); MMM (F); OPW (IRL); SG-EQD (UK); WL (B).
25 project proposals
Projects funded:
7 research projects
1 scientific coordination project (SCP)
Total budget: ca. € ,00
Call launched in June 2008.
Projects started in September 2009
Projects ended in August/September 2011 (SCP will end in February 2012)
Kick-off meeting: Roma, 21 October 2009, jointly with the CRUE Final Conference
Mid-term seminar: Madrid, October 2010.
Final meeting: Graz, September 2011, jointly with the “UFRIM International Symposium”

5. 2nd ERA-Net CRUE JFI: Research projects
DIANE-CM – Decentralised integrated analysis and enhancement of awareness through collaborative modelling and management of flood risk
FIM FRAME – Flood Incident Management – A framework for improvement
FREEMAN – Flood resilience enhancement and management: A pilot study in Flanders, Germany and Italy
IMRA – Integrative flood risk governance approach for improvement of risk awareness and increased public participation
RISKMAP – Improving flood risk maps as a means to foster public participation and raising flood risk awareness: Toward flood resilient communities
SUFRI – Sustainable strategies of urban flood risk management with non-structural measures to cope with the residual risk
URFLOOD – Understanding uncertainty and risk in communicating about floods
(w. hyperlinks to projects’ website)

6. Dissemination activities
2nd ERA-Net CRUE JFI:
Dissemination activities
Final reports and a list of all deliverables on the CRUE-website
 by Oct 2011
Synthesis report & recommendations for MS and stakeholders
 by Dec 2011
Case study factsheets on the CRUE-website
on-going
NHESS Special Issue
 by Mar/Apr 2012
Guidebook on Methods (factsheets) for Enhancing Resilience
 Spring 2012
* On-going implementation *

7. Synthesis report & recommendations
Overarching topics addressed:
– Implementation of the EU Floods Directive
– Participation
– Harmonization
– Restrictions (to transferability)
– Enhancement of resilience
The CRUE consortium would be pleased to present to the WG F delegates conclusions & recommendations of the 2nd JFI research projects at the next WG F meeting (Spring 2012).

8. Thanks!
Major details on CRUE activities and on 1st and 2nd JFI results are available on and on the projects’ website