Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg Landesbetrieb Straßen, Brücken und Gewässer (LSBG) Sachsenfeld Hamburg

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1 Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg Landesbetrieb Straßen, Brücken und Gewässer (LSBG) Sachsenfeld Hamburg

2 European Flood Risk Management Conference

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4 Pre Announcement for A joint conference and expert forum on sustainable water management actions and planning processes Enriched from experiences and outputs from the Interreg IVb North Sea Region Project SAWA Hamburg, November, 17 th 18 th 2011

5 Why you should attend Attend our two day conference and gain the support, knowledge and information needed to improve the level of flood protection. Flood risk will become more frequent in the future as a result of climate change, uncontrolled human activities and human interventions into the processes of nature and growing impact of floods on human health and economic losses. A concerted and coordinated action at the level of the European Community would bring considerable added value and improve the overall level of flood protection. Consequently the European Community has passed a new legal instrument, the Directive on the Assessment and Management of Flood Risks (EC 2007 / 60). The participating European Partner Alliance has identified and worked on three key areas where water management can be improved under the premise of supporting a sustainable regional development:

6 The full implementation of a river basin based management of water has to integrate flood risks and water quality aspects. A number of application samples will show how local decisions making can become an integral part of catchment based planning and how the concept of Flood Risk Management Plans can be implemented in different European countries. Catchment scale flood defence measures have to be efficient and sustainable. Practitioners are faced with the challenge of making measures more locally adaptive without losing effectiveness on a catchment scale. Capacity building is a main pillar for implementing an adaptive management structure in any river basin. The demand will be to improve education and communication in order to integrate stake holders on all levels. This key area includes building up institutional structures, developing human resources and conserving the acquired knowledge of Flood Risk Management. Finding solutions to these challenging problems requires close collaboration between practitioners, scientists and stake holders from public and federal organizations. So, we encourage you to contribute to the development of future solutions and to widen your own expertise and profile by attending and participating at the conference. On behalf of the organizing committee, we invite you to visit our very attractive and lively city of Hamburg.

7 Preliminary Program Day 1: Conference Lectures on Flood risk management planning process Implementation of Flood Directive Flood Directive & Water Framework Directive Content requirements: Essential aspects of EU directives, conflicts and synergies, need for action Flood Risk Management Planning Content requirements: Goals, need for action, implementation strategies Stakeholder Involvement Content requirements: Demands, strategies, implementation Flood Risk Management Plans (international) Content requirements: Comparison of (different) implementation (-strategies) presented via pilot studies on international level, tools and recommendations

8 Day 2: Expert Forum Field of Discussion I: FRM-Planning Strategy & Decision Making Process Field of Discussion II: Adaptive Measures, Decision Making Process & Stakeholder Involvement Field of Discussion III: Capacity Building & Dissemination & Education Field of Discussion IV: Project Management on EU-Level Final Lecture Collection and presentation of results from day 1 and 2, future prospects Final Output: Reflection on recommendations of day 1 and 2, constructive criticism and second view resulting in even more detailed and more substantiated recommendations

9 Registration The registration fee includes the conference and workshops, proceedings, lunch, coffee breaks and banquet. Registration fee Baseline fee Student fee Rate The conference is FREE to attend for members of SAWA Conference will be hold in English language. Please register online ( Updates on program and more detailed information will be provided via web.

10 location Patriotische Gesellschaft von 1765, Trostbrücke 4, Hamburg

11 This conference is organized in the frame of European SAWA project. SAWA is the acronym for Strategic Alliance for integrated Watermanagement Actions. Five countries from the North Sea Region have formed a long-term partnership of expertise in order to learn from each other on how to manage water and its risks. Together they developed measures not only for dealing with future flood risks, but also to enhance the quality of life for those who live in close proximity to water. The SAWA project is part of the Interreg IVB North Sea Region Programme. The main aim of the project is to develop a common adaptive implementation strategy for the new flood directive (FD) integrating the settings of the water framework directive (WFD). SAWA s role is to promote novel and innovative solutions in flood risk management by adaptive flood protection measures and by delivering the tools to transfer this knowledge to the next generation. Budget 8,16 M Euro (50% EU-funds) Project Period Lead Partner Ministry of Economy, Transport and Innovation (BWVI) Agency for Roads, Bridges and Waters (LSBG) Partners 22 partners representing: Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, UK and Sweden

12 Contact Agency for Roads, Bridges and Waters Germany (LSBG), Hamburg Sachsenfeld 3 5, D Hamburg Organising Committee Jeff Marengwa jeff.marengwa@lsbg.hamburg.de Susanne Peeger susanne.peeger@lsbg.hamburg.de Dagmar Goltermann dagmar.goltermann@lsbg.hamburg.de Catrin Hasewinkel catrin.hasewinkel@lansstyrelsen.se European Union The European Regional Developement Fund