Parent project: Sixth Framework Programme, more
Funder identifier: 518120 (Other contract id)
Acronym: ENCORA
Period: February 2006 till February 2009
Status: Completed
Thesaurus terms Coastal engineering; Coastal environment; Coastal management; Coastal waters; Coastal zone; Networking; Research
Geographical terms: Africa, North [Marine Regions]; Europe [Marine Regions]
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| Institutes (26) |
Top | Project |
- Rijksinstituut voor Kust en Zee (RIKZ), more, co-ordinator
- KU Leuven; Afdeling Hydraulica, more, partner
- DHI Water × Environment × Health (DHI), more, partner
- Centre d'Etudes Techniques Maritimes et Fluviales (CETMEF), more, partner
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research; Institute for Coastal Research, more, partner
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; Laboratory of Hydraulics and Hydraulic Works, more, partner
- University College Cork; Hydraulics & Maritime Research Centre (HMRC), more, partner
- University of Bologna; Department of Civil, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM), more, partner
- WL | Delft Hydraulics, more, partner
- The Coastal Union (EUCC), more, partner
- Polish Academy of Sciences; Institute of Hydroengineering (IBW PAN), more, partner
- University of Porto; Faculty of Engineering; Hydraulics and Water Resources Institute (IHRH), more, partner
- University of Cantabria; Ocean and Coastal Engineering Research Group (GIOC), more, partner
- Lund University; Deptartment of Water Resources Engineering, more, partner
- University of Plymouth; School of Marine Science and Engineering, more, partner
- Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more, partner
- Delft University of Technology (TUDelft), more, partner
- Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), more, partner
- CoastNET, more, partner
- University of Thessaly; Laboratory of Environment and Spatial Planning, more, partner
- University of Bologna; Department of Civil, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM), more, partner
- Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia; Consortium for Coordination of Research Activities concerning the Venice Lagoon System (CORILA), more, partner
- National Institute for Fisheries Research (INRH), more, partner
- Université Mohammed V Agdal, more, partner
- Hassan II University - Casablanca, more, partner
- Université de Tunis, more, partner
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| Abstract |
The Coordination Action addresses 3 major causes for stagnation in the implementation of ICZM in Europe:
(A) Fragmentation of coastal science, practice and policy;
(B) Difficult communication between science, policy and practice;
(C) Lack of multidisciplinary approaches.
ENCORA is a European network structure with new mechanisms for communication on shared problems within and between the communities of coastal science, policy and practice. In 13 European countries National Coastal Networks have been established; in other countries the establishment of a National Network is anticipated. Ten trans-national, cross-disciplinary
Thematic Networks, led by institutions with outstanding expertise, address major ICZM issues; they include participants from all EU countries, including those where a national network is not yet established. Operational nodes are created between the National and Thematic networks and other existing coastal networks. National Network Offices take care of the process of knowledge exchange and cooperation between network participants Europe-wide. They establish through all the affiliated networks a contact search mechanism for knowledge sharing and cooperation, by raising information-exchange communities, organising an exchange-visit programme for young researchers/practitioners, by organising Communities of Practice and by project intertwining.
The Thematic Networks produce a state-of-the-art overview of knowledge, tools and practices, a European ICZM training and education curriculum and European Action Plans for addressing priority issues for ICZM implementation. The networking structure and processes are continuously improved by an incorporated feedback-learning cycle. After 3 years the project will
deliver an operational European coastal network structure supporting the exchange of knowledge and experience within and between the communities of science, policy and practice. |
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