WaterLIFE & CaBA Partnerships
Rob Collins – The Rivers Trust [email protected]
Overarching Objectives Water Stewardship: wider business commitment to support delivery of WFD in EU (Objective 2)
Civil society engagement: local and regional third sector groups engaged in River Basin Management Plan development and delivery (Objective 3) ‘Working with Communities, Businesses and Government for Healthy Rivers’ Collaborative working at a catchment scale – NGO’s, businesses, water companies, local authorities to deliver improvements to our freshwater environment
Policy Enabling Conditions • Catchment Pages in RBMP’s
Policy Enabling Conditions Flood Risk Management increasingly seen by Government as a catchment wide issue
Policy Enabling Conditions
• Building the Business Case - Letter to Secretary of State,
• Cascade Economic Report • Opportunity to influence Defra 25 year
Environment plan • Greater CaBA involvement in WFD Liaison
Panels
Capacity Building
Urban Water Management
• Series of Urban Water Management Workshops
• Aimed primarily at engaging Local Authorities (planners, flood specialists, highways etc)
• Building the case for wider engagement and collaborative working
• Capacity Building component for CaBA partnerships; SuDS, misconnections, green infrastructure etc
• Worcester Workshop – April 19th
CaBA Data Package
http://waterlife.org.uk/2015/10/brand-new-citizen-science-toolkit-launched/
Upscaling; from demo catchment to RBD
• Encourage Regional Partnership Hubs
• Drive Knowledge Exchange across the Severn RBD
• Build a shared evidence/information platform
• Help to build capacity
• Encourage development of Catchment Plans
• Support to Magnificent 7?
Shared Information Platforms & Story Maps
Engaging key stakeholders
• Series of WaterLIFE ‘how to engage’ Guides • Local Authorities, Local Businesses, Water
Companies, Agriculture Sector, LEP’s etc • Understand their business drivers • Convey the benefits to them of collaborative working
Catchment Plans • Local stakeholders collectively
prioritise action
• Catchment Plans inform WFD River Basin Management plans
• Plans capture robust evidence and data
• Can incorporate a series of project proposals
• Rationale, Outcomes, Timelines, Roles & Responsibilities
• Build confidence in the partnerships as a delivery partner
WaterLIFE, WFD & CaBA
Rob Collins – The Rivers Trust [email protected]