ENDURE - Ensuring Dune Resilience against climate change

ENDURE aims to improve insights into sustainable and cost-effective coastal management of the two seas and to create a natural and dynamic coastline that is resistant to erosion, flooding, and sea level rise (http://www.endure.eu.com/).

Name of the subsidy program

Interreg 2 Seas 2014-2020 is aEuropean territorial cooperation program for England, France, the Netherlands, and Belgium (Flanders). The programme co-financed by theEuropean Regional Development Fund and has a total budget of €241 million. The overall objective is to develop an innovative, knowledge- and research-based, sustainable, and inclusive 2 Seas area, where natural resources are protected and the green economy is promoted.

Project objectives

The ENDURE project focuses on knowledge sharing between the partners, with fifteen organizations participating as 'observers' and monitoring developments within the ENDURE project. The project will deliver tangible benefits for 110 km of coastline and 3302 ha of dune landscape through the application of six new ecosystem-based dune management techniques. The main project results are the installation of nets that collect sand and thus reinforce the dunes, the development of mussel farms to combat erosion, and a mapping tool to visualize the benefits of different dune management techniques (hard engineering versus ecosystem-based techniques).

Location

HHNK's activities take place in the Kop van Noord-Holland region.

Partners

The project has six partners from four different member states (UK, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands):

  • Norfolk County Council (UK)
  • Ministry of Mobility and Public Works (BE)
  • Ghent University (BE)
  • Permanent centre Environmental Initiatives (FR)
  • centre studies and expertise on risks related to mobility and environmental planning (FR)
  • Hollands Noorderkwartier Water Authority (NL)

All parties are working together on climate adaptations in coastal areas that increase the resilience of the dunes, reduce damage from flooding and erosion, and are cost-effective compared to hard engineering solutions.

Budget

The total budget for the project is €2.1 million. HHNK's contribution amounts to €230,000. The Province of North Holland is subsidizing €35,000 and Europe (Interreg) €138,000.

Duration of the project

The project started on January 1, 2018, and is expected to run until December 31, 2020.