European Centre for River Restoration
Acronym: ECRR
General Information
Identification Code: 598486033693-78
Website: [object Object]
Entity Form: Association
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 1/20/2019
Last Update: 2/13/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: The ECRR is a European network based on a framework of national networks (national centres for river restoration) whose mission is to enhance and promote river restoration and sustainable river management throughout Europe, to disseminate information on river restoration experiences and approaches and to foster the establishment of national river restoration networks in as many European countries as possible. It shares the same goals of many river restoration national centres, but it acts at the international level, as a "network of networks".
The ECRR promotes river restoration mainly through: its internet website (www.ecrr.org); publications; newsletters;international conferences; thematic workshops;field trips;observer/representation role in international fora.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Agriculture and rural development
- Climate action
- Communication
- Energy
- Environment
- European neighbourhood policy
- Regional policy
- Research and innovation
Levels of Interest:
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: 1. ECRR's response to the Public Consultation to inform the Fitness Check of the EU Water Framework
Directive, it’s associated Directives (Groundwater Directive and Environmental Quality Standards
Directive) and the Floods Directive; March 2019
https://www.ecrr.org/Portals/27/Documents%20content/ECRR%20Submission%20to%20the%20WFD%20Review%2010_3_19.pdf?ver=2020-01-25-141616-977
2. ECRR's statement on the European Commission’s river restoration target of the Biodiversity Strategy 2030; November 2020.
https://www.ecrr.org/Portals/27/Publications/Technical_Newsletter_2_-_2020_nieuw.pdf
3. ECRR's feedback in the open consultation process for the Strategy of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030; May 2020.
4. Wetlands International European Association's (ECRR Member) response to the Report From The Commission To The European Parliament And The Council on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) and the Floods Directive (2007/60/EC) Second River Basin Management PlansFirst Flood Risk Management Plans. Time for a new recipe for flood risk management in Europe; December 2020.
https://mcusercontent.com/4766e02910490b307e4390f15/files/9852fca9-a32f-4965-abec-1118934d0dba/Time_for_new_flood_risk_management_final.pdf
6. 2023 EU Biodiversity Strategy / Nature Restoration Law / Free-flowing rivers; A study on: A European national river continuity restoration policies review. Similarities and differences as well as completeness and effectiveness of 8 single national policies were identified to determine if it is possible to create a general policy framework for river continuity restoration. Existing issues as well as succesful functions of the river (continuity) resiration policies of the single countries are analysed, discussed and recommendations on what an effective and complete policy should antail are given.
Communication Activities: 2. ECRR's publication on the pan-European Policy and Planning Status on River continuity Restoration
https://www.ecrr.org/Publications/id/981
3. Organisation of the European River Symposium, 26-27 May 2021.
https://www.ecrr.org/European-River-Symposium-2021/Reports
9. ECRR's reaction on the Draft regulation on nature restoration: Feedback EC Draft regulation on nature restoration 24082022
https://www.ecrr.org/News-Events/News/ArtMID/15721/ArticleID/265
10. ECRR organised a workshop on Free-flowing rivers at the IS Rivers 2022 conference at 4 July 2022: “Free-flowing rivers and restoration of river connectivity: from theory to operational approaches” with 50 participants from across Europe.
11. ECRR organised a two-day field meeting on urban river restoration in Oslo, Norway at 22/23 September 2022 with 15 participants.
12. ECRR participated and presented in the Norwegian National Seminar on River and Wetland Restoration on 20/21 September 2022 in Oslo, Norway with about 100 participants.
13. ECRR co - organised a workshop with about 90 participants at the Europe-INBO conference 2022 on 26 September in Annecy, France on: River restoration: a European goal at the crossroads of several legisations.
14. ECRR participated and presented in a session of the Europe-INBO conference 2022, Annecy france at 27 September 2022 on: Ecological river continuity restoration with ca. 125 participants.
15. ECRR organised a session at the International River Symposium, Vienna & online 27 November - 1 December on River Restoration Networks. Global knowledge and best practices development and dissemination.
16. ECRR Technical Newsletter December 2022 # 2 with two reports on the workshops of Free Flowing Rivers in Lyon (10) and Annecy (13). https://www.ecrr.org/News-Events/News/ArtMID/15721/ArticleID/269
17. Report on the workshop in Lyon on Free Flowing Rivers (10) https://www.ecrr.org/Publications/id/1131
18. June 2023 Publication of the study A European national river continuity restoration policies review https://www.ecrr.org/Publications/id/1153
19. June 2023 Publication of the ECRR Technical Newsletter 1 - 2023, June https://www.ecrr.org/Publications/id/1154
20. June 22/23, in 2023 ECRR Coordinator gave a keynote presentation in Vienna at the River Management and Ecology Conference on European policies, river restoration and hydropower, organised by vgbe, VÖU and BOKU. Presentation title: From Water Framework Implementation to Fresh-Water Ecosystem Restoration; Partcipants about 50.
21. June 27, 2023 ECRR/INBO Seminar/webinar 'Improving River Continuity Restoration Policies for European Ecosystem-based River Management. Cooperating were the EU Projects MERLIN and Danube4All that make use of the results of ECRR Policies review. There were 125 participants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0AS6BffXlQ&t=4s
22. The Europe - INBO Conference from 16 - 19 October in Valencia in Spain is on the implementation of the EU Water Directives. ECRR will (co)organise a workshop for 100 participants on 'River Restoration and Climate Change. Projects from the ECRR RiverWiki will be presented and discussed with the objective of experience and information exchange on river restoration in different climate change contexts. And a presentation will be given in one of the sessions on the River Continuity Restoration Policies Review.
22. Issue of ECRR Technical Newsletter December 2023 with articles on Strengthening Local Water Governance in Norway through Catchment Coordinators, From Cumbria to Albania: Learning from the Vjosa, Europe's last wild river, Breaking News: River Continuity Restoration in Finland.
23. Issue in 2023 of ECRR eNews #29, #30, #31, #32 #33 and #34 on river restoration news, publications and events.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Biodiversity, hunting, countryside
Head Office
Address: Stationsplein 89
Post Code: 3800 CD
City: Amersfoort
Country: NETHERLANDS
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EU Office
Address: Stationsplein 89
Post Code: 3800 CD
City: Amersfoort
Country: NETHERLANDS
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Financial Data
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Complementary Information: The ECRR organisation members pay a diffferentiated fee of maximum € 1.000,-- per member per year, leading to the direct available budget as mentioned. Although, many of them make through their home organisation substantial (personel) costs for the implementation of the ECRR objectives and activties these can difficult be monitored and are therefore not known. But it is clear that these are the multiple of the direct ECRR budget.
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 5
Members25 Percent: 1
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 6
Members F T E: 0.75
Info Members: The 0.75 fte staff time concerns the ECRR Board members and the seretariat coordinator, who are all volunteers.
ECRR has 14 members, all institutions or organisations active in the field of river retoration and supporting the ECRR as an association with the objective of information exchange and dissimination, communications and technical contributions.
The starting point of the ECRR is that the secretariat mainly coordinates the activities of the ECRR and that the member organizations carry out and put into practice the activities of the association.
The time that the various members, on behalf of their home organization, spend on this is difficult to keep separate and is therefore not mentioned. But this amounts to at least a few FTEs on an annual basis, as a result, the number of FTEs in practice is at least 5.
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: FINLAND: Finnish Environment Institute - SYKE (www.ymparisto.fi)
FINLAND: Finnish Freshwater Foundation - Suomen Vesistösäätiö (https://vesistosaatio.fi/en/home/)
FRANCE: French Agency for Biodiversity - OFB (http://river-restoration.onema.fr/content/physical-restoration-rivers)
ITALY: Italian Centre for River Restoration (Centro Italiano per la Riqualificazione Fluviale) - CIRF (www.cirf.org)
NORWAY: Norwegian Environment Agency - Miljødirektoratet (www.miljodirektoratet.no/english/)
POLAND: Department of Hydraulic Engineering of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences - SSGW (http://w3k2.cem.sggw.pl/en/)
SPAIN: Iberian Centre for River Restoration (Centro Iberico de Restauracion Fluvial) - CIREF (www.cirefluvial.com)
SWEDEN: Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management - Havochvatten (www.havochvatten.se/en)
THE NETHERLANDS: Foundation for Applied Water Research - STOWA (www.stowa.nl)
THE NETHERLANDS: Blue Rivers Foundation (www.blueriversfoundation.org)
UKRAINE: Institute of Water Problems and Land Reclamation - IWPLR (http://igim.org.ua/?gtlang=en)
UNITED KINGDOM: The River Restoration Centre - RRC (www.therrc.com)
FRANCE: INBO International Network of Basin Organisations
THE NETHERLANDS: Wetlands International European Association
SLOVAKIA: Global Water Partnership Central and Eastern Europe
Organisation Members: INBO - International Network of Basin Organizations (www.inbo-news.org)
WIEA - Wetland International European Association (www.wetlands.org)
WFMF - World Fish Migration Foundation (www.fishmigration.com)
GWP - Global Water Partnership (www.gwp.org)