Risk assessment based management of the water / sediment / soil system at the river basin scale

- In RISKBASE leading European scientists and representatives of major, European stakeholder groups will review and synthesise the outcome of EC RTD Framework Program projects, and other major initiatives, related to integrated risk assessment-based management of the water/sediment/soil system at the river-basin scale.

Project number	036938
Subject(s)	POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY
Acronym	RISK-BASE
Geographical coverage	Netherlands, Germany, France, Austria, Spain, United Kingdom
Budget (in €)	1612297
Programme	INCO MED (FP6)
Web site	http://www.riskbase.info/
Objectives	The synthesis will lead to the development of integrated risk assessment-based management approaches enabling the prevention and/or reduction of the negative impacts caused by human activities on that system. RISKBASE aims to deliver: 1) An overarching concept, generic approach and guiding principles to integrated risk based management of river basins; 2) Recommendations towards evolution and implementation of risk based management in national and community policies and towards implementation in management and 3) A proposal for the European research agendarelated to risk based management. - Based upon ample experience in previous EC CAs, Thematic Networks and/or Accompanying Measures, a simple project structure is chosen, with only a minimum number of Work Packages (WP). Each WP will be managed by one WP-leader, supported by a few other partners (contractors) in the project. The WPs will organise several workshops dedicated to specific issues related to risk based management at the river-basin scale. Furthermore, RISKBASE will annually organise a General Assembly (GA) and will make use of EUGRIS as web-based information exchange structure. - The workshops, GA and the website will be open to all who are interested and willing to contribute to achieve the RISKBASE goals and objectives. Furthermore, during the project, each WP will select core-team members to assist the WP-leader in reviewing, synthesising and then reporting of the outcome of WP-workshops. Thus an open, transparent and flexible structure is created ensuring the integration of all essential knowledge, expertise and experience in order to make RISKBASE a success.
Period	[01/09/2006 - 31/08/2009]

Partners

Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)

Coordinator	acts as project coordinator
Address	P.O. Box 80015, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands
Country	Netherlands
Web site	http://www.tno.nl
Contact	Brils Jos, Position: General coordinator of the project Phone/fax: +31 6 22799183, +31 30 2564755 Email: jos.brils@tno.nl

Publications

RISKBASE Newsletter Issue 01 - October 2007

Publisher	Jos Brils: RISKBASE coordinator, P.O. Box 80015, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands (jos.brils@tno.nl) - Phone: +31 6 227 991 83 ; Fax: +31 30 256 4755
Type of document	Newsletter
Rights	Public
File link	../PDF/RISKBASE_Newsletter_10_2007 (copy)
Source of information	RISKBASE project (Risk Based Management of River Basins)
Keyword(s)	EU-INCO-MED, FP6
Subject(s)	DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RIGHT , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY
Geographical coverage	Netherlands, Germany, France, Austria, Spain, United Kingdom

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