FramWat

Duration: July 2017 – June 2020 
Funding mechanism: Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme 
Status: Completed proje

Short project description: FramWat addressed increasing floods, droughts, and water pollution in Central Europe by promoting nature-based solutions and small water retention measures as an alternative to traditional grey infrastructure approaches. The project focused on strengthening the landscape’s natural buffer capacity to improve water balance, reduce sediment transport, and enhance nutrient retention. By translating existing scientific knowledge on natural and small water retention measures into practical river basin management tools, FramWat supported more sustainable, ecosystem-based water management and planning across Central Europe.

 Project objectives:  

• Strengthen regional frameworks for flood, drought, and pollution mitigation  
• Promote the systematic application of natural and small water retention measures (N(S)WRM)  
• Improve water balance, nutrient mitigation, and sediment control at catchment level  
• Support integration of nature-based solutions into River Basin Management Plans  
• Enhance horizontal integration between water management, land use, agriculture, forestry, and nature protection  

Role of GWP CEE in the project: GWP CEE contributed to stakeholder engagement and capacity building by facilitating dialogue between municipalities, water authorities, agricultural and forestry stakeholders, and nature protection agencies. GWP CEE supported participatory planning processes, promoted integrated water resources management principles, and helped translate project results into practical guidance for river basin planning and implementation.   

Contact of the responsible GWP CEE project manager: sabina.bokal@gwpcee.org    

 Link to the official project website:  FramWat

Attachments:
World Water Day 2018
Video lecture: Natural small water retention measures
Video: Natural small water retention measures