Sustainable and Resilient Coastal Cities

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A France - Belgium - The Netherlands - United Kingdom (Les Deux Mers / Two seas / Twee Zeeën)

Date of latest update: 2024-03-26

Description

Description (EN):

To enable nature-based solutions (NBS) to be mainstreamed into the coastal flood defence systems of coastal urban areas, either as stand-alone projects or integrated into existing grey infrastructure, utilising natural adaptative responses to build climate resilience to sea level rise. The overall objective is to create a replicable approach across the 2 Seas coastal communities to build more climate resilience across their urban landscapes to sea level rise, tidal surges and storms via NBS.

Achievements (EN):

The project has made good progress in 2020 and is on course to complete all project outputs by the new project end date of March 2023. The main objective of the project is to mainstream Nature based solutions into coastal management solutions and build-up knowledge and capacity among decision-makers and officers involved in coastal flood defences to apply NBS and understand its benefits. In addition the project aims to increase the understanding and potential of NBS among the general public to strengthen awareness and support for climate adaptation policies. Although the project had to adapt due to the pandemic it has made progress to reach its objectives. A major achievement was the capacity building seminar held in Flanders which was a success and also highlighted several issues with nature legislation in applying NBS that the project wishes to address in 2021. A more targeted seminar on dunes before dikes was also given in cooperation with observer partners. Preparations are well under way for the seminars in the other member states. The pilots have progressed and have either completed or are about to complete the detailed designs, with some already started implementation. The development of the detailed designs of the pilots has contributed to the knowledge build-up among the urban partners and their local stakeholders also laying a foundation for the mainstreaming of NBS. As is common in the development of pilot projects and the deployment of innovative solutions the necessary hurdles had to be overcome. In doing so the partnership has proven to be very valuable in particular with the development of a revised NBS pilot in Southend both being supported by the knowledge partners as well as providing insights in the process of selecting NBS contributing to the tools the knowledge partners develop. The project has also made progress with the development of a toolkit to engage and raise awareness among the general public. It is expected to be completed in time and some very nice visual materials are currently being created. Due to the pandemic the project had to postpone a roadshow- with the developed tools and materials- to the project sites. Nevertheless Middelkerke and Vlissingen have successfully involved local communities, with Vlissingen testing the Mindscape tool developed by HZ university . The project is also ahead with the development of a school education programme which will be disseminated in 2021.

Website: http://www.interreg2seas.eu/

Expected Results (EN):

• 7km of coastline in the 2 Seas area with increased climate resilience to coastal flooding thanks to deployment of 8 NBS Investment Pilots. • 720 urban decision-makers, officers working on coastal management with enhanced capacity on NBS. • 24,000 individuals engaged (directly/indirectly) on benefits of NBS in Investment Pilot areas. • 60 coastal urban authorities engaged with SARCC tools and solutions for NBS (WP1, WP2, WP3). • 80 businesses engaged with SARCC tools and solutions for NBS (WP2).

Expected Outputs (EN):

There are five Main Outputs that the SARCC Partners will achieve: • A New Framework and Monitoring Tool for the selection of the most suitable nature-based solutions to deploy along coastal urban landscapes (Output 1). • Four Nature-Based Solution Capacity Programme to engage with urban decision-makers, leaders and officers involved in coastal management (Output 2). • A Visualisation Toolkit for local stakeholders (citizens, businesses) to support the approval of Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Management (Output 3). • To deploy a series of 8 Nature-Based Solution Investments, highlighting added value in comparison to traditional grey infrastructure.(Output 4). • To Mainstream Nature-Based Solutions into long-term coastal management strategies of the Urban Partners (Output 5).

Thematic information

Coastal management and maritime issues Managing natural and man-made threats, risk management

Specific Objective: Improve the ecosystem-based capacity of 2 Seas stakeholders to climate change and its associated water-related effects

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 (14)

Lead Partner: Southend Borough Council

Department: Department for PLACE

Address: Victoria Avenue, SS2 6ER Southend on Sea, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 1 193 340.15

ERDF budget: EUR 716 004.09

Maritime Archaeology Trust

Name: Maritime Archaeology Trust

Department: Main Office

Address: Empress Dock, SO14 3ZH Southampton, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 494 320.70

ERDF budget: EUR 296 592.42

Environment Agency

Name: Environment Agency

Department: Flood & Coastal

Address: Victoria Square, PL31 1EB Bodmin, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 1 242 669.00

ERDF budget: EUR 745 601.40

Gemeente Vlissingen

Name: Gemeente Vlissingen

Department: Urban Development and Social Affairs

Address: Paul Krugerstraat 1, 4382 MA Vlissingen, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 792 489.00

ERDF budget: EUR 475 493.40

Exo Environmental Ltd

Name: Exo Environmental Ltd

Department: Main Office

Address: Norwich Research Park, NR4 7TJ Norwich, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 479 100.00

ERDF budget: EUR 287 460.00

Technische Universiteit Delft

Name: Technische Universiteit Delft

Department: Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, department of Urbanism

Address: Julianalaan 134, 26 28 BL Delft, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 468 552.50

ERDF budget: EUR 281 131.50

HZ University of Applied Sciences

Name: HZ University of Applied Sciences

Department: Delta Applied Research Centre Resilient Deltas & Building with Nature

Address: Edisonweg 4, , 4382 NW Vlissingen , Netherlands

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 349 360.60

ERDF budget: EUR 209 616.36

Katholieke Hogeschool Vives Noord

Name: Katholieke Hogeschool Vives Noord

Department: Industrial Sciences & Technology Department

Address: Lijndraaiersstraat 60, 8400 Oostende, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 359 568.75

ERDF budget: EUR 215 741.25

Agentschap Maritieme dienstverlening en Kust

Name: Agentschap Maritieme dienstverlening en Kust

Department: Coastal Division

Address: Vrijhavenstraat 3, 8400 Ostend, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 1 336 887.00

ERDF budget: EUR 802 132.20

Gemeente Middelkerke

Name: Gemeente Middelkerke

Department: Department of Town Planning, Environment and Facility

Address: Spermaliestraat 1 , 8430 Middelkerke, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 1 342 176.00

ERDF budget: EUR 805 305.60

CITY OF OSTEND

Name: CITY OF OSTEND

Department: Public Space

Address: Vincitivelaan 1, B-8400 Oostende, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 836 400.00

ERDF budget: EUR 501 840.00

Stad Blankenberge

Name: Stad Blankenberge

Department: Department of Town Planning

Address: Kennedy Square, B-8370 Blankenberge, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 400 057.50

ERDF budget: EUR 240 034.50

Vlaams Gewest

Name: Vlaams Gewest

Department: Department of the Environment - Coastal Zone Management Flanders (T.OP Kustzone)

Address: Koning Albert I-laan 1-2, 8200 Brugge, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 415 120.50

ERDF budget: EUR 249 072.30

Ville de Gravelines

Name: Ville de Gravelines

Department: Development Department

Address: Rue des Clarisses, 59820 Gravelines, France

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 623 487.00

ERDF budget: EUR 374 092.20

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Maritime Archaeology Trust

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Environment Agency

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Southend Borough Council

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Gemeente Vlissingen

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Exo Environmental Ltd

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Technische Universiteit Delft

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HZ University of Applied Sciences

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Katholieke Hogeschool Vives Noord

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Agentschap Maritieme dienstverlening en Kust

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Gemeente Middelkerke

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Stad Oostende

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Stad Blankenberge

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Vlaams Gewest

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Ville de Gravelines

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Summary

Project name (EN): Sustainable and Resilient Coastal Cities

Project acronym: SARCC

Project start date: 2019-01-25

Project end date: 2022-09-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 10 333 528.70

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 6 200 117.22

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 60.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 6 200 117.22.

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Introducing SARCC | Sustainable And Resilient Coastal Cities

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Type of document: Video / film

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu/

Publication date: 2023-10-23

Document date: 2020-05-18

Languages: en

Nature-Based Solutions in Coastal Cities - The SARCC Project

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu/

Publication date: 2023-10-23

Document date: 2021-01-14

Languages: en

The SARCC Project - Overview

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Type of document: Video / film

Data source: http://www.interreg2seas.eu/

Publication date: 2023-10-23

Document date: 2023-01-16

Languages: en

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A France - Belgium - The Netherlands - United Kingdom (Les Deux Mers / Two seas / Twee Zeeën)

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2020-06-18

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82 / 82 (100%)

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857 / 887 (96.62%)

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