European Fundend Projects

  • ID:
    projects-655
  • fiwar:
    LIFE14 IPE/UK/000027
  • Project_Acronym:
    LIFE-IP RBMP-NWRBD UK
  • Project_Name:
    Integrated water management approach to delivery of the North West England River basin management plan
  • Funding Authority:
    LIFE
  • Call for proposals:
    Integrated Projects For Environment
  • Focus Area:
    Water resources protection,Water quality improvement,River basin management
  • Begin Date:
    2015-10-01
  • End Date:
    2024-03-31
  • Status:
    Completed
  • Budget:
    € 019 981 352.00
  • Description:
    The high-level objectives of the NWRBD LIFE IP project were: a substantial increase in capacity to deliver improvement in water body status in the North West (England) River Basin District; a demonstration of improvements in results delivery by increasing mobilisation of relevant funds and through identification of multiple benefits; a demonstration of the reduction of technically infeasible measures by addressing difficult issues in river basin management, including diffuse rural and urban pollution, natural flood management, uptake of sustainable drainage solutions, and the use of green infrastructure and ecosystem services; an increase in engagement and formalisation of the role of stakeholders in mobilising funding, and an increase in delivery of activities in integrated water management; an improvement in understanding of the reasons for failure to meet “good status”, by improving third party data and knowledge inputs into river basin planning; a reduction in the barriers to adoption of an integrated approach by reducing policy and legal conflicts, improving financial instruments, increasing delivery capacity and providing appropriate management infrastructure; the provision of mechanisms to upscale integrated project (IP) successes to national and Member State levels. In addition to the LIFE IP budget itself, the project aimed to facilitate the coordinated use of EUR 37 050 000 of complementary funding from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), EUR 139 500 000 in national public funds and EUR 52 500 000 in private sector funds.
  • Resource:
    https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/life/publicWebsite/project/LIFE14-IPE-UK-000027/integrated-water-management-approach-to-delivery-of-the-north-west-england-river-basin-management-plan
  • Inland water types:
    Rivers and estuaries', 'Urban water', 'Wetlands'