'ResiRiver' is a new Interreg North West Europe project focusing on the creation of resilient river systems through the mainstreaming and upscaling of Nature-based Solutions (NbS). NIWE member Rijkswaterstaat (RWS), assembled a partnership that covers river systems in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, and the Netherlands and on 27-28 June 2023 held their inaugural kick-off event
The Green WIN project officially finished on 30 June 2023 though we are continuing to work on some of our trial sites to conclude installations of pumps and different types of control systems that operate them. We have also worked hard to wrap things up elsewhere and have produced several important reports that demonstrate the
At I2I’s final conference earlier this year, partners showed how their work over the last three and a half years has led to lasting change in their neighborhoods and communities across the North Sea Region. The pandemic supercharged the social isolation already felt by many inhabitants. I2I, with its goal to improve social inclusion and
The first of Inland Waterways International (IWI) series of online presentations on waterway topics takes place in just two days, on June 15 at 15:00 Dublin time, 16:00 CET, 10:00 in the eastern USA and Canada, 22:00 in Southeast Asia. Éanna Rowe of Waterways Ireland will give a presentation titled Managing canals: working with volunteer
On Monday 17 April 2023 over twenty IWI members, family and friends gathered at Canary Wharf pier before taking the Thames Clipper service to Westminster, enjoying the superb views of the regenerated old wharves, Tower Bridge, the Tower of London, London Bridge and the Shard. This was the first leg of IWI’s mini tour of
How do you help a neighbourhood that has lost faith in the municipality? And how does climate change affect social isolation? These were among the topics on the agenda when partners in From Isolation to Inclusion (I2I) gathered in the Netherlands and Germany in March. The purpose was to learn more about how the local
NIWE members, colleagues and guests are cordially invited to join the University of Derby and Canal & River Trust for an online Nature Connectedness workshop on the 14th of March 2023 9:30 – 11:00. This two-hour workshop is designed to help you develop a deeper understanding of nature connectedness and how to incorporate it into
Interreg Europe will launch their second call for project proposals next month. The call will open on 15 March and close at noon on 9 June 2023. Apply for the call | Interreg Europe - Sharing solutions for better policy The programme, which is open to public institutions and private non-profit organisations in the 27
Interreg North-West Europe opened a specific call for small-scale projects which runs from February 2023 to July 2023. Call 3 for small-scale projects | Interreg NWE (nweurope.eu) The main objective of the small-scale project call is to allow project applications with a reduced scope, partnership size, and duration to apply to the NWE Programme through
Engineers and experts from NIWE members, Canal & River Trust, VNF and Waterways Ireland met virtually on 28 Nov 2022 to discuss the different approaches each organisation takes to hydraulic management systems, water management, and use of automated systems such as SCADA telemetry. Adam Comerford, Canal & River Trust’s National Hydrology Manager, spoke
