European Network of Municipalities and Rivers

Programme 2000 - 2006 Interreg IIIC North

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

Description

Description (EN):

The overall objective of ENMaR is to enable municipalities to make effective use of integrated water management. The partners aim to share knowledge and good practise related to the implementation of the WFD and its impacts on regional development. The focus of the activities carried out by the partners is on spatial planning, water services, tourism, forestry and agriculture.

Achievements (EN):

ENMaR means 'European Network of Municipalities and Rivers' and that is what it was all about. ENMaR aimed to encourage regional development through the Water Framework Directive. Spatial planning, water services, tourism, forestry and agriculture were core areas of ENMaR as these determine regional development. ENMaR adopted the integrated approach of the WFD. With information and support from ENMaR the local authorities in the participating regions will be better able to implement water policy in a sustainable way, to participate actively in local river basin management, to make integrated and multidisciplinary planning decisions, to take advantage of improved water quality for regeneration, tourism promotion and to influence agricultural and foresty impacts. This project contributed to the public participation required by the WFD. The project partners were 'service providers' for municipalities and local stakeholders, which have been invited to attend the offered workshops. The highlight of phase 6 of the ENMaR project was the final conference in Riga, where the ENMaR Handbook was published. 77 people from the 5 ENMaR regions attended the event and exchanged project findings in the fields of tourism, spatial planning, water services, agriculture and forestry. The objective of this event was to highlight and discuss the linkage between the above mentioned core areas. The presentations given are available on the project web site www.enmar.org. The opportunity given by the host of the conference, Vides Projekti, to take part in an excursion day within the Gauja basin was very much welcomed. Last meetings took place as well on the regional level, the last regular one in Spain, and two additional ones in the Eman and the Mersey basin. Overall, many municipal representatives and other stakeholders confirmed, that the project and especially the dialogue between different technical disciplines was considered as very useful. The outputs and activities have been the following: - 11 partner meetings to evaluate progress in regions, prepare, and evaluate regional workshops and discuss good practice; - 4 european conferences (including midterm meeting) - a comparison of the river basins based on the current situation and stakeholder information available relating to municipalities and the ENMaR components, including a collection of 60 good examples > the ENMaR Handbook (available on the web site) - stakeholder maps for regions and components; 138 municipalities involved - 53 regional workshops with about 1900 participants to discuss impacts of EU water policy, attended by municipal representatives and local stakeholders working on all components; - 12 newsletters and an interim report available on the project web site

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Water management Tourism Agriculture and fisheries and forestry

Partners (7)

Lead Partner: Kommunale Umwelt-AktioN U.A.N.

Address: Arnswaldtstraße 28, D-30159 Hannover, Germany

Legal status: n/a

Vides projekti

Name: Vides projekti

Address: Pils iela 17, LV - 1050 Riga, Latvia

Legal status: n/a

Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

Name: Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

Address: Escuela Politécnica Superior.- Campus Universitario, ES-27002 Lugo, Spain

Legal status: n/a

Emaförbundet

Name: Emaförbundet

Address: c/o Vetlanda kommun, SE-574 80 Vetlanda, Sweden

Legal status: n/a

Oldenburg-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband

Name: Oldenburg-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband

Address: T.A.Z. Oldenburg, Donnerschweer Str. 72-80, D-26123 Oldenburg, Germany

Legal status: n/a

Victoria University of Manchester

Name: Victoria University of Manchester

Address: Oxford Road, M13 9PL Manchester, United Kingdom

Legal status: n/a

Mersey Basin Business Foundation

Name: Mersey Basin Business Foundation

Address: 28th Floor, Sunley Tower, M1 4BT Manchester, United Kingdom

Legal status: n/a

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Summary

Project name (EN): European Network of Municipalities and Rivers

Project acronym: ENMaR

Project start date: 2005-01-01

Project end date: 2007-06-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 278 951.32

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 675 681.45

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2000 - 2006 Interreg IIIC North

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

2018-10-30

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

35 / 35 (100%)

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

376 / 376 (100%)

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European Network of Municipalities and Rivers

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