4 YEARS OF PUBLIC SECTOR

CO-OPERATION AGREEMENTS (PSCAs)

challenges, successes & the future

Agreement Background

▌Deliver Flood Risk Management Activities

▌Respond to Incidents

▌Deliver Recovery Works

▌High Level agreement

▌Sets the principles of partnership working between Risk Management Authorities

Partnership working North Level IDB

▌Work identified in a specific area that was a local priority for the Risk Management Authority

▌Previous attempts to formalise a co-operative working approach in the area

▌Support throughout the organisation for Partnership working

2013 Morton’s Leam

Before After

2014 Tidal River Nene Dredging

▌ Led to the development of

the Nene Dredging Strategy

▌ 30,000

cubic

metres of

silt from

the river

channel

▌ £100,000

Total

Budget for

this project

2016 River Nene Cradge Bank

0

1

2

3

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6

7

mA

OD

Nene Washes

Cradge Bank

Tidal Nene0 400m

PSCA Future

North Level IDB

▌Demaining / Partnership Approach to Catchment Management

National Perspective

▌Forward Planning of Work

▌Standards of Maintenance

▌Reciprocal Working

▌Incident Management and Recovery

▌Sharing Plant/Equipment

▌Data Capture (efficiency, additional works, good practice etc)

PSCA Uptake