KOHESIO · Q4297505 · SE

Building with Nature

The most serious threat facing the North Sea Region (NSR) is climate change, increasing flood and coastal erosion risk from storm surges in coastal and estuarine areas and heavy rain causing flooding of rivers and lakes inland.The Building with Nature (BwN) project demonstrates BwN solutions that utilize natural processes to deliver flood risk and coastal erosion management whilst enhancing ecosystem services. However, the performance of BwN solutions is uncertain and hampers wider uptake across NSR. A common transnational evidence base is needed to justify investments and optimise the effect…

EU budget
€3.4M
Total project cost
€6.8M
Period
2015-12-01 → 2021-07-01
Thematic objective
TO05Climate change adaptation, risk prevention

About the Climate change adaptation, risk prevention objective

Thematic Objective 5 supports climate-change adaptation and risk prevention: flood defences, wildfire prevention, drought-management infrastructure, civil-protection systems, and ecosystem-based adaptation.

Co-funding: the EU contributes €3.4M toward a total project cost of €6.8M — a co-funding rate of 50%, with the remainder covered by national, regional or private sources.

Kohesio is the European Commission's open-data platform for projects co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund and the Just Transition Fund. It draws on lists of beneficiaries published by national managing authorities and harmonises them into a single EU-wide view.

Full project record on Kohesio — partners, deliverables, location map, related funding decisions.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the EU budget for this project?
The EU contributes €3.4M toward a total project cost of €6.8M, a co-funding rate of 50%.
Which fund or thematic objective does it belong to?
This project falls under EU Cohesion Policy thematic objective TO05 — Climate change adaptation, risk prevention — financed through the European Structural and Investment Funds.
Which country is the project located in?
The project is located in SE.
What is the project period?
The project runs from 2015-12-01 to 2021-07-01.
Where can I find the full project record?
The complete project record — beneficiary, location and related funding decisions — is published on Kohesio, the European Commission's open-data platform, under reference Q4297505.