Monday, 27th June 2016

Joost Backx Rijkswaterstaat

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Rijkswaterstaat’s mission

Rijkswaterstaat is the executive organisation of the ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment. We maintain and develop national roads, waterways and open waters, and will be supporting a sustainable environment.

With others we commit ourselves to a country that is protected against floods. With sufficient nature and sufficient and clean water. Where you can travel fluently and safely.

To be engaged with others to make the Netherlands safe, sustainable and accessible.

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Rijkswaterstaat in a nutshell

•  around 8,800 employees in 2015

•  7 regional departments, 16 districts,

4 process departments, 1 department for

scope and 1 corporate department

•  special departemental agency since 2006

•  annual budget: 5 billion euro in 2014

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Rijkswaterstaat’s area of management Rijkswaterstaat is in charge of three national infrastructure networks

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Management Area of Main Water Systems

•  90,310 km² of surface water •  35 kilometres of dunes •  201 kilometres of dikes and dams •  10 weirs •  Afsluitdijk and Houtribdijk (two dikes) •  5 storm surge barriers

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North Sea issues

•  Spatial planning

•  Cumulative effects

•  Fisheries measures under CFP (MSFD and N2000) •  Ecological functioning (climate change, resilience)

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Cumulative effects

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Fisheries measures International Doggerbank