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Presentation on the DROP project prepared for the mini-symposium Water-Land-Environment Nexus at the University of Twente on the 20th of September 2013
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Governance in drought adaptation: Science meeting practice in Northwest Europe
Mini-symposium Water-Land-Environment Nexus
20th of September 2013
Dr. Ir. Joanne Vinke-de KruijfWater Authority Regge & Dinkel
Drought adaptation in Europe
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Why a Northwest European project on drought, adaptation and governance?
Mitigation efforts are insufficient: we have no choice, but to
adapt now
• Drought and water scarcity already affects 17% of the EU population and 11% of the EU territory
• Impacts of climate change are projected to increase periods of drought and water scarcity
• Early adaptation provides opportunities, not adapting involves high costs
• Governance settings need to become more supportive: policy implementation is a key problem
3(EC, 2007, EEA report No 12/2012, EEA report No 3/2013, EU Blueprint)
Project objective and actions
To enhance the preparedness and resilience of Northwest
European regions to periods of drought and water scarcity
• Test and implement pilot meaures for drought adaptation in agriculture, nature and freshwater
• Develop and apply a governance assessment tool in the regions of the pilot measures
• Draw transnational lessons and actively share them with others in meetings and through a handbook and guide
Implemented between January 2013 and June 2015 with support of the Interreg IVB programme for Nortwest Europe
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11 partners: 6 water authorities and 5 knowledge institutes
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Lead partner
Nature pilot
Agriculture pilot
Freshwater pilot
Governance team
Yes, drought is a major problem on the high sandy soils of Northeast Twente causing damage to agriculture and nature!
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Practice of drought adaptation: Twente (the Netherlands)
• Pilot measure (one of many): level dependent drainage
to create buffer zones around nature conservation areas
• Implications for division of roles and responsibilities?
How to serve diverse interests of nature and
agriculture?
Freshwater reservoir built (30 years ago) for flood prevention, agriculture and navigation.Currently serving flood prevention and drinking water supply alongside recreation (sailing), nature (Natura 2000). Conflicts about use.
Practice of drought adaptation: Brittany (France)
• Pilot measure: design and construct a new lock to
prevent salt intrusion while diverse interests
• How to create productive interactions between many
diverse stakeholders in a transition setting?7
Governance: the structural context that enables/restricts adaptation actions and interactions
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Interaction process
Wider context: political, economical, socio-cultural, technological, problem
Structural (governance) context:- Levels and scales
- Actors and networks- Problem perceptions and goal
ambitions- Strategies and instruments
- Responsibilities and resources for implementation
Specific context: previous decision, specific circumstances
Actor
BActor
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Governance assessment: where science meets practice
To what degree are the governance contexts of the pilot
regions supportive of drought adaptation?
• Extent: Is the governance structure complete enough? Is
there something lacking?
• Coherence: Are there contradictions between the various
tasks or the ways they should be fulfilled? Is there enough
synergy between these?
• Flexibility: Is there a reasonable degree of independence to
be able to fulfil the tasks in the most efficient way?
• Intensity: Is there enough support to make it possible to
achieve the tasks and ambitions? 9
(see report of Bressers et al, 2013)
Science meeting practice: the knowledge transfer challenge
Bridging differences through interactions
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Sharing and acquisition of knowledge
Background- Socio-cultural- Profession- Organization
Actor (source/receiver)
Background- Socio-cultural- Profession- Organization
Actor (source/receiver)
� Knowledge levels� Knowledge types
� Knowledge levels� Knowledge types
Enablers, such as intense and direct interaction, team work,
previous projects, trust, …
(see PhD thesis Vinke-de Kruijf, 2013)
Thank you!
Website: www.dropproject.eu
Email: info@dropproject.eu
Twitter: @the_DROPproject
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