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donderdag, augustus 8 2013
A "friend" project...
Starflood is a project, related to AMICE issues, which runs from 1 October 2012 until 31 March 2016 and deal with the “STrengthening And Rede-signing European FLOOD risk practices: Towards appropriate and resilient flood risk governance arrangements”. This project was recently awarded a grant of 5.4 Million Euros by the European Union (FP7). The project is focused on analysing, expl...
Meuse and Climate n° 8
Laatste nummer van onze nieuwsbrief "Maas en Klimaat"...woensdag, juni 19 2013
The report and the summaries of the transnational exercice for flood crisis management are online right now!
A good example of experiences sharing!...vrijdag, juni 14 2013
Climate-proof assessment of existing measures
The final report of the climate-proof assessment (WP1-Action8) is online right now! Enjoy!...dinsdag, juni 11 2013
The minutes of the workshops that were held during the final conference AMICE are online...
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An expert from IPCC explains the climate change...
Dear members of the AMICE community,You were waiting this presentation with some impatience... You can find it now!!! We warmly thank you the Professor van Ypersele for his very interesting presentation on the climate change issue during the final conference of the AMICE project....donderdag, mei 16 2013
A lot of people to sing AMICE!
A memory for Maïté et son équipe... Click here!...dinsdag, mei 14 2013
Site visit on the Rur: June 12th
June 12th: Project showcase Rur: Our German partner on the Rur basin, the Waterboard Eifel-Rur will organize a meeting to really show off the results in the Rur-system for the local citizens and stankeholders. The meeting is planned on June, 12th. It will take place at the castle of Burgau, located in the City of Dueren (adress: Von-Aue-Straße 1, 52355 Düren, G...
Photo report AMICE final conference
We all know we had a fantastic final conference with interesting lectures, nice animations, an exposition and great ambiance! Bridging gaps? Sure we did! Through this photo report you can experience it over again....
And now?
Dear members of the AMICE community, The final conference of the AMICE project is now achieved… We really thank you for coming so many to pa...
Wonder how the activities along the Meuse could be influenced by climate change ?
Below you can read about the potential impacts of future low-flows on some activities along the Meuse and the Rur. The AMICE climate dry scenario has been used for this assessment. Four sectors have been considered : agriculture, energy production, drinking water and inland navigation....
CETMEF video of online plateform for flood crisis management
EPAMA and CETMEF have developed an online platform to share information during a flood crisis. The user has access to a map interface with an overview of the territory where information about the flood, the impacted stakes, the emergency means and the crisis ...
Lessons learnt from the AMICE investments
AMICE is not only about scenarios, models and exercises. We have actually built infrastructures to adapt the Meuse basin to climate change. Through these examples, we want to demonstrate that adaptation can be implemented right now, and that it can also be beneficial for other sustainable objectives. 6 pilot projects have run during AMICE's lifetime. They are now completed and the Partn...
Meuse and Climate n°7
This is the last newsletter before our Final Conference: BRIDGING GAPS! Of course you can find all information about this major event as well about AMICE's activities in the second half of 2012....
SICadapt! final conference held in Lille
The Cluster SICadapt! held its final conference in Lille on January 29th, 2012. We had the opportunity to meet again with the 8 other Interreg IV B projects dealing with climate change adaptation. AMICE organised one of the workshops on the topic of "Tools to support decision-making" and CETMEF presented the platform for flood information sharing. Some personalities attended thi...
Report on workshops for the Meuse adaptation strategy to climate change
In May and June 2012, AMICE organised two workshops in the Mosan city of Maastricht to discuss an adaptation strategy to climate change for the Meuse basin. These workshops targetted stakeholders from all countries of the Meuse basin, with a focus on water management, climate, drinking water and spatial development. This was an opportunity for them to meet and discuss their common challenges an...
Farmers and Floods
Floods are common in Belgium, and specially in one of its larger basins, the Meuse River. Heavy rainfall on the Ardennes mountains causes the few rapid flowing rivers draining this high plateau to inundate in a delay as short as a couple of hours the Meuse Valley in Belgium, and thereafter the lowlands in the Netherlands. Pr...
Publication of the statistical analysis of low-flows in Wallonia
Now, low flows and droughts are more and more recognised as risk situations due to the huge consequences of water shortage. Furthermore, climate change constitutes a new threat, even though the uncertainty about the evolution of low-flows remains high.Moreover, being able to estimate low flows at any point of a river is really important nowadays for a good integrated management of rivers....
Costs of climate-change-induced floods in 2050 and 2100
The goal of Action 7 within the AMICE project is the „Quantification of the impacts of future floods on the economy in the transnational Meuse basin“. In the present summaries and reports, the method for flood risk calculation is developed and outlined. The results are presented both at international and regional level....
Hoogwaterbeheersing op de Nederlands
De oefening in het kader van het Europese project AMICE bij te wonen op Donderdag 25 en vrijdag 26 oktober 2012. Elke crisis organisaties in het stroomgebied van de Maas heeft zijn eigen werkwijze, formats en systemen. Vaak zijn deze binnen de eigen crisis organisatie goed op orde, maar is de informatie uitwisseling tussen organisaties nog onvoldoende. Bij de partners van het programma ...
AMICE Project Steering Group n°8
The AMICE Partners met for their bi-annual meeting on October 2nd in Liège at the International Meuse Commission. The meeting invitation, registration, presentations and minutes can be downloaded here....
Site visit Lock of Ham, September 27th
We bet you never saw Archimedes screws 2 meters across! This is the moment, as they soon will disappear into the sluice and not be visible anymore. In dry periods the water used at every lockage can be pumped up and be used and re-used again and again. And the pumps are fish-friendly too! Just come and see!...
HOWABO Site visit
The rivers Aa and Dommel are important to 's-Hertogenbosch but they cause problems. They are not able to discharge their water at (very) high water levels in the Maas, which makes the city flooded. The tidal wave is further accelerated by the Maaswerken project, which is making the river water reach ‘s-Hertogenbosch even faster.The challenge is to create new water storage that...
Learn the lyrics of the AMICE song !
For those of you who had the privilege to hear the AMICE song at the Site Visit in Hotton and want to sing it again and again. Or for those who are curious what this song is about... Here are the lyrics of the AMICE song ! There is no Youtube video yet to hear the tune, maybe next time ! ...
Site visit in Hotton on June 21st
A site visit on:Climate ChangeEcological restoration!Natura 2000!Innovative urbanism plans!Communication!Flood protection!Natural water storage!Water quality!andA very beautiful village!...
Second workshop for the definition of AMICE Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change
On June 13th, participants involved in water management, climate adaptation, sustainable development or spatial planning from all over the Meuse basin met in Maastricht to continue discussions on the AMICE adaptation strategy to climate change.The working atmosphere was a "creative chaos", like one of the participants said, and we were hosted in the wonderful Bonnefantenmuseum. br /...
Climate workshop at the Interreg IV B Annual Event
One of the workshops of the Interreg IV B Annual Event was specially focused on climate change. A cartoonist was present to illustrate our discussions....
Old River Meuse and Super Hero AMICE
At the annual INTERREG IVB event in Dortmund on June 6th we had the opportunity to present AMICE's results. We did it in a rather original way by means of a dialogue between old, old mrs. Meuse who has lots of problems and super hero AMICE bringing solutions for all of them. The attendance liked it!...
First Workshop for the definition of AMICE Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change
On May 30th and 31st, participants involved in water management, climate adaptation, sustainable development or spatial planning from all over the Meuse basin met in Maastricht to start discussions on the AMICE adaptation strategy to climate change. The working atmosphere was very friendly and we had a nice view on the Meuse river to inspire our visions. Below you can download t...
Partners' interviews on Investments
On a sunny Tuesday, the AMICE Partners that are implementing investments as examples of good adaptation to climate change exchanged their views on projects development and management. Each Partner had to answer the questions of a jury made of the other AMICE participants. A fruitful afternoon of sharing !...
AMICE in the European Climate Adaptation Platform
The European Climate Adaptation Platform helps users to access and share information on: Expected climate change in Europe Current and future vulnerability of regions and sectors National and tr...
AMICE presented at the World Water Forum
AMICE will be presented at the World Water Forum by EPAMA President, M. Jean-Paul Bachy, during the opening sessions of March 12th. This invitation is a wonderful acknowledgment of the quality of our project and an opportunity to share more largely our results. See the press release, in French, below....
Feedback on the Walloon and French flood exercises
The WP4 Partners had not seen each others since the large flood exercises of November 2011. Now that the return of experiences have been held on each territory, it was good to share the Partners views. The AMICE transnational flood exercise was a great success in France and Belgium. We discussed how to make the best out of it and how to proceed with our cooperation....
Project Steering Group n.7
The seventh Project Steering Group meeting was the occasion to share feedbck on the brainstorm session about AMICE 2, modify the Partnership Agreement, discuss the Adaptation strategy workshops, and discuss with SICadapt! Presentations of the day can be dowloaded here....Which AMICE investment is the best ?
Well, all AMICE investments are the bests, of course! But after two days of marathon meetings, it was good to joke about which is better than the bests. The WP2-WP3 joint meeting was the occasion to get some latest news about the investments developments and site visits. We also imagined some interviews of the projects managers, in order to draw recommendations an...climate impacts and climate proofed measures
Below are the documents shared during the last WP1 meeting. Topics discussed were : - Action 7 : presentation of the results of the flood damage calculation and low-flows impacts on agriculture, navigation, drink water and energy - Action 8 : a first overview and discussion on how to evaluate the climate proof of some AMICE measures...AMICE final conference : in preparation
The AMICE Partners have started the preparation of the Project s final conference. It will be held on March 13th to 15th, 2013 : write it down in your agendas ! We cannot tell too much, yet. But that will be held in France and gather about 200 water managers, scientists, politicians from all over Europe. Out target is : Let s make it something great !...
International Symposium on Hydraulic Engineering Aachen (IWASA)
On January 12th and 13th, the AMICE Partner IWW has host a major two-day symposium. Over the years this International Symposium on Hydraulic Engineering Aachen (IWASA) has become a renowned meeting point and information center among experts. The conference mainly addresses civil engineers - researchers and practitioners in hydraulic engineering and water resources management, but it is ...Meuse and Climate 5
The fifh issue of AMICE newsletter Meuse and Climate is now downloadable !You will read about the latests developments of the Project since July 2011: major events, pictures and progresses of the different workgroups.We wish you a pleasant moment reading it !...
Low-flows statistical analysis for Wallonia
The floods have always been the main concern resulting of extreme weather conditions. Now droughts and low flows are more and more recognized as risk situations due to the huge consequences of water shortage. Furthermore, the changing climate context constitutes a new threat even if the uncertainty in low-flows evolution remains high.A work must consequently be executed on the low-flow oc...
WP1 meeting
Below are the documents from our last WP1 meeting : - first results are available for the impacts of low-flows on agriculture and for the impacts of floods - discussions are still going-on on the mapping of flood risks ...Transnational flood crisis management exercise
Crisis managers from France and Belgium in the Meuse river basin have organised a major flood exercise to test and improve their practices of warning, organisation and rescue. From november 07th to 18th, 2011, over 350 participants have acted the management of an extreme flood, calculated on the basis of one AMICE scenario of climate change. Returns of experience are ongoing and...
Joint publication by Belgian and German Partners
The University of Liège, the Technology Institute of Aachen and the Wasserverband Eifel-Rur have jointly signed an article in Dams and Reservoirs under changing Challenges. Opportunities for updating and optimizing current operating rules are being evaluated for the Vesdre reservoirs in Belgium (50 M m³) and the Rur complex in Germany (300 M m³). This a...
Site Visit on the Steenbergse Vliet - adaptation becomes reality
Dear AMICE friends, Here are some documents about the site visit organised by the Waterboard Brabantse Delta on the Steenbergse Vliet project, as well as press cuts and pictures. Many thanks again to the team for the wonderful organisation, the bike tour and the fruitful discussions about our water management practices....Project Steering Group 8
The 8th Project Steering Group meeting was the occasion to get presentations of the AMICE investments and to discuss actions to be carried-out in 2012. Partners also had a brainstorm session to share their views on AMICE achievements, its future and the opportunity of setting-up an AMICE 2 project under Interreg V. All documents can be accessed through the links below. &...
Full hydraulic modeling of the Meuse basin
Partners have finalised the report and summaries of Action 6 - hydraulic modeling. The papers describe the methodology to run a full modeling of the Meuse river from spring to mouth and present results at the basin scale as well as on a selected number of hotspots. You can download the summaries in your own language below....
Action 6 finished - Action 8 starts !
WP1 activities started-up again right after the summer holidays ! The day agenda was really full because a lot is going on in WP1 this year : - Action 6 is now finished, the report and summaries will be published shortly - Action 7 has reached a new level and Partners are now able to perform calculations on flood risk; RIWA Maas was also invited to help us evaluate the i...Meuse and Climate 4 presents the AMICE project s latests activities
The fourth issue of AMICE newsletter Meuse and Climate is now downloadable ! You will read about the latests developments of the Project from January 2011: major events, pictures and progresses of the different workgroups. We wish you a pleasant moment reading it !...
Information sharing on the organisation of national flood exercises
The AMICE Partners have presented the progresses for the organisation of the national flood exercises in each country involved in the AMICE exercise : France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Partners have also worked jointly on identifying basis information for the press releases of all participants....WP1 update: transnational damage functions agreed
Last WP1 meeting was held in Aachen on an, exceptionally, rainy day. Partners finally agreed on common damage functions for the flood impact assessment! First calculations can now start. Impacts from low-flows were also discussed, especially on energy and navigation for which the methodologies need to be developed further....Site Visit on the Rur reservoirs
On behalf of the Waterboard Rur-Eifel, you are kindly invited to AMICE next site visit that is to take place on April 6th-April 7th in Germany. Our German partners will take us on a tour around the Rur basins and the programme really looks very promising.Come with us and discover the stunning Rur landscapes!So don t hesitate and register right now.Looking forward to meet...WP1 updates
WP1 Partners held a meeting on April 6th, 2011 in Aachen to discuss data and methods on the economical impact assessment of floods and low-flows resulting from climate change. The meeting report and presentations can be downloaded here....
WP3-WP2 joint meeting
WP3 Partners held together with Partners from WP2 a meeting at Waterschap Aa en Maas in s-Hertogenbosch. This meeting was the occasion for Partners from the two WP to know each others better and to discuss further the investments developments. The afternoon was dedicated to discussing the contents of the WP3 Guideline. The meeting report can be downloaded hereunder....Cluster Website and Expert Board
The website of the SICadapt! is „really” online by today. You can find there all relevant documents and info about this Initiative as well as important meetings from the other 7 Projects dealing with climate change adaptation. www.sic-adapt.eu The AMICE Partners participating in the coming Cluster Expert Boards h...Project Steering Group 5
The 5th AMICE Project Steering Group was held on Thursday February 24th in Liège. The 15 clips for the interactive documentary were presented. An Annex has been added to the Partnership Agreement to integrate SICadapt! : all Partners represented voted Yes (15 Partners); the 2 Partners that could not be present have signed the additional Annex....
Kick-off Seminar for the Transnational flood crisis management Exercise
In order to formally start the organisation of the transnational flood crisis management exercise planned in november 2011 by the AMICE project, a Seminar has been organised by Rijkswaterstaat on February 23rd 2011 at the chateau de Colonster on the Université de Liège campus. This seminar has been attended by 35 participants from France, Belgium, Germany and The Netherl...Third issue of Meuse and Climate
The third issue of the newsletter Meuse and Climate is now downloadable !You will find here all updates about AMICE since last July: the major events, photos and first results.We wish you a pleasant reading !...Presentation of the hydraulic modelling results
On 16th December 2010 was held the second intermediate meeting of WP1 (scientific studies) to present results of the hydraulic modelling (Action 6). It was hosted by the University of Liège.The invitation and list of participants can be found here.Maïté Fournier started with a short presentation of AMICE and previous achievements of WP1.Benjamin ...
WP2 meeting
WP2 Partners met in Breda on December 9th under an exceptionally sunny day. The meeting focused mainly on communication : - the GPS route around the Steenbergse Vliet works has been further described, - a general presentation on how to communicate about climate change was given by Martine Lejeune. You can download the presentations hereunder....donderdag, november 25 2010
News from IWW
With climate evolution, changes in flood discharges are expected within the Meuse basin. The annual number of flood disasters increased considerably in the last decades and the price paid is constantly increasing. Within the AMICE project the work of the IWW is focused on the assessment of the change of economic risk due to flood losses regarding climate evolutions. For flood loss calculations ...Updates on WP1 actions
WP1 Partners have been meeting on November 9th in Maastricht. Action 6 : the hydraulic models had their first runs. Partners are comparing the water height values on the borders. Inconsistency appeared that need to be solved before launching the second run. The origin of these inconsistencies is known. Action 7 : the methodology for the flood damage calculation is finalised. Dis...WP3 meeting and visit of the Urft dam
On November 4th, Partners from the WP3 had the opportunity to see two of the dams on the Rur basin and to visit the inside of the Rur dam. A site visit will take place here next Spring. Partners also discussed the Guideline they aim to publish by 2012: Transnational cooperative water management, to cope with uncertainties related to climate change....WP4 Meeting
The last WP4 meeting focused on the analysis of the 3 flood management software, carried-out by APS, as well as the preliminary discussions on the 2011 Transnational Exercise organisation....Interreg IV B Programme Overview
The Interreg IV B Programme has published an overview of its actions since 2007. It reminds the reader of the Programme aims and demonstrates the relevance of its projects for the whole North-West Europe. Some Projects are highlighted : you can read about AMICE on page 26. The Interreg IV B Programme will have its Annual Event in Manchester (UK) on December 6th-7th 2010. You can...vrijdag, oktober 1 2010
AMICE Site Visit on Amel Amblève
What do we see ? : Riou WP2 investmentWhere is it ?: Saal HEINDRICHS - St.Vither Strasse 93 - 4770 BORNAims : discovering Riou WP2 investment on the roof of Belgium exploring the upstream part of two very beautiful and very different tributaries of the river Amel/Amblève getting acquainted with Riou local partner and its ac...
AMICE Project Steering Group 4th meeting
Enclosed the report and annexes of the last PSG meeting held on September 30th, 2010 in Liège at the Meuse Commission....
SICadapt! Cluster Kick-off
The AMICE Project was invited by the Interreg IV B Secretariat to participate in a Cluster of Projects related to the Adaptation to climate change impacts. The Lead Partners of the 8 invited Projects met regularly and created SICadapt!The application form of SICadapt! has been approved by the Interreg IV B Programme. The Cluster will be coordinated by the Lead Partner of the Future ...Summary : Analysis of climate change, high-flows and low-flows scenarios on the Meuse basin
The AMICE Partners finally agreed upon the most extreme hydrological scenarios only. The latter were derived from the transnational wet climate scenario for high-flows and the trans-national dry climate scenario for low-flows. Those extreme hydrological scenarios are as follows:- An increase in Qhx100 values of +15% for 2021-2050 and +30% for ...WP1 report on the Analysis of climate change, high-flows and low-flows scenarios on the Meuse basin
The present report details methods and results from Actions 1 and 3 which have been carried-out in 2009 and supervised by the University of Metz.The objective of Action 1 was to share our knowledge on the present and future characteristics and hydrological behaviour of the Meuse river basin. Knowledge on this topic is still scattered and hardly available within the 3 official langua...Report of the last WP4 meeting
Here the report of the last WP4 meeting : flood crisis management software. Software development and implementation with the users is progressing. Partners will now start planning the transnational exercise, scheduled for 2011. Flood crisis management exercises at the local level are planned in autumn 2010. Partners are welcome to participate as observers. The next meeti...Actions 6 and 7 start
Action 6 (hydraulic modelling of the impacts of climate evolutions on the Meuse river and main tributaries) and Action 7 (risk analysis, damage calculation related to futur floods and low-flows and cost of inaction) have started jointly in a WP1 meeting held in Maastricht (NL) on June 24th 2010.The University of Liege, responsible for action 6, has presented the methodology an...Second issue of Meuse and Climate !
The second issue of the newsletter Meuse and Climate is now downloadable ! You will find here all updates about AMICE since last December: the major events, photos and first results. We wish you a pleasant reading !...
News about WP2 investments
WP2 Partners met each others on a sunny day to exchange information about their respective investments. All works are ready to start and progress as planned. Partners had also the opportunity to test communication tools like children games or posters. The aim is to help them better communicate about their local stakes and climate change. They had a look at the flood plain around...Publication in the review Natural Hazards of the methodology for risk analysis in Walloon region
The paper presents a consistent micro-scale flood risk analysis procedure, relying on detailed 2D inundation modelling as well as on high resolution topographic and land use database. The flow model is based on the shallow-water equations, solved by means of a finite volume scheme on multiblock structured grids. Using highly accurate laser altimetry, the simulations are performed with...WP4 report on Flood crisis management in the Meuse basin
The Partners involved in WorkPackage 4 have delivered their first report. They analysed how flood crisis management is organised in the Meuse countries (France, Belgium and The Netherlands) and which tools are used to support crisis preparation. This report is the result of a questionnaire sent to WP4 Partners and of several meetings. Partners are now working on the development ...
Meuse Symposium - the AMICE session
The Meuse Symposium is a great event organised every 4 years to ensure an overview of existing knowledge and an exchange of information between scientists, authorities, water managers and operators, companies, non-governmental organisations and other stakeholders, regarding the stakes the Meuse District will have to face in the coming years.The 3rd Meuse Symposium Meuse took place o...
Site Visits - HOWABO and Steenbergse Vliet - The Netherlands
AMICE Partners and followers had the opportunity to visit each others and discover two investment locations in The Netherlands on March 18th and 19th, 2010.The first one is the HOWABO project in the City of s Hertogenbosch (in AMICE known as action 19 in WP3). A bus tour was organised around the future flood reservoir. Participants grasped how big this storage will be. Joop de...
WorkPackage 1 follow-up meeting
The AMICE Partners have now been working for one year. WorkPackage 1 - Impacts of future floods and low-flows - focused most specifically on the analysis of climate change scenarios for the coming century and the impact of future climate conditions on the hydrology of the international Meuse basin. The AMICE Partners have delivered their first results. The meeting was aimed at presenting the...
OSIRIS training in Belgium
In the framework of the AMICE project WP4, a training session to the OSIRIS software has been organised on 1st and 2nd March 2010 in Marche-en-Famenne (Belgium).Created and developed on the Loire and Meuse basin in France, this software provides assistance to the local communities for the establishment of their plans communaux de sauvegarde (community safety plans) and improves the ...First edition of AMICE newsletter
We, all of the AMICE partners are very happy to present you the first issue of Meuse and Climate the newsletter of the AMICE project. In this first issue you can read more about the aims of AMICE, the partnership and some of our actions....Project Steering Group 3 - meeting report
Here are the documents related to the third Project Steering Group meeting. Main discussions focussed on the proposition of story for the Meuse film as well as AMICE participation into the Climate Change cluster initiated by the Interreg IV B Program....WP3 Partners meeting in Hasselt
WP3 Partners met in Hasselt on 22nd January. They visited one of the lock on the Albert Canal : the Hasselt Lock. It is similar to the Lock of Ham where an investment will take place to save water and produce electricity. Each Partner presented the latest developments of their respective investments. They decided on a title and table of contents for the WP3 Guidelines. ...
First ERDF subsidy received by AMICE project
The AMICE project was granted a 32% subsidy by the Interreg IV B Programme, corresponding to a global 2.809.000€ for the 4 years of the project. The ERDF is given progressively on the basis of the Partners prooves of expenses, that are forwarded every 6 months to the Programme Secretariat.The Partnership drafted the first payment claim for the actions carried-out between januar...donderdag, december 17 2009
WP4 progresses
WP4 Partners met in Amsterdam before Christmas to discuss the interactions between their software and possible developments, which will be carried-out in 2010. Each country has different needs in terms of software improvements and it is not easy to find common interests. A better communication is necessary between the forecast services and the crisis managers throughout the Meuse basin....
Gouttes de pluie, flux de Meuse
Gouttes de pluie, flux de Meuse is a book combining all knowledge about the international catchment basin of the Meuse, describing its history, its hydrology, the hydraulic works and the water management organisations. The author, Marcel de Wit, passed away on september 7th, 2009. Physical geographer, he worked for Rijkswaterstaat and Deltares, and represented ...dinsdag, december 1 2009
News from Flanders Hydraulics Research
1. Climate Change impact scenariosFlanders Hydraulics Research (FHR) in Antwerp ordered a study at Leuven University Hydraulics Laboratory on the “Effect of Climate Change on discharges in high and low water situations and total water availability”. FHR has no hydrologic models for the Meuse catchment basin and the AMICE-project was a trigger to extend t...dinsdag, december 1 2009
Low flows – Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
The INTERREG IV B - AMICE project, interested in the impacts of climate evolutions on floods as well as on low flows, is really the occasion for the Walloon region to carry out the low flow frequency analysis on its territory. The objective is to establish a methodology based on techniques used in the neighbouring countries and on recent studies described in literature.There e...
Work undertaken from German partners in the Rur sub-basin
Work at the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management at RWTH Aachen University will focus on the hydraulic modelling of the Rur tributary and the development of methods to assess the changes in water related risks due to climate evolution. In preparation of these tasks we collected all needed data and decided upon which software to use. A hydraulic model will be set up ...dinsdag, december 1 2009
News from the nv De Scheepvaart
The nv De Scheepvaart (AMICE partner 9) launched a press release on the planned pumps on the Albert Canal. One of these pumps, the one on the lock at Ham is part of AMICE.The Albert Canal and the Campine Canals are fed with water from the river Meuse. In The Netherlands too some canals, for example the Juliana Canal, are fillde with Meuse water. The water from the Albert...dinsdag, december 1 2009
Natural water retention in the Ardennes
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WP2 Partners - the city of Hotton, RIOU vzw, Waterboard Brabantse Delta - met on 24th November in Hasselt, BE. They presented their investments and the first achievements. All investments deal with natural water retention on small scale basins, tributary to the Meuse. Partners will visit one another to learn how water retention is achieved in the three different areas of the Meuse basin...Project Steering Group meeting report - First Payment Claim
In October, the AMICE Partners had their second Project Steering Group meeting. They discussed the last actions implemented, the work plan for 2010, the Payment Claim for the first semester 2009, the communication plan and communication tools. All documents are available below. The Payment Claim for the first semester 2009 has been forwarded to the JTS and checked. The JTS has no modifi...vrijdag, september 11 2009
WP3 Partners want to increase interactions between their respective actions
Partners of WP3 "Control of Water Quantities" met today to plan common activities aimed at increasing the transnationality of their works. The Waterboard Aa en Maas, the Wasserverband Eifel-Rur and nv De Scheepvaart presented their recent achievements as well as their needs regarding inputs from the other water managers. It was decided to work on a common report and organise technical e...The Mekong delegation interested in the AMICE project
Today, the delegation from the Mekong river visited the Meuse Commission in Liège to learn about international cooperation in river management. The AMICE project was presented to illustrate cooperation on the topic of climate Change. The delegates were most interested in the way our Partnership was created and they wish to know more about our deliveries once they will be produced. ...donderdag, september 3 2009
Progresses from WP1
The online database set up by the University of Metz is working and more than 670 references have been uploaded. However, there are still gaps that the Partners will tend to fill in the coming months. From this bibliography, we identified some trends in the hydrology of the Meuse river for the coming decades. However, the way those trends were calculated is much too different from o...donderdag, juni 18 2009
WP4 starts !
Partners involved in WP4 "Crisis management software" meet in Marche-en-Famenne (Belgium) in the brand new building of APS. The software used in France "OSIRIS", Belgium "Plan Communal de Sauvegarde" and the Netherlands "FLIWAS" for flood crisis management and preparation are presented. The participants are very interested in each other s tools. Common tools are suggested. A questionnai...
AMICE startbijeenkomst
Begin 2008 heeft de EPAMA het initiatief genomen voor het AMICE project; tijdens de voorbereidingen van het dossier werd een groot aantal organisaties en administraties gecontacteerd. Een aantal van hen kon uiteindelijk niet als Partner optreden, maar wou wel op de hoogte blijven van de ontwikkelingen. Het project AMICE werd goedgekeurd bij de derde ronde van het Programma Interreg IVB ...Site visit - Ny village and the Naives plain - Belgium
The project of concerted and sustainable management of the Naives river basin is one of the pilot investments of the AMICE project. It is carried-out by the Commune de Hotton and sponsored by the Province du Luxembourg and the Région Wallonne. The INTERREG IV B Programme funds part of the works planned in 2...First Project Steering Group meeting
The AMICE Partners are meeting all together for the first time since the project s approval. A "Project Steering Group" is created with one representative from each Partner organisation. Such meetings will be organised at least twice a year. They are hosted by the International Meuse Commission, in Liege.Aims of this first meeting are to :- go through the Project s plann...vrijdag, april 3 2009