To prepare the 2 Seas Region for the emerging trend in Climate Change

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

Date of latest update: 2024-12-17

Description

Description (EN):

Polder2C’s aims to better prepare the 2 Seas regions to Climate Change. It adopts a new approach, where stakeholders’ strategic, tactical and operational needs are the starting point and translated into the opportunity that de-poldering of Hedwige-Prosper polder presents. This guarantees optimal uptake of new strategies, actions, methods, tools and services tested and demonstrated in the 6 km2 living lab. Polder2C’s facilitates development, validation and demonstration of small scale equipment.

Achievements (EN):

Polder2Cs successfully realised a 4 km Living Lab at an operational levee, where innovative techniques, processes and products were tested. Series of field experiments such as overflow tests have been performed and multiple emergency response exercises involving partners and observers were conducted. Additionally, innovative repair measures have been tested. Partners’ new insights relevant for climate adaptation have already resulted in scientific articles and presentations accepted (Floodrisk Conference, Amsterdam International Water Week) and proposals to update of the International Levee/Emergency Handbooks. To share results, the project developed and offered a knowledge platform and expertise exchange. A Data wizard and toolbox are available for project partners and other interested organisations. Inspection instrument App2C has been developed and successfully tested. This has already interested organisations to further develop the app for broader use (amongst professionals/general public). Successful cooperation between national and regional authorities, universities and business has been established. The partnership brought together military and civil emergency organisations for joint working on emergency response. An Action plan for prolonged collaboration has been prepared and a Memorandum of Understanding on prolonged cooperation was signed by 24 organisations. Partners have created serious interest and commitments to co-operate with organisations outside the 2 Seas area (e.g. Sweden, USA, China and Japan). The project also contributed to 5 academic curriculae and MSc and PhD students are actively working on subjects concerning levee safety and emergency response. They educated and trained young water professionals by involving them in field experiments and exercises. The Winter and summerschools for young professionals and Levee Challenges achieved remarkable outcomes. In terms of communication, partners used innovative ways of communicating between them and to external stakeholders. They developed a coherent set of information strategies and tools, with strong emphasis on video conferencing, specific WhatsApp groups and live Q&A sessions from the Living Lab. Partners introduced vlogging as an effective way of communication. This resulted in high-level project visits by the Dutch Delta commissioner and the Minister and Secretary General of the Flemish ministry. The project won Het Zonnetje, an award of the Dutch Delta Programme. Finally, they also experienced high interest and multiple entrances in national newspapers, national broadcasting (television news).

Website: https://www.polder2cs.eu/

Delivered Outputs (EN):

The main outputs delivered by the project include: ● 1 action plan for international collaboration in emergency response ● 1 action plan for international collaboration on assessing, designing and maintaining flood defences ● 5 updated curricula flood resilience education, both technical, organisational and strategic ● 6 validated innovative solutions/tools/services from test beds in the Hedwige Prosperpolder Living Lab on: controlled levee breaching, water overtopping, breach control, water overflow, inspection training/app, breach growth ● 1 updated flood defense tool box by practical validated insights ● 1 updated emergency response tool box ● 1 full scale international emergency response exercise ● 1 field station as a base camp for researchers during and after the project and as a location for Summer school activities. Check the “Outputs” section below to download related material and see “Main Achievements” section for further information about the achieved results.

Thematic information

Regional planning and development Climate change and biodiversity

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: Stichting Toegepast Onderzoek Waterbeheer (STOWA)

Address: Koninginnegracht13, 2514 AA Den Haag, Netherlands

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 2 202 025.37

ERDF budget: EUR 1 321 215.21

De Vlaamse Waterweg NV

Name: De Vlaamse Waterweg NV

Department: Zetel antwerpen

Address: Lange Kievitstraat 111-113 b44, 2018 Antwerpen, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 37 167.02

ERDF budget: EUR 22 300.22

Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Watermanagement - Rijkswaterstaat

Name: Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Watermanagement - Rijkswaterstaat

Department: Rijkswaterstaat

Address: Rijnstraat 8, 2515 XP Den Haag, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 357 203.91

ERDF budget: EUR 214 322.34

Centre d'Etudes et d'Expertise sur les risques,l'Environnement,la Mobilité et l'Aménagement (Cerema)

Name: Centre d'Etudes et d'Expertise sur les risques,l'Environnement,la Mobilité et l'Aménagement (Cerema)

Department: Departement North Picardy

Address: 44 ter rue Jean Bart, F-059019 Lille, France

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 392 447.48

ERDF budget: EUR 235 468.49

HZ University of Applied Sciences

Name: HZ University of Applied Sciences

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

Address: Het Groene Woud 1-3, 4331 NB Middelburg, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 343 646.52

ERDF budget: EUR 206 187.91

ISL Ingénierie

Name: ISL Ingénierie

Department: ISL LIlle

Address: 13 Rue Berthelot, 59000 Lille, France

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 342 405.81

ERDF budget: EUR 205 443.48

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven)

Name: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven)

Department: KU Leuven R&D, Research Group Coastal and Geotechnical Engineering-Department of Civil Engineering - Campus Bruges

Address: Spoorwegstraat 12-bus 7912, 8200 Sint-Michiels, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 304 545.52

ERDF budget: EUR 182 727.32

Ministerie van Defensie (MinDef)

Name: Ministerie van Defensie (MinDef)

Department: Netherlands Defence Academy (NLDA) | Corps of Engineers | Corps of Army Reservists

Address: Kalvermarkt 32, 2511 CB Den Haag, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 892 621.40

ERDF budget: EUR 535 572.84

Provincie Zeeland

Name: Provincie Zeeland

Department: Project Leader at the Province of Zeeland

Address: Postbus 6001, 4330 LA Middelburg, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 499 425.00

ERDF budget: EUR 299 655.00

Technische Universiteit Delft

Name: Technische Universiteit Delft

Department: Civiele Techniek en Geowetenschappen (CITG)

Address: Stevinweg 1, 2628 GN Delft, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 506 645.08

ERDF budget: EUR 303 987.05

Environment Agency

Name: Environment Agency

Department: Asset Performance and Engineering Flood & Coastal Risk Management

Address: Horizon House, Deanery Road, BS1 5AH Bristol, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 124 611.10

ERDF budget: EUR 74 766.66

South West Water

Name: South West Water

Department: Science and Water Quality Department, Drinking Water Services

Address: Peninsula House, Rydon Lane, EX2 7HR EXETER, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 10 806.55

ERDF budget: EUR 6 483.93

Université de Lille (ULille)

Name: Université de Lille (ULille)

Department: Laboratoire Génie Civil et géo-Environnement

Address: Avenue Paul Langevin, 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 347 316.52

ERDF budget: EUR 208 389.91

Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken (MOW)

Name: Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken (MOW)

Department: Flanders Hydraulics Research and the Geotechnical division

Address: Berchemlei 115, 2140 Antwerpen, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 1 359 084.32

ERDF budget: EUR 815 450.60

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De Vlaamse Waterweg NV

To prepare the 2 Seas Region for the emerging trend in Climate Change

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Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Watermanagement - Rijkswaterstaat

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Centre d'Etudes et d'Expertise sur les risques,l'Environnement,la Mobilité et l'Aménagement (Cerema)

To prepare the 2 Seas Region for the emerging trend in Climate Change

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HZ University of Applied Sciences

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ISL Ingénierie

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Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven)

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Ministerie van Defensie (MinDef)

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Provincie Zeeland

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Technische Universiteit Delft

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Environment Agency

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South West Water

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Université de Lille (ULille)

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Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken (MOW)

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Stichting Toegepast Onderzoek Waterbeheer (STOWA)

To prepare the 2 Seas Region for the emerging trend in Climate Change

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Summary

Project name (EN): To prepare the 2 Seas Region for the emerging trend in Climate Change

Project acronym: Polder2C's

Project start date: 2019-12-01

Project end date: 2023-03-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 7 719 951.60

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 4 631 970.96

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 0.60%

Co-financing sources:

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.

Videos / films

P2Cs Video 2 ENG | Educating the next Generation - 11 March 2020

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

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

Publication date: 2023-10-23

Document date: 2020-05-03

Languages: nl

P2Cs Video 1 ENG | Baseline Inspection - 11 March 2020

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

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

Publication date: 2023-10-23

Document date: 2020-05-03

Languages: en

14dec20 | P2Cs - Band Aid for a Levee?

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

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

Publication date: 2023-10-23

Document date: 2021-01-06

Languages: en

Polder2C's Project - explainer video - English + Subtitles | 13 October 2020

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

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

Publication date: 2023-10-23

Document date: 2020-10-26

Languages: en

Reports

Drone survey Calibration report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

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

Publication date: 2023-10-23

Document date: 2020-08-19

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Jet Erosion Tests on samples coming from HedwigeProsperpolder

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

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

Publication date: 2023-10-23

Document date: 2020-08-31

Languages: en, nl

Attachment file: Download

WP 1 Living Lab Climate Adaptive Flood Defences Survey Overview Report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

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

Publication date: 2023-10-23

Document date: 2022-12-15

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Factual report golfoverslag- en grastrekproeven polder2c’s

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

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

Publication date: 2023-10-23

Document date: 2022-07-19

Languages: en, nl

Attachment file: Download

D2.1.1 Pilot Breach Defender (BresDefender)

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

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

Publication date: 2023-10-23

Document date: 2022-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Studies / surveys

Literature study on dike closure strategies

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Study / survey

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

Publication date: 2023-10-23

Document date: 2022-09-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

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Financing programme

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

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2024-12-17

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82 / 82 (100%)

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

917 / 887 (103.38%)

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Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.interreg2seas.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-11-09 and 2024-03-08.

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