1. Presentation to European Flood Risk Management Policy Makers
Peter Allen – Williams
MICE, MCIWEM, MIMgt, MBA, BSc.
Head of Flood Risk Management R&D for Defra in UK
Monday 11 April 2005

2. ERANET = European Research Area Network
CRUE =
Coordination de la Recherche sur la gestion des
inondations, financée dans l’Union Européenne
An FP6 ‘Co-ordination Action’
for the FUNDERS of flood research
(Govt bodies, agencies, etc)

3. Overall Aims of the ERANET programme
To develop the European Research Area
leading to…
World class science in Europe
Better European policy integration
Increased international synergies
Efficiency - avoiding repeating work done elsewhere

4. Vision for ERANETs Co-ordination (Intense consultation)
Current separate national, regional, private sector programmes
Little consultation, duplication, missed opportunities
Communication
Co-operation (Some consultation)
Co-ordination (Intense consultation)
Harmonisation (Participation)
Integration (Full involvement)

5. 1. What are three important flooding policy issues in your country?
ERANET “CRUE” – Co-ordinating the funders of flood risk management research
1. What are three important flooding policy issues in your country?
2. For each of your country’s issues, is it well understood, or is more knowledge required?
3. For each issue which requires research, what questions need to be answered?

6. ERANET CRUE - Team EC States (10) Organisations (14) Austria BMLFUW
Finland SYKE
France MEDD
Germany BMBF, FZJ-PtJ & PtW+E
Netherlands DWW
Hungary MSRIT
Italy APAT
Poland MSRIT
Spain MEC
UK Defra & SE-ERAD

7. ERANET CRUE - Participants
Potential new partners –
Ireland, ?,
?….
Please let me have any contact details
for potential partners

8. The Vision for ERANET CRUE
“…to develop strategic integration of flood risk research at the national funding and policy development levels within Europe to provide knowledge and understanding for the sustainable management of flooding risks at the river basin and coastal process cell scale.”

9. ERA-NET Integration of
Vision for ERANET CRUE
European and National Policy
CRUE
ERA-NET Integration of
Research Programmes and
Projects
Sets context & priorities
Informs policy choices

10. ERANET “CRUE” - Overview of approach
Systematic exchange of information and good practice
Strategic structuring activities
Cluster completed and current research
Identify programme management and evaluation procedures
Trans-national research initiatives

11. ERANET “CRUE” - Work package descriptions
Work Package 1 - Network development, management and coordination
to communicate the vision for CRUE ERA-NET,
to enlarge the network,
to build a sense of common purpose among the network participants and
to deliver the network goals within the agreed timescale and resources.
WP1
The objectives of this Workpackage are to communicate the vision for the CRUE ERA-NET, to enlarge the network, to build a sense of common purpose among the network participants and to deliver the network goals within the agreed timescale and resources
WP2
The objective of this Workpackage is the inter-comparison of national research programmes to identify the extent of, and funding mechanisms for, research sponsored by each of the partners’ organisations and more broadly across Europe
WP3
The objective of this Workpackage is to seek out the best practice in the identification of research needs, the development of research programmes, their procurement and management. This information is a prerequisite for the promotion of an integrated European research agenda on flooding processes and flood risk management
WP4
The objective is to make results of completed and current national research projects more readily and widely available to relevant user communities including policy makers, operating agencies, consultancies and researchers across Europe

12. ERANET “CRUE” - Work package descriptions
Work Package 2 - Inter-comparison of national research programmes and funding
For each of the partners’ organisations and also more broadly across Europe
to identify the extent of the research they sponsor and
to identify the funding mechanisms
WP1
The objectives of this Workpackage are to communicate the vision for the CRUE ERA-NET, to enlarge the network, to build a sense of common purpose among the network participants and to deliver the network goals within the agreed timescale and resources
WP2
The objective of this Workpackage is the inter-comparison of national research programmes to identify the extent of, and funding mechanisms for, research sponsored by each of the partners’ organisations and more broadly across Europe
WP3
The objective of this Workpackage is to seek out the best practice in the identification of research needs, the development of research programmes, their procurement and management. This information is a prerequisite for the promotion of an integrated European research agenda on flooding processes and flood risk management
WP4
The objective is to make results of completed and current national research projects more readily and widely available to relevant user communities including policy makers, operating agencies, consultancies and researchers across Europe

13. ERANET “CRUE” - Work package descriptions
Work Package 3 - Identifying good practice for programme identification and management
…to seek out the best practice in
the identification of research needs,
the development, procurement and management of research programmes,
WP1
The objectives of this Workpackage are to communicate the vision for the CRUE ERA-NET, to enlarge the network, to build a sense of common purpose among the network participants and to deliver the network goals within the agreed timescale and resources
WP2
The objective of this Workpackage is the inter-comparison of national research programmes to identify the extent of, and funding mechanisms for, research sponsored by each of the partners’ organisations and more broadly across Europe
WP3
The objective of this Workpackage is to seek out the best practice in the identification of research needs, the development of research programmes, their procurement and management. This information is a prerequisite for the promotion of an integrated European research agenda on flooding processes and flood risk management
WP4
The objective is to make results of completed and current national research projects more readily and widely available to relevant user communities including policy makers, operating agencies, consultancies and researchers across Europe

14. ERANET “CRUE” - Work package descriptions
Work Package 4 - Dissemination methods for current national research results
……to make results of completed and current national research projects more readily and widely available to relevant user communities including policy makers, operating agencies, consultancies and researchers across Europe
WP1
The objectives of this Workpackage are to communicate the vision for the CRUE ERA-NET, to enlarge the network, to build a sense of common purpose among the network participants and to deliver the network goals within the agreed timescale and resources
WP2
The objective of this Workpackage is the inter-comparison of national research programmes to identify the extent of, and funding mechanisms for, research sponsored by each of the partners’ organisations and more broadly across Europe
WP3
The objective of this Workpackage is to seek out the best practice in the identification of research needs, the development of research programmes, their procurement and management. This information is a prerequisite for the promotion of an integrated European research agenda on flooding processes and flood risk management
WP4
The objective is to make results of completed and current national research projects more readily and widely available to relevant user communities including policy makers, operating agencies, consultancies and researchers across Europe

15. ERANET “CRUE” Work package descriptions
Work Package 5 - Identifying opportunities and gaps in research
……to identify
gaps in current research programmes and
opportunities for technological improvement
as a precursor to preparing a European research agenda on flood risk (in WP7).
WP5
The objective of this Workpackage is to identify gaps in current research programmes and opportunities for technological improvement as a precursor to preparing a European research agenda on flood risk in Workpackage WP7.
WP6
The objective of this Workpackage is to prepare two common calls, each for at least one priority research topic, of research relating to flooding for funding by a group or all of the network partners as a first test case of achieving the long term objectives of the ERA-NET
WP7
The objective is to develop a medium-term integrated research plan, each component covering common issues of concern to two or more Partner States, together with agreements on how the research plan is to be implemented and reviewed. This plan will provide coherence to network activities beyond the lifetime of the ERA-NET funding

16. ERANET “CRUE” Work package descriptions
Work Package 6 - Piloting common calls for research
……to prepare two common research calls,
each for a priority research topic, relating to flood risk management
for funding by a group or all of the network partners (from national, not EC, budgets)
WP6
The objective of this Workpackage is to prepare two common calls, each for at least one priority research topic, of research relating to flooding for funding by a group or all of the network partners as a first test case of achieving the long term objectives of the ERA-NET

17. ERANET “CRUE” Work package descriptions
Work Package 7 - Development and promotion of a European research agenda for flood risk mitigation
……to develop a medium-term integrated research plan,
each component covering common issues of concern to two or more Partner States,
with agreements on how the research plan is to be implemented and reviewed.
to provide coherence to flood risk management research activities beyond the lifetime of the ERA-NET
WP7
The objective is to develop a medium-term integrated research plan, each component covering common issues of concern to two or more Partner States, together with agreements on how the research plan is to be implemented and reviewed. This plan will provide coherence to network activities beyond the lifetime of the ERA-NET funding

18. ERANET “CRUE” Work package descriptions
Work Package 8 - Expansion of the Network
to identify new network partners to broaden the network
to include all European national research programme funders, which recognise the value of cross programme collaboration and seek benefits from integration of their activities.
WP5
The objective of this Workpackage is to identify gaps in current research programmes and opportunities for technological improvement as a precursor to preparing a European research agenda on flood risk in Workpackage WP7.
WP6
The objective of this Workpackage is to prepare two common calls, each for at least one priority research topic, of research relating to flooding for funding by a group or all of the network partners as a first test case of achieving the long term objectives of the ERA-NET
WP7
The objective is to develop a medium-term integrated research plan, each component covering common issues of concern to two or more Partner States, together with agreements on how the research plan is to be implemented and reviewed. This plan will provide coherence to network activities beyond the lifetime of the ERA-NET funding

19. ERANET “CRUE” - Project structure
Supporting databases and documents accessed through Project Website
WP1: Management & Coordination
WP2: Inter-comparison of national research programmes
Information gathering on partners’ and additional partners’ programmes
Other European information
WP3: Identification of good practice on programme identification & management
WP4: Dissemination methods for current national research results
WP5: Identification of opportunities & gaps in research
WP7: Development & promotion of a European research agenda for flood risk mitigation
Medium-term research analysis
WP6: Development of first common call
WP6: Development of a second common call
WP 8: Net- work Devel op- ment

20. ERANET “CRUE” - Management structure
DG Research
EC Scientific Officer Marco Weydert
EC Administration
CRUE Coordinator:
Peter Allen-Williams
Project Steering Group:
Defra BMBF
BMLFUW DWW
OKTVF MEDD
MSRIT SE-ERAD
APAT SYKE
MEC New partners
Management Committee:
Defra PtW+E
PtJ BMLFUW
DWW OKTVF
MEDD MSRIT
Consortium Agreement:
Sets out the responsibilities of and relationships between all partners
ERANET CRUE
Extended network of members and stakeholders:
Potential Partners (e.g. OPW) National research funders within EU
National operating agencies in flood defence sector FP5 and FP6 research networks
EU Research Institutes Research funders and programmes in Third Countries

21. ERANET “CRUE” – Main Products
A website which will hold
Report comparing national research programmes
Searchable database of research programmes
If possible a searchable database of research current and completed project results and outputs
Best practice guidance for research programme identification, promotion and validation
Report analysing medium-term research needs
Reports on experiences with common calls
A draft 5-year integrated research plan

22. ERANET “CRUE” – Potential benefits
support the implementation of national and European policies on flood risk management
identify priority research issues
institutional infrastructure for a more efficient use of resources on flood research in the ERA
linkage and support of the integration process
development of integrated flood management for trans-national river basins

23. ERANET “CRUE” – Final points
Duration 4 years
Overall budget € 3.0m
(for co-ordination actions
only)
Questions & discussion

24. Thank you www. crue-eranet.net peter.allen-williams@defra.gsi.gov.uk