FLOODCOM

Daniel Chiswell

Floodcom Project Manager

FLOODCOM is an INTERREG IVa Project

Part of the 2 Seas programme

Priority 2 b. Develop activities to prevent and cope with natural, technological and human risks and to guarantee the quality of the environment

5 Partners in 4 European Countries

Total project budget € 5 620 049

ERDF € 2 810 024

1. Essex County Council

(lead partner), England

2. Chelmsford City Council,

England

3. Waterwegen en Zeekanaal

NV, Antwerp, Belgium

4. Institution Interdepartementale

Des Wateringues, St Omer,

France

5. City of Breda, Netherlands

Main Aims:

Share a set of technical solutions to flooding through technical exchanges and an international tool kit. (Activity 1 & 2)

Promote flood awareness through an education campaign aimed at school children and through geocaching activities (Activity 3)

Activity 3

FLOODCOM Education Programme

Led by Essex County Council

Education advisor works with

partners to integrate flood

awareness into school curriculum.

Geocaching

Innovative way to engage communities and educate about flood awareness.

A fun activity where a cache is hidden and found by participants.

Clues help the discovery of the

cache and educate at the same

time.

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Design of FLOODCOM token by schoolchildren

Share design on project education

website

Stimulus for education activity

Learn about flood awareness

through design of geocaching

activity example geocaching token

Activity just beginning –no successes yet!

What issues can be foreseen with the project?

Different cultures,

different approaches?

Please let me have

Your comments and

feedback

Results

Outcomes:

4 new geocaching sites in 4 European countries

4 schools learning about flooding as part of the school curriculum

An international education pack

Website: www.floodcom.eu

Contact: Daniel Chiswell (FLOODCOM Project Manager)

Telephone: +44 (0)1245 433329

Email: daniel.chiswell@essex.gov.uk