No Regret: Finding the Right Measures to Avoid Water Shortage

Programme 2000 - 2006 North Sea Region

Date of latest update: 2021-04-06

Description

Description (EN): The main aim of the No Regret project was to study different aspects of water shortage and drought that are important to the North Sea Region. Four European countries have worked together to bring water shortage and its impact on land use on the political agenda.

Achievements (EN):

The project succeeded in influencing policy-makers on regional and national level. For instance, the project arranged several 'high stakeholder' meetings in terms of providing information on the most recent results of climate research and shedding light on the need and possibilities for adapting the planning and management of aquifers in Denmark to the expected consequences of climate change. The meetings contributed to a common understanding of the new challenges with respect to climate change for water planning in the near future. The survey and mapping of potential drinking water resources in Vendsyssel, Denmark, has increased the background knowledge and has been an essential contribution to the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. After the re-organisation of the administrational structure in Denmark, the No Regret activities in Vendsyssel became part of the national water management plans. In that perspective the survey and mapping in Vendsyssel has been an additional output of the project. Based on the results of the No Regret project and the national drought study, the Province of Fryslân and the water authority have formulated a strategy for water shortages for the 2010 - 2015 period and incorporated that strategy in new water policy plans for that period. In Germany, a practical implementation and research project as follow-up is in consideration. A five year moratorium on the allowed amount of water abstraction is agreed upon by the water administration in order to gain time to find specific solutions and for political and public discussion about water shortage. The Ministry of Environment of Lower Saxony agreed on co-financing a more specific follow-up project in the identified intensive problem area.

Thematic information

Water management Sustainable management of natural resources Climate change and biodiversity

Partners (5)

Lead Partner: Province of Groningen, DHV B.V.

Address: P.O. Box 1132, 3818 BC Amersfoort, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

Provinsje Fryslân

Name: Provinsje Fryslân

Address: 8900 HM Ljouwert/Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Water Division

Name: Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Water Division

Address: 1000 Brussel, Belgium

Legal status: n/a

Landwirtschaftskammer Hannover / Agricultural Chamber of Hannover

Name: Landwirtschaftskammer Hannover / Agricultural Chamber of Hannover

Address: 30428 Hannover, Germany

Legal status: n/a

North Jutland County Council

Name: North Jutland County Council

Address: DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark

Legal status: n/a

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Province of Groningen, DHV B.V.

No Regret: Finding the Right Measures to Avoid Water Shortage

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Province of Fryslân

No Regret: Finding the Right Measures to Avoid Water Shortage

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Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Water Division

No Regret: Finding the Right Measures to Avoid Water Shortage

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Landwirtschaftskammer Hannover / Agricultural Chamber of Hannover

No Regret: Finding the Right Measures to Avoid Water Shortage

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North Jutland County Council

No Regret: Finding the Right Measures to Avoid Water Shortage

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Summary

Project name (EN): No Regret: Finding the Right Measures to Avoid Water Shortage

Project acronym: No Regret

Project start date: 2004-11-30

Project end date: 2008-06-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 3 560 470.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 780 235.00

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Financing programme

2000 - 2006 North Sea Region

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

2019-04-25

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

70 / 70 (100%)

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

557 / 557 (100%)

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No Regret: Finding the Right Measures to Avoid Water Shortage

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