Project record of Harmonised River Basins Strategies North Sea

Information

Type
Project
Name
Harmonised River Basins Strategies North Sea
Acronym
HARBASINS
Description @en
HARBASINS is a European project and stands for Harmonised River Basins Strategies North Sea. The aim of the HARBASINS project is to enhance the compatibility of management strategies and international cooperation for the North Sea's coastal waters, estuaries and river basins. The focus is on harmonisation of the EU Water Framework Directive and the international cooperation on integrated management of estuaries and coastal waters in the North Sea Region, ultimately leading to ecosystem restoration and compatible instruments which ensure sound environmental management of interconnected coastal zones. The project is co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Interreg IIIB North Sea Programme which is a Community Initiative concerning Transnational Cooperation.
Start date
2004-7
End date
2008-6

Institutes & people involved

Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu; Rijkswaterstaat; Waterdienst
role: Partner
Breine Jan
associated with: Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek
Belpaire Claude
associated with: Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek
role: Co-ordinator
Simoens Ilse
associated with: Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek
Quataert Paul
associated with: Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Omgeving; Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek
Niemeyer Hanz-Dieter
associated with: Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation Agency
role: Partner
European Commission; Interreg III
role: Sponsor
Rijksinstituut voor Kust en Zee
role: Co-ordinator

Expertise

ANE, British Isles, England, Humberside, Humber Es
defined term set: ASFA Geoterms
term code: 181843
ANE, Ems-Dollard Estuary
defined term set: ASFA Geoterms
term code: 181971
ANE, Germany, Weser Estuary
defined term set: ASFA Geoterms
term code: 182068
ANE, North Sea
defined term set: ASFA Geoterms
term code: 182108
Belgium
defined term set: ASFA Geoterms
term code: 183110
Germany
defined term set: ASFA Geoterms
term code: 183847
Netherlands
defined term set: ASFA Geoterms
term code: 186147
River basin management
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 7006
UK
defined term set: ASFA Geoterms
term code: 187255
geographic terms
Belgium
Ems Estuary
Germany
Mouth of the Humber
Netherlands
North Sea
Scheldt Estuary
United Kingdom
Weser Estuary

special collections

ENCORA
ENCORA: GCN
Governance and law
ScheldeMonitor

record metadata

date created: 2008-03-21
date modified: 2010-05-05