Workshop on Flood Risk Management Measures & Links to EU WFD

When :

from Wednesday 11 November, 2015
09:00
to Friday 13 November, 2015
18:55

Type of event :

Рабочая группа / Совещание экспертов

Where :

Zagreb, Croatia

Contact :

Philippe Pypaert p.pypaert@unesco.org

This intersectoral workshop will explore research advances and innovations in flood risk management practice, putting focus on the exchange of experience on the structural and nonstructural flood mitigation measures and approaches and links with nature/wetlands management in river corridors, as well as on the linkage between the EU Water Framework and Flood Directive.

Part of the focus will be put on the flood forecasting and coupling of weather and hydrology prediction models. The workshop will contribute to the implementation of the Protocol on Flood Protection to the Framework Agreement on the Sava River Basin and further activities of the ISRBC in the field of flood risk management in accordance with the EU Flood Directive.