M.A. Mimikou Μ.Α. Μιμίκου
Flood Awareness & Prevention Policy in border areas (FLAPP)
2004-2007

It is financed under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)

www.flapp.org


Summary
FLAPP stands for 'Flood Awareness and Prevention Policy in border areas'. It is an EU-funded network which enables responsible local and regional actors in European river systems and their feeders to form partnerships. Partners of the FLAPP network can learn from each other by transferring and exchanging successful flood management approaches on an informal basis. The aim of the FLAPP network is to improve sustainable solutions regarding flood awareness and prevention in Europe's border areas.


Objectives

The FLAPP network focuses on the following aspects of flood risk management (project components):
  • Flood prevention: technical solutions regarding flood prevention by means of spatial planning, physical flood protection measures and flood mapping.
  • Ecologically sustainable water management: ecologically sustainable solutions regarding flood management policies of local and regional water management authorities.
  • Support systems for calamity management: technical solutions regarding (decision) support systems for flood monitoring, forecasting, early warning and evacuations.
  • Water Information Management: good practices regarding public and stakeholder awareness on flood problems; a joint integrated policy approach to flood risk management; recommendations for implementation of EU flood directive and for EU policies on transferring practical knowledge and experiences.
The network will produce a good practice manual with some examples of flood management projects in European border areas. Based on these practical knowledge and experiences the FLAPP network will also formulate policy recommendations for local, regional, national and European governments.

Partners
Coordinator Foundation Euregion Meuse-Rhine
Partners Office of the Government of Upper Austria, Dep. Of regional planning
Roer and Overmaas Waterboard
Project organisation De Maaswerken
Communal Community "Oberes Elbtal / Osterzgebirge" e.V.
Central Bureau for Flood Protection, Cologne
Province of Limburg
Province of East Flanders
Province of Zeeland
Irish Central Border Area Network (ICBAN)
Irish Central Border Area Network (ICBAN) c/o Blackwater Regional Partnership
Trans-Tisza Region Water Authority
Environmental Management, Nurseries and Alforestation of Navarra, PLC
National Technical University of Athens - School of Civil Engineering
North Hungarian Environment and Water Authority
Lower Tisza District Water Authority
Koros-valley Environmental and Water Directorate
International Secretariat of the Carpathian Euregion
Departement of Social Geography and Regional Development Planning
Association Region Carpathians (Zdruzenie Region Karpaty, a.l.e) Carpathian Euroregion Slovakia
Euregion Labe
North Transdanubian Water Authority
Institute for Development of water resources "Jaroslav Cerni"
Municipality of Feres, Prefecture of Evros
Institute for environment and geology of Saxony
Province of Flemish Brabant
Municipality of the city of Budapest
Romanian part of the Carpathian Euregion
Maramures County Council
Nemunas Euroregion Marijampole Bureau (Nemunas Euregion)
Foundation for applied water research
Upper-Tisza-water Directorate
DLG/Service for land and water management
DLG/Wetlands International
Aachen University of Technology
City of Grimma
Vara Municipality
River Ebro Basin Organization, Water Planning Office

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