water sensitive Cities: the Answer To CHallenges of extreme weather events

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB North Sea

Date of latest update: 2024-09-18

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Description (EN):

CATCH addresses the special needs of midsize cities to deal with climate change adaptation and the resulting extreme weather events. In the North Sea Region 80% of the population live in urban areas of which a majority lives in midsize cities. Due to its scale, limited resources and expertise and tight connection with the surrounding region, midsize cities face a number of specific challenges to deal with climate change adaptation compared to large cities.Inspired by the water sensitive cites theory, the experienced partnership will develop a decision support tool and roadmap to support midsize cities in designing long term climate adaptation strategies. CATCH will demonstrate that midsize cities in cooperation with their partners can accelerate the urgent process to become climate resilient. This results in inspiring examples in the 7 pilot cities, accompanied with a practical and usable set of generic tools for further uptake and dissemination in the North Sea Region.The CATCH project offers the partnership the unique possibility to join forces (on European and regional level) and creates a unique momentum to change local behaviour, create European awareness, and support NSR midsize cities to make a significant step forward to become a water sensitive city.

Achievements (EN):

Worldwide and in the European North Sea region cities are facing big challenges. A progressively changing climate and extreme weather events, surpassing our models and an increasing urbanization pose threats for living, food, and water. The overall objective of CATCH was to demonstrate and accelerate the redesign of urban water management of midsize cities in the North Sea Region to become climate resilient cities that are sustainable, liveable, and profitable in the long run. CATCH addressed the needs of midsized cities to deal with climate change and extreme weather events. In the North Sea Region 80% of the population live in urban areas of which a majority lives in midsize cities. Due to their scale, midsized cities have specific challenges in dealing with climate change adaptation. They usually have limited resources and expertise and are tightly connected with the surrounding region. Inspired by the water sensitive cites theory, the CATCH partners developed the Adapt My City tool, a digital application to support midsize cities in designing long term climate adaptation strategies. Seven CATCH partners from cities in the North Sea Region developed 15 good practices and a practical and usable set of generic tools for further uptake and dissemination in the North Sea Region. It demonstrates that midsize cities can accelerate the urgent process of becoming climate resilient. The good practices In all the pilots, developed by the CATCH partners in Sweden, Denmark, UK, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands public spaces were improved, with a considerable reduction of the risks of flooding, heat stress and drought in residential areas. The projects were very successful in creating space for water in cities, while integrating ecosystem services and in involving residents in the process. Also, Adapt My City learning networks were developed in Germany and Sweden. In other countries existing networks were utilised. This way CATCH partners shared their learnings from the CATCH project to a much bigger audience. Moreover, the learning networks furthers the adoption of the Adapt My City tool to support climate and water practitioners in municipalities and regional water authorities, to develop tailor-made adaptation strategies. The University of Twente and Jade Hochschule created quite an impact by sharing and discussing the CATCH work in magazines and conferences. Highlights were the workshops Amsterdam International Water week in 2019, uptake of project results by DWA (German Association of Water Engineers) in 2022 and the set of articles on the development and implementation of the Adapt my City Tool. Our offer to other midsized cities CATCH aims to inspire other midsize cities and encourage them to use the tool and become inspired by the good practices, also now the project is finalised. CATCH-partners are pleased to tell their story, what they have learned and how to start with the Adapt My City tool. Go to the website and find all the information on the good practices and the tool. Are you interested in a presentation or keynote talk on the CATCH project, please contact us.

Website: https://northsearegion.eu/catch

Thematic information

Managing natural and man-made threats, risk management Climate change and biodiversity

Specific Objective: Demonstrate new and/or improved methods for improving the climate resilience of target sites

Thematic Objective: (05) promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management by:

Investment Priority: (05a) supporting investment for adaptation to climate change, including ecosystem-based approaches

Partners (12)

Lead Partner: Waterschap Vechtstromen

Address: Kooikersweg 1, 7609PZ Almelo, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.vechtstromen.nl

Total budget: EUR 838 746.00

ERDF budget: EUR 419 373.00

Arvika Teknik i Väst AB

Name: Arvika Teknik i Väst AB

Address: 12. Teknisk stab, 671 81 Arvika, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.teknikivast.se

Total budget: EUR 552 790.00

ERDF budget: EUR 276 395.00

Gemeente Enschede

Name: Gemeente Enschede

Address: Postbus 20, 7500AA Enschede, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.enschede.nl

Total budget: EUR 614 038.00

ERDF budget: EUR 307 019.00

Gemeente Zwolle

Name: Gemeente Zwolle

Address: Grote Kerkplein 15, 8011 PK Zwolle, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.zwolle.nl

Total budget: EUR 516 897.00

ERDF budget: EUR 258 448.00

Jade Hochschule

Name: Jade Hochschule

Address: Ofener strasse 16-19, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.jade-hs.de

Total budget: EUR 320 605.00

ERDF budget: EUR 160 302.00

Länsstyrelsen Värmland

Name: Länsstyrelsen Värmland

Address: Våxnäsgatan 10, 651 86 Karlstad, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.lansstyrelsen.se

Total budget: EUR 149 626.00

ERDF budget: EUR 74 813.00

Norfolk County Counsil

Name: Norfolk County Counsil

Address: Martineau Lane 1, 2SG Norwich, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.norfolk.gov

Total budget: EUR 436 478.00

ERDF budget: EUR 218 239.00

Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesische Wasserverband

Name: Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesische Wasserverband

Address: Georgstr. 4, 26919 Brake, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.oowv.de

Total budget: EUR 590 040.00

ERDF budget: EUR 295 020.00

Provincie Overijssel

Name: Provincie Overijssel

Address: Luttenbergstraat 2, 8012 EE Zwolle, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.overijssel.nl

Total budget: EUR 78 132.00

ERDF budget: EUR 39 066.00

Universiteit Twente

Name: Universiteit Twente

Address: Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 NB Enschede, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.utwente.nl

Total budget: EUR 413 198.00

ERDF budget: EUR 206 599.00

Vejle Kommune

Name: Vejle Kommune

Address: Kirketorvet 22, 7100 Vejle, Denmark

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.vejle.dk

Total budget: EUR 584 580.00

ERDF budget: EUR 292 290.00

Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij

Name: Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij

Address: Dokter De Moorstraat 24-26, 9300 Aalst, Belgium

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.vmm.be

Total budget: EUR 463 126.00

ERDF budget: EUR 231 563.00

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Regional Water Authority Vechtstromen

water sensitive Cities: the Answer To CHallenges of extreme weather events

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Arvika Municipality

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Municipality of Enschede

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Zwolle Municipality

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Jade Hochschule

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Länsstyrelsen Värmland

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Norfolk County Counsil

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Waterboard of Oldenburg

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Provincie Overijssel

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University of Twente

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Vejle Municipality

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Flanders Environment Agency

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Summary

Project name (EN): water sensitive Cities: the Answer To CHallenges of extreme weather events

Project acronym: CATCH

Project start date: 2017-07-01

Project end date: 2022-12-31

Project status: closed

Relevant precedent projects:

DROP, Horizon Europe
CPA
FRAMES

Relevant linked projects:

C5A
EVOKED, JPI Climate
GOVAQUA, Horizon Europe
NASCCELERATE, LIFE IP
NuReDrain
TOPSOIL
WaterCoG

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 5 558 256.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 779 127.00

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB North Sea

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-02-14

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

73 / 73 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

871 / 871 (100%)

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Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.northsearegion.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-09-20 and 2023-01-12.

The financial data featured in keep.eu for this programme, it's projects and its partners is not exact and should be taken as a reference only.

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