Blue Transition - How to make my region climate resilient

Programme 2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B North Sea

Date of latest update: 2025-02-03

Description

Description (EN):

Climate change together with human use and change of landscapes increases the pressure on groundwater and soil resources in the NSR. The internal and external factors controlling groundwater and soils are connected in a complex way and may have amplifying negative repercussions. EU Climate Change Adaptation strategy, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the EU directives for Groundwater, for Water and for Soil all call for faster and systematic change to ensure enough good-quality water at any time. The project targets a systemic change, a "Blue Transition", by an integrated water and soil management in times of climate change. A BT balances often-disconnected activities in urban, agricultural or natural areas, considers a transition in land-use and fosters political structures and governance. Thus, BT accounts for the complex and crosscutting relationships between climate adaptation and water management. 16 pilots in Denmark, The Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, France and Germany gain knowledge about the complexity and develop in three crosscutting WPs transnational solutions for water boards, farmers, authorities and the society to: enable land-use change in forests, farming land, wetlands, peatlands or nature protected areas both short and long term to secure and improve groundwater resources; integrate, connect and balance activities in agricultural, natural and urban areas; ensure the future availability of good-quality water while helping to revitalise natural habitats and reduce CO2 emissions. The BT consortium has been set up with selected 24 partners from six countries to cover the necessary variety and similarities which allow to develop compressive strategies and policy recommendations both at local and at pilot level (see Annex). This large consortium links science, government, industrie, stakeholder and sociey to fosters implementation, to upscale measures by transnational discussion, and includes innovative dissemination and capacity building.

Actual Achievements (EN):

Highlights in the third reporting period include: Pilot level: continuation of acquiring data while activities are shifting towards modelling strategy development, etablishing contacts to stakeholders. Project level: transnational exchange on methods and approaches contributed to increased capacity, and improved partnership relations. A brochure showing all project progresses was developed. Project activities: In all pilots data acquisition continuous, the second peer review online meetings to foster technical discussion and exchange (WP1) took place in January 2024. In close cooperation between WP2, WP3 and the project-lead, online meetings with pilot subgroups were initiated to foster exchange and jointly progress with pilot strategy development. The third transnational partnership meeting took place in March 2024 in Assen/NL. Under the headline How effective is 'water and soil' as a guiding principle for climate-change policy? a policy event hosted about 30 external stakeholders. At a panel discussion representatives from the Provincial Executive Board of Drenthe, the Executive Board Water Authority Hunze en Aa's, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management TBC and Dutch Agricultural Youth Association, showed that the central stakeholder agree on the need for a participatory approach to change, and, at the same time policy representatives are too wrapped up in the interests of their own group to be open enough for discussion. The importance of developing positive visions on the results of change was highlighted. Further, intensive technical discussions and exchange, and a workshop to continue the process of joint strategy development took place. Pilot Activities: Partners invested in generating necessary data, establishing contacts to central stakeholder to support and extending their network. Geophyiscal measurements on fields were implemented. Here, in particular in DK and D, wet weather conditions caused delay. Further, equipment for monitoring was set up.

Website: https://www.interregnorthsea.eu/blue-transition

Thematic information

Climate change and biodiversity

Priority: (VI-B_NS_3) Priority 3: A climate resilient North Sea region

Priority specific objective: RSO2.4. Promoting climate change adaptation and disaster risk prevention and resilience, taking into account eco-system based approaches

Priority policy objective (Interreg specific objective): PO2 A greener, low-carbon transitioning towards a net zero carbon economy and resilient Europe by promoting clean and fair energy transition, green and blue investment, the circular economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation, risk prevention and management, and sustainable urban mobility

Type of intervention: 064 Water management and water resource conservation (including river basin management, specific climate change adaptation measures, reuse, leakage reduction)

Partners (24)

Lead Partner: Leibniz-Institut für Angewandte Geophysik

Partner’s ID if not PIC: DE 812840534

Address: Stilleweg, 30655 Hannover, Germany

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.leibniz-liag.de

Total budget: EUR 705 375.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 423 225.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 282 150.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen

Name: Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen

Partner’s ID if not PIC: DE245610284

Address: Mars-la-Tour Str. 2-13, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Regional public authority

Website: http://www.lwk-niedersachsen.de

Total budget: EUR 54 644.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 32 786.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 59.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 21 858.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Waterschap Noorderzijlvest

Name: Waterschap Noorderzijlvest

Partner’s ID if not PIC: NL8081.74.071.B.01

Address: Stedumermaar 1, 9735AC Groningen, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Regional public authority

Total budget: EUR 408 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 244 800.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 163 200.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Waterschap Hunze en Aa’s

Name: Waterschap Hunze en Aa’s

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 8083.93.029.B.01

Address: Aquapark 5, 9641PJ Veendam, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Infrastructure and (public) service provider

Website: http://www.hunzeenaas.nl

Total budget: EUR 408 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 244 800.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 163 200.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij

Name: Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij

Partner’s ID if not PIC: BE 887.290.276

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

Legal status: public

Organisation type: National public authority

Website: http://www.vmm.be

Total budget: EUR 577 030.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 346 218.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 230 812.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

VIA University College

Name: VIA University College

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 30773047

Address: Hedeager 2, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.via.dk

Total budget: EUR 387 750.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 232 650.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 155 100.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Université de Rennes 1

Name: Université de Rennes 1

Partner’s ID if not PIC: FR 70 193509361

Address: Rue du Thabor, 35000 Rennes, France

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: https://www.bretagne-pays-de-la-loire.cnrs.fr/fr/delegation

Total budget: EUR 113 892.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 68 335.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 59.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 45 557.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Universität Bremen

Name: Universität Bremen

Partner’s ID if not PIC: DE811245070

Address: Leobener Str., 28359 Bremen, Germany

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.gdfb.de

Total budget: EUR 308 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 184 800.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 123 200.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Sydvatten AB

Name: Sydvatten AB

Partner’s ID if not PIC: SE556100983701

Address: Hyllie Stationstorg 21, 21625 Malmö, Sweden

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Infrastructure and (public) service provider

Website: http://www.sydvatten.se

Total budget: EUR 184 500.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 110 700.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 73 800.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning

Name: Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning

Partner’s ID if not PIC: SE202100252801

Address: Kiliansgatan 10, 22350 Lund, Sweden

Legal status: public

Organisation type: National public authority

Website: https://www.sgu.se/

Total budget: EUR 79 580.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 47 748.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 31 832.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Region Syddanmark

Name: Region Syddanmark

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 29190909

Address: Damhaven 12, 7100 Vejle, Denmark

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Regional public authority

Website: http://www.regionsyddanmark.dk

Total budget: EUR 145 496.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 87 298.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 58 198.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Region Midtjylland

Name: Region Midtjylland

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 29190925

Address: Skottenborg 26, 8800 Viborg, Denmark

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Regional public authority

Website: http://www.rm.dk

Total budget: EUR 350 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 210 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 140 000.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Provincie Drenthe

Name: Provincie Drenthe

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 0015.87.924.B.02

Address: Westerbrink 1, 9405BJ Aasen, Netherlands

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Regional public authority

Website: http://www.drenthe.nl

Total budget: EUR 413 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 247 800.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 165 200.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband

Name: Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 23 632 0000310

Address: Georgstrasse 4, 26919 Brake, Germany

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Infrastructure and (public) service provider

Website: http://www.oowv.de

Total budget: EUR 308 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 184 800.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 123 200.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Natuurpunt Beheer vzw

Name: Natuurpunt Beheer vzw

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 0409.423.736

Address: Coxiestraat 11, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium

Legal status: private

Organisation type: Interest groups including NGOs

Website: http://www.natuurpunt.be

Total budget: EUR 266 500.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 159 900.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 106 600.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Lunds Universitet

Name: Lunds Universitet

Partner’s ID if not PIC: SE202100321101

Address: John Ericssons väg 1, 22363 Lund, Sweden

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: https://www.tg.lth.se/

Total budget: EUR 581 145.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 348 687.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 232 458.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Lorient Agglomération

Name: Lorient Agglomération

Partner’s ID if not PIC: FR47200042174

Address: Maison de l'Agglomération, Quai du Péristyle, 56100 Lorient, France

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: https://www.lorient-agglo.bzh/

Total budget: EUR 72 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 43 200.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 28 800.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Landesamt für Bergbau, Energie und Geologie

Name: Landesamt für Bergbau, Energie und Geologie

Partner’s ID if not PIC: DE 811 289769

Address: Stilleweg 2, 30655 Hannover, Germany

Legal status: public

Organisation type: National public authority

Website: http://www.lbeg.niedersachsen.de

Total budget: EUR 358 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 214 800.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 143 200.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

De Nationale Geologiske Undersøgelser for Danmark og Grønland

Name: De Nationale Geologiske Undersøgelser for Danmark og Grønland

Partner’s ID if not PIC: DK55145016

Address: Øster Voldgade 10, 1350 København K, Denmark

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.geus.dk

Total budget: EUR 104 706.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 62 824.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 41 882.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Dachverband Feldberegnung Uelzen

Name: Dachverband Feldberegnung Uelzen

Partner’s ID if not PIC: DE322058686

Address: Meilereiweg 101, 29525 Uelzen, Germany

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Infrastructure and (public) service provider

Website: http://www.wasser-uelzen.de

Total budget: EUR 355 857.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 213 514.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 59.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 142 343.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (FRANCE)

Name: Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (FRANCE)

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 40180089013

Address: 3 rue Michel Ange, 75001 Paris, France

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: https://www.cnrs.fr

Total budget: EUR 335 429.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 201 257.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 59.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 134 172.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe

Name: Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe

Partner’s ID if not PIC: DE 811289832

Address: Stilleweg 2, 30655 Hannover, Germany

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://www.bgr.bund.de

Total budget: EUR 308 000.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 184 800.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 123 200.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Aarhus Universitet

Name: Aarhus Universitet

Partner’s ID if not PIC: DK 31119103

Address: C. F Moellers Alle 4, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Higher education and research organisations

Website: http://hgg.au.dk

Total budget: EUR 253 423.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 152 054.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 101 369.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

Aabenraa Kommune

Name: Aabenraa Kommune

Partner’s ID if not PIC: 29189854

Address: Skelbækvej 2, 6200 Aabenraa, Denmark

Legal status: public

Organisation type: Local public authority

Website: https://www.aabenraa.dk/

Total budget: EUR 35 393.00

Partner’s programme co-financing: EUR 21 236.00

Partner’s programme co-financing rate: 60.00%

Partner contribution: EUR 14 157.00

GBER schemes / de minimis:

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Summary

Project name (EN): Blue Transition - How to make my region climate resilient

Project acronym: Blue Transition

Project ID: ygnAGo4M4

Project start date: 2022-10-01

Project end date: 2026-03-31

Project status: ongoing

Relevant mentions and prizes:

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Total budget/expenditure: EUR 7 113 720.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 4 268 232.00

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

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 4 268 232.00. Co-financing rate, 60.00%.

Investments, deliverables, policy contributions

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Deliverables:

Pilot's impact discussion / In each pilot, external stakeholders and pilot partners discuss the impact of climate change and potential for action is discussed, building on the generated field knowledge. This will help to develop tailored and supported local strategies.
Shared Governance Issues / During the kick-off meeting, partners will identify specific issues of transnational interest and prepare a process leading to a number of governance workshops, and leading to policy recommendations.
Data preparation & Field Work / Each pilot reviews/generates new geophysical data, using geological, water sampling methods and/or models. Geophysical & geological fieldwork includes e.g. ground based, airborne and borehole methods or drillings/direct push, (ground)water sampling.
Transnational Governance Workshops / Linking to the identified field knowledge and local strategies, partners and external stakeholders discuss different approaches to deal with governance barriers and develop policy recommendations on improving soil and groundwater management.
Agricultural Local Strategies for Blue Transition / Local scale strategies are developed envisaging the long- as well as short-term transition of land use in agricultural areas connected and balanced with urban and nature protected areas.
Data and model demand / Next, the transnational partner review process will help the pilots to identify best practice and experience on the demand for collecting new data, testing measures and new instruments and how to achieve this.
Policy Day / Building on the insights of the governance workshops, partners and external stakeholders set up a policy discussion to develop recommendations on soil/ water governance issues: how can we foster the blue transition in land and groundwater management?
Nature Protection Local Strategies for Blue Transition / Local scale strategies are developed envisaging the long- as well as short-term transition of land use in nature protected areas connected and balanced with agricultural and urban areas.
Innovative techniques / Selected pilots will demonstrate new and innovative (geophysical) techniques that provide data to broaden or extend the field knowledge significantly. In particular, fast mapping technologies providing high spatial resolution will be applied.
Stakeholder Workshops: Connecting pilots to life / To increase awareness and improve support, the pilots are linked to life by inviting communities, stakeholders, and citizens at pilot level through stakeholder events. Urban-rural linkage is strengthened by cooperation between authorities.
Urban Local Strategies for Blue Transition / Local scale strategies are developed envisaging the long- as well as short-term transition of land use in urban areas connected and balanced with nature protected and agricultural areas.
Models and Analyses: Short-Term / SHORT TERM perspectives on land use for agricultural, urban or natural areas will be reflected during partner workshops on the use of the new field knowledge and modelling to assess the impact of climate change.
Pilots linked to virtual reality - Digital twins / Selected pilots implement this innovative approach to make the invisible water and soil visible. Real world areas are linked to virtual realities displaying field knowledge to disseminate new insights to the public, stakeholders and citizens.
Testing and implementing optimized measures / Selected pilots will test and implement new measures for better climate resilience in land use. Results will be summarized in a short report with regard to their contribution to climate resilience in land use and groundwater management.
Models and Analyses: Long-Term / LONG TERM perspectives on land use for agricultural, urban or natural areas will be reflected during partner workshops on the use of the new field knowledge and modelling to assess the impact of climate change.
Training for Future Soil/Water Managers: “Summer Schools” / Summer/winter schools for graduated and PhD students take place with different focus on improving climate resilience in long term groundwater management.
Models and Analyses: Uncertainties / The third partner workshop will be on dealing with uncertainties of climate change and geological knowledge regarding the short- and long-term perspectives of land-use change for different areas.
Project level dissemination / Next to the project website, social media will be used to inform about progress and results.
Pilot's Field knowledge: Agriculture / Forestry / Pilot Reports on agricultural/ forests areas incl. data, models, uncertainties and analyses summarize the insights from internal events and data collection activities to provide a solid and trusted basis for the local strategies.
Pilot and Partner Information / Informing right from the start: each partner presents the project and their pilot on the organization's website
Pilot's Field knowledge: Natural areas / wetlands / Pilot Reports on natural areas incl. data, models, uncertainties and analyses summarize the insights from internal events and data collection activities to provide a solid and trusted basis for the local strategies.
Pilot's Field knowledge: Urban area / Pilot Reports on urban areas incl. data, models, uncertainties and analyses summarize the insights from internal events and data collection activities to provide a solid and trusted basis for the local strategies.
Peer Review Workshops / Technical methods will be discussed in peer-to-peer transnational knowledge exchange at project level, focused on different types of landscapes (agricultural, urban or natural areas), to provide a solid technical basis for the strategies.
Video Sharing Knowledge / Pilots will present insights and results on improving climate resilience in videos to raise awareness and make the results better accessible.

Contribution to wider strategies and policies:

The EGD holds 8 benefits and 8 actions. Among others, clean water, healthy soil and biodiversity as well as climate action (e.g. wetlands), agricultural action (environmental footprint, organic farming) and environmental action (reducing air, water and soil pollution, protecting ecosystems) are important. BT contributes to these actions by developing 16 strategies for a sustainable use and provision of water to farmers, natural areas and urban industrial areas.
Soil, water and groundwater management play a key role in conflicting environments and conflicts increase with climate change. BT pilots include five Nature 2000 areas, four degraded ecosystems such as drained wetlands and included organic farming reducing nutrient. Actions and solutions, such as land transition, in the pilots address the conflics and therefore contribute the restoration of ecosystems and in particular concerning wetland also as CO2 sinks.

Programme Common Output Indicator:

RCO 084 - Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects, Measurement unit:
RCO 083 - Strategies and action plans jointly developed, Measurement unit:

Delivered output indicator(s):

(RCO84) Pilot actions developed jointly and implemented in projects: 756
(RCO83) Strategies and action plans jointly developed: 256

Programme Common Result Indicator:

RCR 104 - Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations, Measurement unit:
RCR 079 - Joint strategies and action plans taken up by organisations, Measurement unit:

Delivered result indicator(s):

(RCR104) Solutions taken up or up-scaled by organisations: 24
(RCR79) Joint strategies and action plans taken up by organisations: 18

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2021 - 2027 Interreg VI-B North Sea

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

2025-02-03

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

65 / 65 (100%)

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

791 / 791 (100%)

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Blue Transition - How to make my region climate resilient

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