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SWAMPS : an Interreg V-C (EUROPE) proposal
 S: Sustainable
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W: Water
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A: Adaptive resources
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M: Management &
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P: Policy
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S: Strategies
Climate change will lead to:
Climate change….
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Increased extreme rainfall in summer;
Prolonged periods with droughts and water
shortage;
Increased strain on water quality.
Present policies do not take climate
change into account, e.g.
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Permits for industrial discharge are not
tailored to low water conditions;
Water allocation principles are different
across borders
And as a result an increase in:
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Disruption of industrial operations and other
regional economic activity
Economic damage due to harvest losses
Loss of income of tourism and recreative
enterprises
Damage in buildings and insurance claims
Longer periods with low groundwater levels in summer…..extreme rainfall incidents
Project problem description
River basin (and cross-border) challenges:
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Unbalanced water resource management(droughts,floods, pollution)
Disharmony in water supply (for various functions)
Climate change enhances these problems
Need for cross-border adjustment of measures
Aims:
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Exchange ideas to cope with these challenges
Introduce climate change adaptive elements in relevant policies
Support river basin wide assessment and planning
Support development and implementation of priority measures
Promote dialogue for cross-border cooperation
Support information and awareness about needs and opportunities
EU policy objectives
 Resource efficiency
 Strengthening regional economy and European
competitiveness
 Urban development
 Adaptation of vulnerable sectors to climate change (e.g.
agriculture, infrastructure)
 Innovation
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Cross border climate change adaptation
contributes to EU policy objectives, e.g.
Livability of urban regions
Enough water for all functions
Water storage in nature areas
Vital and sustainable economy
Clean water and good ecological functioning
What are the revenues?
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Increased agricultural production levels
Resilient (climate proof and clean) water ways
Improved water quality in streams and marshes
Better protection of drinking water supplies
Better quality of living in urban areas
Better quality of nature and landscape
Improved economic perspective on recreation and tourism
Increased employment
Increased stakeholder involvement in policies
Policy instruments
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ERDF programmes
ETC operational programmes
National Water plans, Provincial/Regional Water plans
Dutch Delta-programmes on Rivers and Water Supply
Regional Protection levels for various functions
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Examples of measures
 Improved agricultural production (temporary raised groundwater
levels, weir management, water supply)
 Innovation: water conservation on agricultural areas
 Sustainable water system (development of waterbuffers,
drop irrigation, disconnecting paved surface from sewer system)
 Improved hydrological, ecological and economic functioning of river
valleys by renaturalization
 Blue-green structures in urban areas for heat mitigation and
management of urban flood problems
 Improved conditions for river navigation
OP South
OP Germany - Netherlands
Operational Programmes
Policy
instruments
Etc…
Provincial Waterplan Limburg
Influence
Regional and local policies Programs
Focus SWAMPS
Stakeholder
groups
Measures/
Sub projects
Delta Plan High Pleistocene
Waterplan Limburg
Etc…
Cross border climate change adaptation
Agriculture
Water
management
Industry,
SMEs
Spatial and
urban planning
Nature
conservati
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Ecosystem
services
Communiti
es
ICT
Etc…
Civil
engineering
Etc…
Work plan
 Project management /Shared Sercice Centre/river basin
coordinators
 Identification of good practices: models, strategies, plans,
executed pilot projects
 Development of regional priority strategies in selected river
basins
 Dissimination on regional, national and international level
Proposed catchments & partners
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Meuse (Netherlands, Germany, Belgium)
Roer (Netherlands, Germany)
Western Bug (Belarus, Poland)
Elbe (Germany, Czech Republic)
Tisza (Rumania, Hungary)
Taag (Spain/Portugal)
Klara (Norway, Sweden)
Sava (Slovenia, Croatia)
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Innovative aspects
 Cross-border cooperation on climate change adaptation
priority strategies, plans, measures
 Integrative approach: on problems of water scarcity, water
surplus, water quality, land use, regioal economy
 Bottom-up approach: through participation of regional/local
stakeholders
Expected outcome
 Improvement of integrated and climate proof water
resources management and spatial planning
 Strengthening of international cooperation through
exchange of ideas, plans and measures
 Operational plans for development of regional climate
adoptive measures in rural and urban regions
Project budget based on 17 partners
Income
ERDF (85%)
Expenditures
2.341.500
Partner Contribution 531.500
SSC
733.500
External expertise 680.400
Partners
1.459.100
(staff, travel,
accommodation,etc)
Total
2.873.000
Total
2.873.000
SWAMPS Indicative Financial overview
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Partners: 10-17
Total budget: Grand total: € 2,873,000.–
Funding rate: max. 85 %
Partner contribution: € 30,000.– up to € 50,000 per partner
up front;
 Total partner contribution: 10*50,000 up to 17*30,000 =>
€ 500,000.– up to € 510,000.- ERDF contribution through Interreg Europe: € 2,341,500.—
 ERDF for Croatia = 75 %; Norway: 0 %; this means a slight
adaptation of the amounts and a larger contribution of these
countries
Contact information
 Mr. Alfred Evers
 Dr. Fred Van den Brink
 Dr. Harry Tolkamp
 Management of Taskforce Water Governance
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