Our mission and ambition
The mission of this Joint Cooperation programme on Applied scientific Research (JCAR) is to improve the cooperation on flood and drought management and research in order to Accelerate Transboundary Regional Adaptation to Climate Extremes (ATRACE).
Our main objectives
After careful consultation with implementing research partners and informed by official evaluations of the West-European floodings in 2021, the objectives of this joint cooperation programme are defined as:
Facilitate regional governments in Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands in improving integrated planning, development and management of regional river basins, preparing for extreme climate events.
Foster long-term partnerships between European knowledge institutes to enhance the knowledge base and inform flood and drought strategies in transboundary regional river basins.
European research partners
We aim at further strengthening an existing network of well-known top-level European research institutes with relevant practical experience in flood and drought risk management in transboundary regional river basins.
Much of the research will be performed by this coalition of research institutes and if needed supplemented with specific expertise from other institutes for project-specific activities.
Workshop
Our partner organisation RWTH Aachen University announced the starts of its joint research program to prepare for extreme floods and droughts in the cross-border Rur river.
This was announced by Dr-Ing Holger Schüttrumpf, during the expert workshop at the Rurtalsperre, in the presence of Minister Mark Harbers, Dutch Minister for Infrastructure and Water Management, and Minister 𝗢𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿, North Rhine-Westphalian State Minister for the Environment.
Sharing knowledge about severe floods and droughts in the Benelux and neighboring countries like Germany can help regional governments prepare better for extreme weather.
Rurtalsperre, Germany