IMplementing MEasuRes for Sustainable Estuaries

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB North Sea

Date of latest update: 2025-08-16

Description

Description (EN):

North Sea Region estuaries are dynamic environments subject to persistent and increasing pressures, such as modified tidal ranges, increased flooding, and higher sedimentation rates, which impact estuary functioning and services. Implementation of management measures to address these pressures requires large investments, long planning periods and stakeholder commitment. Moreover, measure development is challenging for estuary managers due to the demand for innovative, cost-efficient approaches which also deliver multiple benefits. The IMMERSE project will address these challenges by advancing management measures through: (1) exploration of ideas and solutions, (2) feasibility studies and tests and (3) planning for implementation. International cooperation in this highly specialised field will lead to more effective measures, due to exchange of knowledge and experiences on technical and governance issues. Stimulating stakeholder integration by making good use of interactive communication tools will lead to increased acceptance and thus more efficient implementation of measures.On this basis, IMMERSE will accelerate implementation of large-scale measures that address multiple estuary management challenges, while increasing their cost-efficiency and enhancing stakeholder commitment. The project’s legacy will ensure long-term sustained delivery of measure benefits in the project´s estuaries as well as across the region through knowledge and experience transfer.

Achievements (EN):

During the IMMERSE project 15 solutions were developed to improve the state of estuaries around the North Sea. Estuaries are the tidal parts of rivers that connect the North Sea with inland rivers, cities and ports. Estuaries are complex and dynamic natural environments and are intensively used for navigation, industry, agriculture and recreation. As a consequence, estuaries are subject to pressures like flooding, pollution and changes in their physical shape. Estuary managers are tasked to take measures to improve the environmental quality of estuaries and need to develop solutions that are effective in addressing these pressures and that are supported by local stakeholders. Over the past 5 years several estuary managers from the North Sea region have joined forces in the IMMERSE project to work together on the development of 15 solutions for estuarine management issues. The IMMERSE project provided a platform for transnational exchange between estuary managers on the development of solutions. The IMMERSE project delivered a common framework for the development of solutions for estuarine management issues which allows estuary managers to structurally identify and consider relevant solutions. The main pressures and trends in the IMMERSE estuaries have been summarized and 15 solutions were (further) developed during the IMMERSE project by completing either the exploration phase, assessment phase or preparation phase. An interactive communication tool (ArcGIS Storymaps) was developed to explain the pressures on estuaries and how the developed solutions help to reduce these pressures. Transnational exchange between estuary managers was facilitated by organizing Transnational Estuary Exchange Labs (TEELs). As stakeholder acceptance is key to successful implementation of solutions for estuarine management issues, the IMMERSE partnership exchanged experiences and best practices about stakeholder involvement. Overall, the IMMERSE project has been an incubator for the development of 15 solutions for estuarine management issues that contribute to improving the environmental quality of estuaries around the North Sea.

Website: http://www.northsearegion.eu/

Thematic information

Sustainable management of natural resources Waterways, lakes and rivers

Specific Objective: Develop new methods for the long-term sustainable management of North Sea ecosystems

Thematic Objective: (06) preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency by:

Investment Priority: (06d) Protecting and restoring biodiversity and soil and promoting ecosystem services, including through Natura 2000, and green infrastructure

Partners (11)

Lead Partner: Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken

Address: Thonetlaan 102 bus 2, B-2050 Antwerpen, Belgium

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.departement-mow.vlaanderen.be/nl

Total budget: EUR 1 083 046.00

ERDF budget: EUR 541 523.00

Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau

Name: Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau

Address: Wedeler Landstraße 157, 22559 Hamburg, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.baw.de/EN/Home/home_node.html

Total budget: EUR 428 375.00

ERDF budget: EUR 214 187.00

De Vlaamse Waterweg nv

Name: De Vlaamse Waterweg nv

Address: Havenstraat 44, 3500 Hasselt, Belgium

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.vlaamsewaterweg.be

Total budget: EUR 363 297.00

ERDF budget: EUR 181 648.00

Chalmers tekniska högskola AB

Name: Chalmers tekniska högskola AB

Address: Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.chalmers.se

Total budget: EUR 585 800.00

ERDF budget: EUR 292 900.00

Hamburg Port Authority AöR

Name: Hamburg Port Authority AöR

Address: Neuer Wandrahm 4, 20457 Hamburg, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.hamburg-port-authority.de/en

Total budget: EUR 326 750.00

ERDF budget: EUR 163 375.00

Haven van Antwerpen-Brugge

Name: Haven van Antwerpen-Brugge

Address: Zaha Hadidplein 1, 2030 Antwerpen, Belgium

Legal status: public

Website: https://www.portofantwerpbruges.com/en

Total budget: EUR 159 250.00

ERDF budget: EUR 79 625.00

Holbaek Kommune

Name: Holbaek Kommune

Address: Kanalstræde 2, 4300 Holbæk, Denmark

Legal status: public

Website: https://holbaek.dk

Total budget: EUR 111 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 55 500.00

Rijkswaterstaat

Name: Rijkswaterstaat

Address: Postbus 17, 8200 AA Lelystad, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.rijkswaterstaat.nl/

Total budget: EUR 328 750.00

ERDF budget: EUR 164 375.00

Sweco Danmark A/S

Name: Sweco Danmark A/S

Address: Granskoven 8, 2600 Glostrup, Denmark

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.sweco.dk

Total budget: EUR 164 000.00

ERDF budget: EUR 82 000.00

Tees River Trust

Name: Tees River Trust

Address: The Clocktower Lodge, South Park, DL1 5TG Darlington, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Website: http://teesriverstrust.org/

Total budget: EUR 365 700.00

ERDF budget: EUR 182 850.00

University of Hull

Name: University of Hull

Address: Cottingham Road, HU6 7RX Hull, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Website: http://hull.ac.uk/iecs

Total budget: EUR 600 036.00

ERDF budget: EUR 300 018.00

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Project partner

Summary

Project name (EN): IMplementing MEasuRes for Sustainable Estuaries

Project acronym: IMMERSE

Project start date: 2018-10-01

Project end date: 2023-03-31

Project status: closed

Relevant precedent projects:

Relevant linked projects:

Sullied Sediments

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 4 516 004.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 258 001.00

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, .

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Reports

About the Transport and Distribution of Organic and Inorganic Sediment-bound Pollutants in Estuaries and Coastal Waters

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2023-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Analysis of public confidence in scientific results related to northern European estuaries

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2021-04-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Assess adapted sediment management in the Elbe through use of new numerical model

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2022-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Auswirkung der Schaffung von Flutraum im Bereich der Tideelbe

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2021-01-31

Languages: de

Attachment file: Download

Design solutions for managing contaminated sediments in the Göta älv

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2022-02-28

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Effects of the reconnection of the Dove Elbe to the tidal Elbe and local stakeholders

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2021-02-28

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Environmental Assessment and Treatment of Organotin and Metal Contaminated Dredged Sediment

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2023-04-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Gebiedsbeschrijving Westerscheldemonding en overzicht databeschikbaarheid, versie 2019

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: nl

Attachment file: Download

Improve stakeholder integration by analyzing and discussing past experiences

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2019-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Improving estuary governance

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2020-05-20

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Influencing institutions and-or current action plans-strategies

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2023-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Informatie- en meetbehoefte ten behoeve van de pilotsuppletie in de Schelde-monding

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2021-12-07

Languages: nl

Attachment file: Download

Innovative Rain Gardens for Sustainable and Effective Treatment of Urban Runoff Polluted with Microplastics and other Pollutants

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2023-05-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Morfologisch beheer Schelde

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2022-05-04

Languages: nl

Attachment file: Download

Morfologische ontwikkeling van het zuidelijke deel van de Vlakte van de Raan, Schelde-monding

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2021-07-27

Languages: nl

Attachment file: Download

Overzicht van bestaande kennis en data

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2020-10-06

Languages: nl

Attachment file: Download

Pilot on cross-border solutions for maintenance dredging in the Scheldt

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2023-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Pilotsuppletie Schelde-monding, afwegingskader en alternatieven voor suppletiezones

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2021-01-17

Languages: nl

Attachment file: Download

Pilotsuppletie Schelde-monding, suppletievarianten

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2021-11-22

Languages: nl

Attachment file: Download

Regional dynamic flood protection measure in the Roskildefjord and Isefjord

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2022-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Summary of status of current pressures and trends, and analysis of current measures effectiveness

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2021-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Tees Estuary Habitat Creation - Summary report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2023-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Testlab, proof of concept tests for short-listed measures in the Humber

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2023-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

The potential use of biological agents to filter microplastics from the water column

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2023-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Transportpaden in de Schelde-monding

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2021-03-11

Languages: nl

Attachment file: Download

Studies / surveys

Auswirkungen der Anbindung der Dove Elbe an die Tideelbe und Auswirkungen für die Stakeholder

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2023-03-31

Languages: de

Attachment file: Download

Design measures for flood risk management in the Humber

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2023-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Mapping the State of Sediment-bound Contamination in the Elbe Estuary

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2023-06-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Microplastic pollution in estuaries, Current knowledge and gaps

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2023-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Model simulations for Scenario 4

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2023-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Modelling study on sediment management of estuaries

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2022-01-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Tees Estuary Mariculture Co-location - Feasibility Study

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2022-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Vertrauen in Institutionen und Wissenschaft

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2021-04-30

Languages: de

Attachment file: Download

Videos / films

IMMERSE Introduction Video

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/immerse

Publication date: 2024-11-07

Document date: 2020-11-30

Languages: en

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

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%)

Notes on the data

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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IMplementing MEasuRes for Sustainable Estuaries

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Summary

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