The general project aim is: to protect the North West Europe region against the effects of (the risk of) flooding due to climate changes. This will be done in the project by creating new capacity for storage or discharge of peak floods within river catchments. For example. new floodplains will be created in areas that have not been flooded recently. The need for the creation of new capacity for water storage or discharge reflects the impact of climate change. Present functions of the target areas will be retained and will be combined as optimally as possible with river and other functions. The foreseen actions will help to protect (more) vulnerable areas up- or downstream from the project areas. This aim can be broken down into the following objectives: 1. To develop and implement technical solutions related to the creation of new capacity for water storage or discharge. 2. To raise awareness and increase solidarity between and within upstream and downstream areas within river catchments in Europe. The project will focus on adaptation/intervention in one area to protect another more vulnerable (in economical. social and/or ecological perspective) area. The latter can be either an urban or a rural area. situated up- or downstream of the intervention area. 3. To optimise the combination of functions in the target areas by preserving the current function and developing desirable and suitable new functions. For instance nature and recreation. Achievements: A publication on Best practices Water Friendly Land Management, the Alfa End Conference and Alfa videos can be found under:http://alfa-project.eu/en/news