EU funding has been secured by the National Flood Forum, in partnership with the Rivers Trust, to work together with local communities, local authorities, rivers trusts and catchment partnerships to reduce flood risk in the East of England.
From the National Flood Forum: The aim is to understand and reduce residual flood risk through a combination of measures. In the case of the Rivers Trust, this will be through catchment based approaches, which will also deliver environmental benefits. The National Flood Forum will work with specific communities so that they can identify and work with partners to reduce their risk and be prepared for a flood incident.
In September 2016, the EU’s North Sea Region Programme gave the green light for the start of a water safety project called: ‘Flood Resilient Areas by multi-layEr Safety Approach’ (FRAMES).
Put simply, FRAMES aims to reduce the consequences of floods by:
1. Increasing social resilience (resilient communities)
2. Increasing resilience of infrastructure (resilient areas)
3. Making policy recommendations to reduce the recovery times after a flood (increased response capacity)
The Rivers Trust and National Flood Forum propose to work in partnership, together with local communities, local authorities, river trusts, and catchment partnerships to deliver the multi-layer safety approach in the East of England.
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