Welcome to the website of the innovation programme Flood Control 2015. In this program government and industry work together to develop new technologies leading to better decisions that can be taken in combating flood risks. On February 1, 2008, the Ministers endorsed the programme and for the period 2008-2012 a total of 10 million Euros has become available. The initiators of the program itself also invest 10 million Euro.

Why this program?

Worldwide the most densely populated areas lie in deltas, along coasts, lakes and rivers. These areas are economically very valuable and will continue to develop. Many of these areas are declining as a result of surface water abstraction, sediment or other geological processes. At the same time, climate change and extreme weather additional sea level rise. These changing conditions that cause high water levels to rise. During floods great economic damage will occur and there is an increased risk of loss of human lives. Delta areas like the Netherlands are vulnerable to these changing conditions.
In recent years, tremendous technological developments occurred in information collection and dissemination of information. Monitoring systems, sensor networks, earth observation and simulation techniques make forecasting stronger. There are opportunities to substantially increase water security by gathering more current information and better commitment to timely warnings. The programme focuses on observing, measuring, inspecting and forecasting. Unsafe situations floods or dikes around this time can be identified.

Collaboration

In this programme government and industry work together to achieve innovation acceleration: big improvements over the current situation. Not all the good will be substituted, but rather by making use of existing knowledge and systems and the addition of new insights and smart applications. The cooperation in joint strategies, shared knowledge and the governments as "launching customer".

Do you work at a (lower or govermental) administration? The Programme Office investigates happy with you whether we can formulate common ontwikkeldoelstellingen. Please check with the Programme Office