Waterways Forward

0: British Waterways

1: South Tipperary County Council

South Tipperary County Council – County Hall, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Ireland

2: Central Directorate for Water and Environment (VKKI)

3: Waterways Ireland

Waterways Ireland (UK and Ireland) – 2 Sligo Road, Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, BT74 7JY

CONTACT: John MCKEOWN

john.mckeown@waterwaysireland.org

4: Association of Riverside Towns of the Castille Channel, (SIRGA)

Association of Riverside Towns of the Castille Channel, (SIRGA)- C/ Pasión 5, 4A, 47001, Valladolid, Spain.CONTACT: (General Enquiries)

WF@idcnacional.org

5: Navigli Lombardi s.c.a.r.l

6: Province of Ferrara

7: Association Regio Water

Association Regio Water – Koningkade 40, 2596 AA Den Haag, The Netherands

CONTACT: Manita KOOP

0031 (0)15 8200 200

dir.project@waterwegwijzer.nl

8: Telemark County Council

9: Waterways Forward Lead Partner - Stiching Recreatietoervaart Nederland (SRN)

Stiching Recreatietoervaart Nederland (SRN)


Lead partner
Hoofdstraat 82,
3972 LB,
Driebergen,
Netherlands

Contact person; N.A.W. van Lamsweerde
Tel: 0031 (0)343-524762
Email: www.srn.nl

10: County Administrative Board of Värmland

County Administrative Board of Värmland – Våxnäsgatan 5, SE 651 86, Karlstad, Sweden

CONTACT Katarina NORDMARK

Katarina.nordmark@lansstyrelsen.se

11: Savonlinna Region Federation of Municipalities

Savonlinna Region Federation of Municipalities – Olavinkatu 27 D, 57130, Savonlinna, Finland

CONTACT: Juha TURTIAINEN

00358-44-571-5853

juha.turtiainen@savonlinnaseutu.fi

12: French Waterways (VNF)

French Waterways (VNF) – 175, rue Ludovic Boutleux-BP 820, 62408, Béthune, France

CONTACT: Véronique VERGÉS

veronique.verges@vnf.fr

13: PWMC Vode Vojvodine

14: Vidzeme Planning Region

Vidzeme Planning Region Berzaines iela 5, LV 4101, Cesis, Latvia

CONTACT: Ineta PURI?A

00371-26382820

ineta.purina@vidzeme.lv

15: Municipality of Brzeg Dolny

Municipality of Brzeg Dolny ul. Kolejowa 29, 56-120, Brzeg Dolny, Poland

CONTACT: Monika KAPLON

0048 071 319 51 17 (internal number: 216)

fundusze@brzegdolny.pl

16: Municipality of Dunaújváros

Municipality of Dunaújváros Városháza tér 1-3, 2400, Dunaújváros, Hungary

CONTACT: Krisztian Halupka

+36 25 412 211 ext. 119

halupka@pmh.dunanaet.hu

17: River Suir Cafe

“Suir River Café: Lay of the Land” engages local communities with challenges and opportunities of the Suir River valley and offers participation in Waterways Forward through community mapping. This practice focuses on Public participation and social inclusion through the engagement of communities with challenges/opportunities of governance, environment, climate change and multifunctional use of the local and regional inland waterway of the River Suir.
Click to view:
http://www.waterways-forward.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/South-Tipp-Riv-Cafe-G31.pdf

www.southtippheritage.ie

18: Implementation of WFD for Canals

The Water Framework Directive was set up in 2000 to establish a framework for the protection of all waters and to achieve to
achieve Good Ecological Potential (GEP) by 2015. This includes canals which are classified as Artificial Water Bodies (AWBs) under the Directive. “But establishing the ecological value for canals is not straightforward because -unlike
rivers that have pristine conditions-this is man made infrastructure that has to be
managed.”
This project was started in 2005 to both implement a monitoring programme and to develop a canal classification tool so that
the canals could be assessed, and GEP’s achieved.  The current canal monitoring
programme consists of 40 monitoring
sites throughout the canals in Ireland across four River Basin Districts.
Read more:
http://www.waterways-forward.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Waterways-Ireland-EC1.pdf

19: BEE 4 Biodiversity

The focus of this practice is on public participation and social inclusion through a raising awareness campaign ‘Bee 4 Biodiversity’. The campaign began during the public participation process in the compilation of the first South Tipperary Biodiversity Action Plan; a schools art competition was held to design a bee logo to represent biodiversity in South Tipperary. The campaign promotes public awareness of local biodiversity and encourages public participation in promoting and addressing their local biodiversity issues.
Read more:
http://www.waterways-forward.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/South-Tipp-Bee-4-G6.pdf

20: Management of Heritage Sites

This project was set up to manage the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct World Heritage Site. Its objective is to establish good practice in securing and managing a waterway-related Heritage Site.
The site consists of a 206 year old aqueduct and an 18km corridor of the Llangollen canal lying adjacent to it. The aqueduct is one of the most significant engineering structures on the British canal system. The corridor contains a wide range of historic canal-related structures and buildings, including tunnels, cuttings, wharves, houses, water control structures and a second major historic aqueduct at nearby Chirk.
UNESCO World Heritage Site status was applied for in 2005, on the 200th year anniversary of the completion of the aqueduct. The application was successful and in 2009 the status was granted. The application process and successful achievement of status has had beneficial results. Rather than just securing the waterway’s heritage, it has led to the development of tourism in the area as well as giving voice to the local communities who have expressed an interest in becoming involved in the management of the WHS.
A community development project has been established to bring together 11 communities along the 18 km canal corridor. This is coordinated by a community project officer. It focuses on facilitating an understanding and greater awareness of the heritage, culture and biodiversity of the canal and its corridor and encourages participation in its environmental conservation, including capacity building in conservation skills.
The overall outcome is that the potential for these type of developments to occur across other heritage waterway sites through the achievement of WHS status has been understood, and so may be applied to other sites in the future.

Click to view:
http://www.waterways-forward.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/UK-G13.pdf

21: Freight Traffic

We are in the midst of transferring the classification of our body of water from inland ocean to inland waterway. This would bring great positive impact on the capacity of freight transport within our waterways- reducing costs for industry and decongesting the railway and highways from lorries.”
Shipping has existed in one form or another throughout the existence of the inhabitants in the Lake Vänern area. In the 16th and 17th century, single-mast wooden ships known as bojorts began carrying freight on the lake. When the King Karl Canal was opened in Vänersborg in 1778, it allowed ships to sail to Trollhättan. In 1800 the Trollhätte Canal opened, enabling them to navigate all the way out to sea.
Today the canal locks in Trollhättan determine the maximum size of vessel that can enter Lake Vänern. The vessels can be up to 88m and can carry around 4000T. Around 2700 freight vessels pass through the locks at Trollhättan each year. There are 11 ports on Lake Vänern. Six of these are part of Vänerhamn AB: a port company that was set up in 1994, of which 90 percent is owned by its neighbouring municipalities.
In total, more than 2.6 million tonnes of freight are handled every year on average. Of all the port facilities, Gruvön and Lidköping handle the largest volumes. Slightly oversimplifying, you could state that pulp wood, timber, petroleum products, pulp and paper are the main freight goods handled in the north of Lake Vänern, while the south handles bulk freight such as fodder, fertilizer, salt, alloys and coke.
Read more:
http://www.waterways-forward.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Sweden-EC4.pdf

22: Public & Private Participation

The Castilla Channel runs through a predominantly rural area, formed by 38 small municipalities, with a very low population density. Within this context, the development of public-private initiatives for the economic management and recovery of the Castilla Channel resources has arisen as a solution to a lack of dynamism in the community. This solution also reduces the costs and risks associated with private initiatives.
The stretch of the Castilla Channel that runs through the town of Melgar de Fernamental is only 11 kilo meters. However, it is becoming a tourist attraction due to the improvements and renovations carried out in recent years. The works carried out included the hydrological and environmental recovery of the route; the restoration of lock number 42; the renovation of the lock keeper’s house into a centre displaying the old Channel trades; the transformation of a warehouse into a Rural Tourism Centre; and finally the vessel San Carlos de Abánades, which will provide boat trips between lock 14 and the aqueduct of Abánades.
After the execution of the works, the County Council of Burgos and the Town Council of Melgar de Fernamental will be in charge, in an experimental way, of resource management (to provide a range of new facilities). Currently, it is in the process of public bidding for assigning the management and use of the facilities of the Rural Tourism Centre to local entrepreneurs. It is expected that the rest of facilities will also be privately managed.
“This is an experience that demonstrates it is possible to develop activities along the canal that are both multi-functional and complementary. Even within the low-density demographic area -where there is a lack of private enterprise- it is the public bodies that regenerate the area and make it available for private use. This is quickly becoming the most adequate way in preserving and managing the heritage assets built along the canal.”

http://www.waterways-forward.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Spain-G19.pdf

23: Typology for Decentralisation

In Hungary, the year before the country joined the EU, there was a strongly concentrated two level water management system in work: a central governmental body and 12 territorial water management directorates. In 2004, the year Hungary joined the EU, the dividing and transforming of the tasks and roles between the central and territorial organizations in the field of the water management sector began. Despite the system of the administrative structure’s network not being transformed, it has nevertheless represented a significant change in the field of decision-making among the different levels of the structure.
Read more:
http://www.waterways-forward.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Hungary-VKKI-G291.pdf

24: STABILISE the Loess Wall

Along the left side of the Danube in Hungary, a 10m high line of loess wall can be found that is more than 100km long. All along this length, parts of the wall regularly erode away causing serious damage in the surroundings; a process that intensifies in rainy weather.
The loess is a very small granulated un-stratified pale yellow deposit that is found in the steep banks; when affected by humidity or pressure it is susceptible to slipping. The fluctuation of the groundwater level can also contribute to this type of erosion. Due to the extreme weather of the few last years, which have included strong rainfalls, much slipping has occurred which has resulted in serious damage being caused.
The loess wall nearby Dunaújváros has already collapsed several times during the past few years. Due to this fact, a complex bank-protecting system has already been developed along several parts of the wall –as a relevant European level example. This urgent intervention is justified by the fact that further movements will cause an almost irreversible damage in the national monument area and in the surrounding public waterworks.
Surface and underground drainage system independent from the communal sewer prevent the crumbling of the embankment around 260 kilometers long. Biological protection is provided by plants cultivated on the loess slope. The flora of the area is of a value similar to an arboretum.

25: Multifunctional Waterways

Lower Silesia is one of the most beautiful and warmest regions of Poland, famous for its mineral waters, picturesque and diverse landscapes and rich traditional culture.
The Odra river valley weaves through this region; the second biggest river in Poland. It is a unique area, that hosts the Wroclaw Water Junction -an engineering achievement- and much virgin land that lies outside the city. With its natural wealth and beauty, the hidden and forgotten potential of the river has become of interest once again.
The municipality of Brzeg Dolny -a small commune which lies on the right bank of the Oder river- is attempting to revive and revalorize the forgotten potential of Oder river and adjacent areas. “We realize that years of state centralized economy before democracy in Poland have left the river almost unused for any sort of tourism or transport other than economical and it is also very polluted due to nearby chemical plant.”
Brzeg Dolny has started to develop more intensively since its first days as local government in the early nineties. It was one of the first communes in Poland to develop a Local Land Development Plan, a document which sets clear rules for urban planning.
Multifunctional use of the river is the main planning objective. “We need to understand and discover the issues concerned with the multi-functional use of waterways, and to transfer the acquired knowledge and partner experience into actions aimed to revitalise tourism in adjacent areas of the river Oder. We also need to develop a system of integrated water management of the Oder river basin, taking into account the need for flood protection; preparation of preventive development plans; protection of water and the natural environment cleanliness as well as all-business and consumer transport needs.”
Read more:
http://www.waterways-forward.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Poland-G17.pdf

26: Stakeholder Network

This practice focuses on transport, energy and culture/ tourism issues. The overall objective is to improve connectivity within the Danube Region and with the rest of Europe, in terms of infrastructures, systems and people. This can be done by improved coordination in infrastructure works, improved operation of transport and energy systems, exchanges of experience on clean energy, and promotion of Danube culture and tourism.
We believe that rehabilitation of the Danube-Tisa-Danube Canal plays the main role in connecting the Danube Region. This waterway network, unique to Europe, connects the Danube and Tisa Rivers and provides multiple functions: navigation, flood protection, irrigation, tourism, hunting and fishing. The total hydrological network has a length of about 1000km of water courses between the rivers Danube and Tisa in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.
The project aims to improve connectivity within the region by improving mobility and intermodality; encouraging more sustainable energy; and promoting culture and tourism, people to people contacts
It aims to protect the environment of the region by restoring and maintaining the quality of waters; managing environmental risks; and preserving biodiversity, landscapes and the quality of air and soils
Finally, the project aims to strengthen the region by stepping up institutional capacity and cooperation and working together to tackle security and organized crime.
Read more:
http://www.waterways-forward.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Hungary-Dunav-EC18.pdf

27: Integrated Tourism Itineraries

When tourist-oriented navigation reopened in 2006 - After 30 years of abandonment- the promotion of the new service became a primary necessity. A rich cultural and architectural heritage had been established
along the canals, and it was thought that the enhancement of this heritage would aid in the canal’s promotion.  Integrated tourist packages are an opportunity to promote the restored Navigli waterways, and the involvement of public and private local stakeholders might provide opportunities to revitalize the local heritage. By taking
a tourist-oriented approach, people are able to learn about the historical significance of the canals for the Milanese area, and thus understand why many architectural and cultural sites still exist today.  The challenge was get the various public and private stakeholders to think collectively towards creating a tourist itinerary that was able to integrate an ancient canal experience (called navigli in Italian), whilst providing opportunities for the discovery
of the local historical buildings, traditions and products in a sustainable way.  hether it be by bicycle, vehicle or foot, the itinerary was to interesting and of course, fun!
“A map of cultural heritage hot spots of the canal area was created by monitoring the activities in and around various historical
buildings and protected natural areas.... Municipalities, local associations, non-profit organisations and farmhouses owners were involved to define the realisation of the tourist opportunities.”
Finally, it was about creating a team spirit that enables ongoing cooperation for long-term perspectives, as well as helping
local stakeholders to set up projects that aim to realise tourist attractions in an indirect manner (through infrastructure,
services etc.), Which are able to be financed by public funds.
Read more;
http://www.waterways-forward.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Italy-Nav-Lom-G2.pdf

28: Tools for Touristic Promotion

Promotional Tools:
‘Panoramic Wheels Guide’ where you can download for free GPS routing, road book, Google Earth coordinates, and other information • A 4 page flyer used in promoting the area and cyclotourism.
• Bar codes on promotional materials designed for smart phones linked to promotional web sites.• A promotional campaign ‘Typical Emotion Guarantee’ linking emotions and activities.• Outputs of promotional actions for the different activities and events are quantifiable and linked to e-mail address.

Public-Private Cooperation: Restoration of ‘Mulino sul Po’ links the heritage of the area to tourism and the waterways. This historical-cultural reclamation enhances the heritage whilst public/private investment and cooperation supports management of the area tourism.
•A “Bike Accommodation Code’ shared with tourism operators, indicates the services and the quality standard of accommodation
• Promotional campaign ‘Typical Emotion Guarantee’ vouchers to spend on accommodation and activities along the river supported by a selected list of tourism operators
• Support for local travel agencies who organise events to promote cyclo-river tourism to create a partnership with Chamber of Commerce of Ferrara and some Municipalities.

Unconventional marketing:
Cyclotourism guide developed by web-marketing plan. Blogs, forum and social networks deliver personalised direct marketing nationwide and provides feedback/suggestions for improvements.
• 20.000 people contacted 70 website listings and specialized magazine articles published
• Hundreds of guide requests.
• Innovative communication project applied to tourism: collaboration with the University of Ferrara and private partners to create a free Web browser. ‘Augmented Reality’ direct or indirect view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sound and graphics. Free access for smartphones to a network of promotional offers. Plans to develop application for cycle-tourism providing tourist routes and technical information.
Read more:
http://www.waterways-forward.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Italy-Ferr-G20.pdf

29: For Salmonid Spawning

The Vidzeme Region is rich in natural beauty with its scenic rivers, lakes and landscapes. A mostly untouched natural environment, it‘s a valuable area that’s ripe for economic development and the establishment of entrepreneurial activities.
Economic development and the sustainable exploitation of natural resources are two of the main priorities of Development Programme and Spatial Planning of the Vidzeme Planning Region.
We are attempting to restore fast-flowing river stretches of EU significance, to ensure the further integrity and sustainability of protected habitats and species. The spawning areas for the Baltic salmon aim to be improved, and the river self-purification capacity and general river biodiversity aim to be increased.
The stretches of river to be re cultivated are chosen according to a river survey, which includes records of stream hydraulics and riverbed substrates, and the degrees of river saturation with macrophytes as the balance of benthic invertebrates and algae.
In total, 20 hectares of riffle areas.have been recultivated. The recultivation activities were divided into 2 stages. The first was mechanical re cultivation, and the treatment of the chosen area through weed removal and mechanical loosening of riverbed in riffle areas. The second was the manual removal of any remaining roots, and the occasional arrangement of stones and assemblages.
Read more:
http://www.waterways-forward.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Latvia-EC8a.pdf

30: Cross-Border Management

A lease of canal area and joint management has enabled the smooth operation of the only inland waterway between EU and Russia. This waterway is the Saimaa canal that has been leased for water traffic from Russia by the state of Finland since 1963.
“The Saimaa region in Finland does not have any other access to the sea. Without any contract we have no route to seas and for the forestry and mining industry they would have to transport goods by lorries or railways to the coast which is lengthy due to the vast distances.”
The Saimaa canal with its surrounding land area was rented from the Soviet Union for 50 years in 1963. The rental agreement included the obligation for Finland to build up the canal and its locks, as well as maintaining operations and the upkeep of the entire structure. The governance of the rentala area and the control of the traffic and maintenance was organised by joint regular meetings of the administrative committee involving high-level civil servants from both countries.
The rental agreement was extended for a new 50-year period in 2010. The rent paid to the Russian government is dependent on traffic volume. In 2011, it is estimated at 1.4 million euros (based on a traffic volume of 1.5 million tons).
“My opinion is that this good practice is not very easy to transfer to other European country because it is based between a land lease contract made within two states…. only three other examples of leasing land area from another country exist worldwide: Guantanamo, the Panama Canal and Macau. That’s why it’s not easy or needed to settle such arrangements.” But the key to this project’s good practice lies with its strategic location. This stretch of water is effectively the only inland water route from the EU to Russia and during the transfer visits interesting discussions were had regarding possible third-party inland navigation routes with Russia.
Read more:
http://www.waterways-forward.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Finland-G9.pdf

31: Glen Millar -Ecobuild video

An interview with the Economic Development Manager of British Waterways. Recorded at Ecobuild 2011. http://research.kingston.ac.uk/ecobuild

32: Transfer visit to Vojvodina (Serbia)

Transfer visit to Vojvodina (Serbia) May 2011. This meeting looked at the EU’s Danube strategy and how commercial and recreational development in their particular region can be achieved. Partners contributed their experiences in tourism, heritage marketing and multifunctional use of waterways.

33: Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Visualisation - See3D

See3D recently completed work on a visualisation of Pontcysyllte Aqueduct for the Royal Commision on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Visualisation - See3D from See3D Animation on Vimeo.

34: Encuentro del Canal de Castilla organizado por SIRGA

SIRGA’s 2nd Regional Stakeholder Platform meeting was held in July this year. To see how the meeting went and some highlights of the working meeting on the Canal de Castilla take a look at the following clips.

35: A Wey on a Field Trip

Kingston University's Landscape Interface Studio takes a field trip down the Wey Navigation.

A Wey on a Field Trip. from Room60 on Vimeo.

36: Cicloturismo a Ferrara - Emilia Romagna CyclE-R

Vieni a scoprire tutti i percorsi cicloturistici di Ferrara: mappe e percorsi gps su CyclE-R! www.cycle-r.it

37: The Future of our Mobillity... Today -- White Paper on Transport

The video clip announces in an imaginative and futuristic way the publication of the White Paper on the Future of Transport published on 28 March 2011. It encourages viewers to visit our website where they will find 50 facts and figures characteristic of the state of transport in Europe today. In addition they will find out more about the measures proposed to create a sustainable and competitive European transport for the future. This includes improving our infrastructure, adopting new legislation to achieve the internal market, supporting new technologies that will enable us to better manage our traffic and developing clean vehicles.

38: Climate Change: Floods

The United Kingdom has seen two unprecedented rainfall episodes in June and July 2007 during which more than a month's worth of rain fell in a few hours in some places and floods forced thousands from their homes. Tens of thousands have been deprived of drinking water and electricity as the UK suffered its worst floods in 60 years. A recent major scientific study carried out by national UK climate institutes has established for the first time that more intense rainstorms across parts of the northern hemisphere are being generated by man-made global warming caused by human emissions of greenhouse gases.

39: Brentford Lock: Intro from Pat Brown of the Landscape Interface Studio

40: Navigli by Day - Scenario

by MovieDesignPolimi on 15 Mar 2011Authors: Ambrogio Bergamaschi, Matteo Bonera, Giovanni Duò, Laura Grasseni, Michela Melandri?2 min. 50 sec.

41: Navigli by Day - MiniDOC

Authors: Ambrogio Bergamaschi, Matteo Bonera, Giovanni Duò, Laura Grasseni, Michela Melandri?5 min. 47 sec.

42: Naviglio, cuore di Milano

Uno slideshow per sognare, immaginare, creare.Progetto: Il MultiversoCura: Fabrizio Mele

43: Redevelopment of River Tourism on Sambre Corridor

The river Sambre crosses a vast
low density territory, but crosses
territory that is in a privileged location,
including both proximity
to the Paris area and Belgium
with its structuring river corridors.
Yet its severed networks, its
remoteness from major urban
centers and the mono-functionality
of its industry have all left
scars and in 2006 the river was
closed to navigation by the VNF
due to an old canal bridge in
Vadencourt facing major risk of
collapse.
In 2010 an important policy was
put into action at national level.
The French ministry of Transport
established a list of the smallest
waterways that could be decentralised
in France, due to their
economic maintenance contribution
failing short of overhead
levels. If local authorities failed
to declare an interest, then the
VNF could close the waterways
for navigation, retaining solely
the hydraulic function.
The local government of the
Sambre was directly affected by
the report because the river was
on the list for closure. They organized
a socioeconomic analysis
to demonstrate the quality of
the waterways and their potential
interest for tourism development
and multifunctional uses.
Due to the cross-border location,
the Sambre was able to gather
stakeholders around ambitious
projects to create a network of
partners. In June 2010, the project
Waterways Forward granted
the opportunity to launch a study
on the Sambre river in order to
gauge the potential of re-opening
the river Sambre to navigation.
The study presented a new
vision concerning the economic
potential of the Sambre corridor.
It has demonstrated the economic
potential of the Sambre
and the necessity to re-open the
waterway to navigation.
Read more:
http://www.waterways-forward.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/France-GP14.pdf

44: Tourism innovation networks and regional policy case

45: Waterways Forward Project Partner Presentation Savonlinna Region

46: British Waterways - Twentytwenty - our proposed new strategy

British Waterways is proposing that its 2,200 mile, 200 year old waterway network is moved out of direct state control and into a new 'third sector' or trust organisation within the next 10 years. If you would like to learn more please watch this short film outlining our proposed new strategy.

47: British Waterways high speed video

48: Clonmel Junction Festival 2011 - Suir River Café

An interview with Lyn Mather, one of the curators of the Suir Rive Café. The Suir River Café explored the world of the Suir, it's past, present and future.The Suir River Café, with Lyn Mather, Lanscape Studio & South Tipp Country Heritage Office, at Clonmel Junction Festival 2011.Clonmel Junction Festival takes over several disused premises in the town centre and created themed interactive cafes, where members of the public can observe, discuss, engage and participate in a number of arts practices. Check out http://junctionfestival.com/carte-blanche for more information.

49: Junction TV episode 2

50: Communities engaged in South Tipperary

Landscape Interface Studio, Kingston University's  ‘The Lay of the Land’ workshop concluded with a presentation, of all the documentation summarising the comments and feedback during the individual workshops in Cahir, Carrick-on-Suir, Ardfinnan and Clonmel, to the South Tipperary Heritage Forum / Regional Stakeholder Platform at the Suir River Café.

Read document:
http://www.waterways-forward.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/4__Suir_Local-_Cahir.pdf

51: Carrick-on-Suir, Heritage Document

The Suir River Café was collaboration between South Tipperary County Council Heritage Office, Landscape Interface Studio (LIS) and local artist Lyn Mather. It was a novel interactive Café where members of the public could observe, discuss, engage and participate in a number of outreach workshops led by the LIS team.  The Café was supported by South Tipperary County Council (STCC) the Heritage Council and Waterways Forward. 

To read document:

52: Our Suir Open workshop

‘The Lay of the Land’ was a series of community participation workshops to reveal the potential of the River Suir.

53: Afloat magazine – Article (Waterways Ireland)

Press coverage of Waterways Forward Dublin meeting Sept 2011

Read article:
http://www.waterways-forward.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Afloat-magazine-web-page.pdf

54: Waterways Forward– Interim Exhibition Dublin

55: River Suir Café – South Tipperary July 2011

River Suir Cafe was an exciting collaboration whose aim was to extend the reach of the River Suir and engage with the wider community, sharing experiences, ideas and skills, and illustrating potential inheritance projects through time.


Read blog:
http://workinglandscape.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/river-suir-cafe-%E2%80%93-south-tipperary-july-2011/

56: River Suir Interactive website

Click to view:
http://podcasting.ie/riversuir/

57: River Suir Newsletter Dec 2011

To view:
http://www.southtippheritage.ie/media/Suir%20River%20Newsletter%20December%202011.pdf

58: Italian Waterways Renaissance

Waterways Forward Newsletter
Click to read:

http://www.waterways-forward.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Newsletter-2-Final-pdf.pdf

59: Spanish Meeting Reveals Best Practice

Waterways Forward Burgos meeting Jan 2011

Click to read:
http://www.waterways-forward.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Newsletter-3-FINAL.pdf

60: Dublin Masterclasses Newsletter

Masterclassses to decide the way ahead - Waterways Forward Dublin Partners's Meeting

Click links to read more:

http://www.waterways-forward.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Newsletter-4-Final.pdf

http://www.waterways-forward.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Newsletter-5-Final.pdf

61: Encuentro sobre el Canal de Castilla organizado por SIRGA (part2)

Las conclusiones de las sesiones de trabajo celebradas en Becerril de Campos (Palencia) y Medina de Rioseco (Valladolid) bajo el auspicio de la Asociación de Municipios Ribereños del Canal de Castilla, SIRGA, señalan a ésta como "interlocutor privilegiado ante las administraciones". Ello permitirá hablar "con una sola voz" y "coordinar las diferentes políticas e intereses concernidos". Asimismo, se reclama adecuar el Plan Regional de Ámbito Territorial del Canal de Castilla para, entre otras materias, desarrollar normas específicas para usos especiales, como la navegación

62: «El Canal de Castilla es tu'. niño en pañales aún»

Press coverage of Waterways Forward Spain meeting Jan 2011

Read more:

http://www.fecitcal.com/sirga/archivodeprensa/sirga%20diario%20palentino.pdf

63: Room for the River

The residents in the river region were confronted anxious times in 1993 and 1995. The water levels were extremely high and the dikes just managed to hold. A quarter of a million people had to be evacuated. Extremely high river discharges will occur more frequently in the future and for this reason it was decided to ensure that the rivers could discharge the forecast greater volumes of water without flooding. The Government approved the Room for the River Plan (Planologische Kernbeslissing Ruimte voor de Rivier) in 2007. This Plan has three objectives:
- by 2015 the branches of the Rhine will cope with a discharge capacity of 16,000 cubic metres of water per second without flooding;
- the measures implemented to increase safety will also improve the overall environmental quality of the river region;
- the extra room the rivers will need in the coming decades to cope with higher discharges due to the forecast climate changes, will remain permanently available.
A range of measures is being implemented to create more room for the river and reduce high water levels, such as lowering the floodplains, relocating dikes further inland, lowering groynes in the rivers and deepening the summer beds. Strengthening dikes is a measure that will be implemented only when the alternatives are too expensive or inadequate.
The programme also aims to boost the economy, ecology & scenic value of the rivers region; investing in its environmental quality will make the region more attractive & appealing, and will offer more room to nature & recreation.
Read more:
http://www.waterways-forward.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Netherlands-ec16.pdf

64: Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area

65: Wakeboard navigli Milano 2011

66: Turbigo - Surfisti sul Naviglio Grande (Surfers on the Naviglio)

Two surfers challenge a hydroelectric plant wave on the Naviglio (artificial canal) just outside Milan, Italy.

67: Milano: Fiori sul Naviglio Grande

68: Fishing under ice

Some under ice views from beautiful lake Saarijärvi in Vaala, Finland.

Fishing under ice from Juuso Mettälä on Vimeo.

69: Waterways Forward -- Environment & Climate Masterclass

Waterways Forward – EU Interreg IVC project Environment & Climate MasterclassThe Waterways Forward Masterclass session in Dublin Sept 2011 was supported by Dr Ronald Waterman, international expert on water management from the Netherlands.

70: Landscape Interface Studio, Kingston University

The Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture counts many of Britain's most successful creative practitioners among its graduates. The Schools of Fine Art, Art & Design History, Design, Architecture & Landscape, and Surveying & Planning have all produced graduates that are now successful in their fields.

http://fada.kingston.ac.uk/

http://www.landscapeis.org/showground.html

71: LandscapeisFFWD website

Innovation and enterprise opportunities in waterway environment.  Landscape Interface Studio examines 'cost' and 'value' of strategic design and management issues and solutions. 

http://landscapeisffwd.wetpaint.com/

landscape.is blog

http://www.landscapeis.org/blog.html

72: Camley Street Nature Reserve

http://landscapeisffwd.wetpaint.com/page/CAMLEY+STREET

Two unique acres of wild green space right in the heart of London, this innovative and internationally acclaimed reserve on the banks of the Regent's Canal is a place for both people and wildlife.

73: 50 years of Protecting Europe's Environment

Today the European Union has the most environmentally-friendly arsenal of rules in the world and has done more to tackle pressing ecological problems, such as climate change, than any other major power. But it has not always been like this. Caring for the environment did not feature in the Treaty of Rome, the document that gave birth to the modern day EU. Yet environmental problems were never far away. Europe's love affair with the car was moving into top gear, industry was busy belching out pollutants and raw sewage was being pumped into our rivers and seas.

74: River Suir Showcase Seminar

75: Rivert Suir Seminar, 31st January 2012, Carrig Hotel, Carrick-on-Suir.

River Suir Action Plan in South Tipperary which was kicked-off by a seminar event - a follow up to requests from local people during the Suir River Cafe --part of the Clonmel Junction Festival and community workshops in Ardfinnan, Cahir, Clonmel and Carrick-on-Suir undertaken by Landscape Interface Studio, Kingston University and local artist Lynne Mather on behalf of South Tipperary County Council and the Heritage Council. The River Suir Seminar was an opportunity to share river information, to hear about all the projects that are underway and to encourage local people to become involved and develop an action plan for the River Suir

76: Stakeholder network

http://www.waterways-forward.eu/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Norway-G21.pdf

"We are trying to bring communitiesfrom the seaside andcountryside together throughdialogue. Early on, we realisedthat if they were together in acommon project it was easierto understand each other’sdifferences. It is definitely notthe same environmental, economic,social situation beinga community in the countrysideas opposed to one alongthe seaside.”“Since waterways flow fromone place to another naturally,we decided to use it as thecommon thread that ties allcommunities together. Youcould say the waterways actas our means of communicating.”

77: Limehouse Leisure

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2PMfDdXLBo
Limehouse Leisure: a project on the Limehouse Cut in east London, presenting the idea of transforming this strip of neglected industrial canal; located in one of the most deprived areas of the UK; into an all encompassing leisure facility for the local community and beyond. With the aim of providing gymnasiums, areas for exercise classes, team sports, solo pursuits, watersports and a host of leisure activities all in one place for free.