Guidance committee

The members of the Guidance Committee are:

Research groups

• Antwerp University - Department of Biology - Ecosystem Management Research group (ECOBE)
• Ghent University -  Biology Department - Terrestrial Ecology Research Group (TEREC)
• Ghent University - Center for Mobility and Spatial Planning (AMRP)
• Ghent University - Geology Department - Renard Centre of Marine Geology (RCMG)
• Université Catholique de Louvain - Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering
• University of Liège - Environmental Sciences and Management Department - Laboratory of Oceanology
• ILVO
• INBO

Coastal communities (Governor of the Province of West Flanders as representative of the coastal mayors)

Governmental agencies

• Responsible for protection of the marine environment (FOD Volkgezondheid - Veiligheid van de Voedselketen en Leefmilieu - Directoraat-Generaal Leefmilieu - Dienst Marien Milieu)
• Responsible for economy and the coordination of aggregate extraction at sea (FOD Economie)
• Responsible for geographical information (Informatie Vlaanderen)
• Responsible for spatial planning (Ruimte Vlaanderen-Afdeling onderzoek en monitoring)
• Responsible for integrated coastal zone management (Provincie West-Vlaanderen - Streekhuis Kust - Gebiedsgerichte Werking - Kust)
• Responsible for nature protection (Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos)

NGOs

• Natuurpunt
• WWF

Consultants

• Individual experts
• Engineering, environmental and architectural consultants: Antea, Arcadis
• Survey companies: Eurosense, G-tec, GEOxyz

Dredging companies

• Jan De Nul
• DEME

Network organisation The Blue Cluster

 

If your institute or company has interest in participating in the Guidance Committee, please contact Jaak Monbaliu.