The FLINKMAN project “A Stakeholders Linking Framework for Flood Management” is a Civil Protection project (Grant agreement reference n°070401/2009/540443/SUB/A4). FLINKMAN is a 2-year project that started on January, 1^st 2010.

Objectives:

The main objective of the FLINKMAN project is the development of the appropriate framework promoting the stakeholders engagement through the preparation phase of a flood management plan in order to ensure their consistent and effective linking into each stage of the flood prevention-preparedness-response-remediation chain.
Furthermore the proposed project intends to:

• establish support tools based on Information Society applications, that will foster the collection,assessment and exchange of best practices across the EU
• upgrade the existing civil protection modules taking into account the specified needs and initiating the proper participatory mechanisms
• promote the transnational cooperation with competent bodies all over Europe.

Lead partner:

– Region of Central Macedonia (RCM) / Water directorate, Greece

Other partners:

– Region of North Brabant (RNB), Greece

– Hessian Ministry of the Environment, Energy, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (HMUELV), – Germany

– Assembly European Regions (AER), France

– SIGMA Consultants, Greece

– Balkan Environment Center (BEC), Greece .

Project duration: 01/2010-12/2011.

Project Website: http://www.flinkman-project.eu/