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The prevention and protection against floods in the upper Siret and Prut River Basins, through the implementation of a modern monitoring system with automatic stations –EAST AVERT

Start date: Nov 28, 2013, End date: Sep 27, 2015,

Protection of the border areas in the upper Siret and Prut River Basins against the flood risk, other natural dangerous hazards of water cycle and accidental pollutions and reducing the environmental, economic and social vulnerability of targeted localiteis from the border region against flood risk. ...
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SedAlp - Sediment management in Alpine basins: integrating sediment continuum, risk mitigation and hydropower (SedAlp)

Start date: Aug 31, 2012, End date: Jun 29, 2015,

SedAlp contributes to integrated management of sediment transport in Alpine basins directed to an effective reduction of sediment-related risk while promoting the enhancement of riverine ecosystems and reducing the impacts of hydropower plants (balancing the implementation of EU Directives e.g. RES, Floods and WFD). The project includes piloting actions in various representative Alpine river basin ...
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Increasing Resilience through Earth Observation (IncREO)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Dec 31, 2014,

...iceable climate change trends. These solutions will be adjusted to the users’ and end-users’ needs and will also reflect on short-term climate change scenarios and related legislature – both on national, supranational and European level. As a multi-risk oriented concept per se any type of natural disaster is addressed. However, selected use cases (dam failure, storm surge and wave height, flood, e ...
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A structured network for integration of climate knowledge into policy and territorial planning (ORIENTGATE)

Start date: Jun 30, 2012, End date: Dec 30, 2014,

The OrientGate project will foster concerted and coordinated climate adaptation actions across the SEE region. The project will explore climate risks faced by coastal, rural and urban communities; contribute to a better understanding of the impact of climate variability and change on water regimes, forests and agro-ecosystems; and analyse specific adaptation needs in the hydroelectricity, agro-ali ...
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Enhancement of natural water systems and treatment methods for safe and sustainable water supply in India (SAPH PANI)

Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2014,

...Pani addresses the improvement of natural water treatment systems such as river bank filtration (RBF), managed aquifer recharge (MAR) and wetlands in India building on a combination of local and international expertise. The project aims at enhancing water resources and water supply particularly in water stressed urban and peri-urban areas in different parts of the sub-continent. The objective is t ...
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Transnational ENhancement of ECOPORT8 network  (TEN_ECOPORT)

Start date: Sep 30, 2012, End date: Sep 29, 2014,

In the recent years the ports are the hub-point of the Core Regional Transport Networks, as precursors for the TEN-T comprehensive network in the South East Europe. In this direction, a great responsibility was entrusted to the port authorities: they are the authority appointed for the Control and the real application of the Environmental Manage System, being the nodes that ensure the environmenta ...
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Integrated system for protect and analyse the status and trends of water threatened by nitrogen pollution (CLEANWATER)

Start date: Oct 15, 2010, End date: Jul 1, 2014,

...ncentrations in the Barlad river basin; Facilitate the identification of cost-effective measures for river management; Provide support for land-use planning; and Contribute to a future national approach to zones vulnerable to nutrient pollution.
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Danube WATER integrated management (WATER)

Start date: Jun 29, 2012, End date: Jun 28, 2014,

Improving water monitoring and the warnings system, environmental data dissemination on the Romanian-Bulgarian border counties. Processing and conditioning the liquid organic wastes radioactively contaminated from the nuclear plants Cernavodǎ and Kozloduy.
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Flood warning system establishment in Arda river basin for minimising the risk in the cross border area (ARDAFORECAST)

Start date: Mar 19, 2012, End date: Mar 18, 2014,

...order cooperation in the field of flood prevention.• To serve as a model for establishing a flood warning systems in other border areas.• To strengthen cooperation among BG/GR in international forums on flood risk management on matters of common interest and common solutions Achieveme ...
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INCA Central Europe - Integrated nowcasting system for the Central European area (INCA-CE)

Start date: Mar 31, 2010, End date: Sep 29, 2013,

...like flooding and storms can be detected and managed. Nowcasting plays an increasing role in risk prevention, but its realisation is a highly complex and integrated task INCA CE will implement a transnational information system as well as applications for different socio-economic sectors to reduce risks of major economic damage and loss of life. Not only civil protection but also stakeholders from ...
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Building Capacity for a Black Sea Catchment Observation and Assessment System supporting Sustainable Development (EnviroGRIDS)

Start date: Apr 1, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2013,

The Black Sea Catchment is internationally known as one of ecologically unsustainable development and inadequate resource management, which has led to severe environmental, social and economic problems. EnviroGRIDS @ Black Sea Catchment aims at building the capacities of regional stakeholders to use new international standards to gather, store, distribute, analyze, visualize and disseminate crucia ...
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Transnational Forestry Management Strategies in Response to Regional Climate Change Impacts (ForeStClim)

Start date: Dec 31, 2007, End date: Feb 27, 2013,

...to a diverse set of multi-level risk assessments associated with preserving the multitude of forest goods and services. which will be part of the “ForeStClim”-strategies. The development of transnational coordinated forestry management and forest protection and adaptation strategies will be the principal outcome of the project and help secure the future economic stability of forestry in North-Wes ...
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Climate Change and Impacts on Water Supply (CC-WaterS)

Start date: Apr 30, 2009, End date: Apr 29, 2012,

...ter resources and will change according to CC. It is crucial for safeguarding future water supply to anticipate these climate and land use changes and to assess their impacts on water resources. Transnational action is needed to prepare SEE for the challenge of ensuring water supply for society for several decades. Policy makers and water suppliers are required to develop sustainable management pr ...
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Services and Applications For Emergency Response (SAFER)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

"SAFER aims at implementing preoperational versions of the Emergency Response Core Service. SAFER will reinforce European capacity to respond to emergency situations: fires, floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, humanitarian crisis. The main goal is the upgrade of the core service and the validation of its performance with 2 priorities: First priority is the short term improvement o ...
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Drought Management Centre for South East Europe (DMCSEE)

Start date: Mar 31, 2009, End date: Mar 30, 2012,

...parison to neighbouring regions. Ineffective water management is seen as the fundamental problem and can induce additional problems when drought occurs. Droughts have become a strategic issue in SEE. National focal points of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) (national authorities in the field of drought and desertification) and national permanent representatives with World Meteor ...
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UP-GRADE BLACK SEA SCIENTIFIC NETWORK (UP-GRADE BS-SCENE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2011,

...gional capacity and performance of marine environmental data and information management, underpins harmonization with European marine data quality control/assessment procedures and adoption of international meta-data standards and data-management practices, providing improved data & information delivery services for the Black Sea region at a European level. The Up-Grade of Black Sea SCENE project ...
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Promoting international cooperation for environmental research through dissemination and networking activities (INT-ER-LINK)

Start date: Oct 1, 2007, End date: Sep 30, 2009,

The major objectives of this Specific Support Action are to: - promote the role played by the Framework Programme in enabling International Cooperation on Global Change and Ecosystems research; - and to facilitate the uptake of the results of the research being carried out. This will be done by using a combined approach of awareness-raising and networking activities.The project will focus in parti ...
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Improvement of flood management system (MOSES)

Start date: Jun 30, 2005, End date: Apr 29, 2008,

... overall, long-term objective of the project is the reduction of flood damage and an increase in the efficiency of flood management by improving decision-making and tools for local, regional and transnational co-operation at river basin scale. The focus lies on implementation and management, including further development and adjustment to the local situation of a unified GIS-based digital flood in ...
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Monitoring, forcasting and best practices for FLOOD Mitigation and prevEntion in the CADSES region (FLOODMED)

Start date: Feb 28, 2006, End date: Apr 29, 2008,

...regarding agriculture, forestry and land-use management in flood risk areas. As most river catchments areas belong to more than one country or region, methodologies have to be developed within a transnational and a transregional context that go beyond local concepts. The project regions of FLOODMED are characterised by an increase in the number of people and economic assets located in flood risk z ...
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Hydrological cycle of the CADSES regions (HYDROCARE)

Start date: Dec 31, 2005, End date: Dec 30, 2007,

...es to develop an integrated system capable of assessing the impact of hydrometeorological events on the water resources in the CADSES region. Emphasis will be put on the development of effective transnational tools for a rational exploitation of the water resources, with the purpose of preserving and enhancing economical and environmental welfare. Such managing tools will be illustrated also in pr ...
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Land-sea interaction: coastal state and evolution in CADSES (CADSEALAND)

Start date: Dec 31, 2003, End date: Dec 30, 2006,

... Expected Results: The project targets the following results: - Developing international standards for the definition of a “state of the coast” useful for territorial planning, management, engineering, insurance, etc., which take into account the processes (both on land and at sea ...
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Development of an Integrated Basin Management System in order to correlate water quality and quantity analysis with socio-economical analysis, using Open-GIS technology (DIMINISH)

Start date: Dec 1, 2003, End date: Dec 1, 2006,

Background The Bistrita catchment basin is highly sensitive to human activities, and is one of the most polluted basins of the Danube Basin. A Romanian Waters Annual Report on water quality revealed a high concentration of ammonium, nitrates, and organic matter, with high levels of nutrients mainly around two areas –Bacau County – one of the most i ...
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