1. On-going research in support of science-policy interfacing -
WG-F Floods
Paul Samuels
HR Wallingford, UK

2. Common Implementation Strategy 2010-2012
Water Directors
Steering of implementation process
Chair: Presidency, Co-chair: Commission
CIS-SPI
Strategic Co-ordination Group
Co-ordination of work programme
Chair: Commission
Art. 21 Committee
WG A “Ecological Status”
Chair: JRC, DE, UK
WG D “Reporting”
Chair: EC, EEA, FR
WG F “Floods”
Chair: EC, IE
Climate Change & WFD
Chair: DE, EC
WFD and Agriculture
Chair: FR, UK
WG C “Groundwater”
Chair: EC, AT
WG E “Chemical Aspects”
Chair: EC, JRC, IT, FR, SE
Water scarcity and drought
Chair: IT, FR, ES
Established working groups
Temporary working groups
Stakeholders, NGO’s, Researchers, Experts, etc.

3. SPI actions of WG-F
Started during the development of the Directive as initiative between DG Research and DG Environment
Briefings from JRC, FLOODsite, other FP and CRUE ERA-NET projects
WG-F Thematic Workshops
Implementation of the Directive
Dialogue with research community

4. Human impacts Largest risk to life in an event
Storm surge
Most frequent cause of fatalities
Flash Floods – especially in vehicles
Largest scale of evacuation
Major river basin floods
Greatest economic damage
Major city

5. Implementation

6. Preliminary FRA HYDRATE CORFU CONHAZ Theseus
Data collection and post-event analysis
CORFU
Flood hazard and risk in urban areas
CONHAZ
Multifaceted understanding of damages
Theseus
Putting coastal risks into context

7. Preliminary FRA CapHazNet KULTURISK, CORFU
Aspects of resilience
Science on Flood Risk Assessment
also informs work in mapping and plan preparation
WG-F: issue for debate
What is “significant” flood risk?

8. Hazard and risk maps IMPRINTS HYDRATE CORFU KULTURISK
Debris flow hazard in flash floods
HYDRATE
Flash flood database
CORFU
Enhanced urban flood mapping methods
KULTURISK
Mapping methods

9. Management Plans Prevention Protection Preparedness
FloodProbe
Protection
FloodProbe, KULTURISK
Preparedness
CapHazNet, ERA-NET CRUE, KULTURISK
Forecasting and warning
IMPRINTS, HYDRATE, UrbanFlood

10. Management Plans
Sustainable land use, water retention measures, controlled flooding
ERA-NET CRUE
Stakeholder consultation
Theseus, CapHazNet, FloodProbe
Transboundary influence of measures
FLOOD-WISE (Interreg IV) pilots
WG-F request
Guidance on accounting for uncertainty for decision making

11. Policy links through advisory committees
Partnering FP7 projects:
Urbanflood
FloodProBE
SMARTeST
IMPRINTS
CORFU
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AWARE’s focus is on human-caused deterioration of coastal water ecosystems. The project engages scientists, policy makers and the public in jointly creating and analysing scenarios for improved water management in coastal areas.
AWARE’s participatory approach is crucial: it develops further the concept of integrated adaptive ecosystem management, by creating active roles for public participation. This strengthens the consultations between local residents, research and policy communities and facilitates common strategies.
The project implements this approach in three case studies : the coastal waters of the Gulf of Riga (Estonia and Latvia), the Seine, Somme, and Schelder river basins and the Southern North Sea coastal zone (France and Belgium), and the Po river Delta and Goro lagoon (Italy). 22