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Partners
Aquafin - Belgian company specialised in wastewater treatment and mainly active in Flanders.
Conseil Général de la Seine-Saint-Denis - The General Council of Seine-Saint-Denis is the deliberative assembly of the French department Seine-Saint-Denis, located in the Île-de-France region; it is headquartered in Bobigny.
Conseil Général du Val-de-Marne - The General Council of Val-de-Marne is the deliberative assembly of the French department of Val-de-Marne, , located in the Île-de-France region; it is headquartered in Créteil.
Delft University of Technology - Also known as TU Delft, it is the largest and oldest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands.
École des Ponts ParisTech - A university-level institution of higher education and research, headquartered in Marne-la-Vallée (suburb of Paris), it is a member of ParisTech (Paris Institute of Technology). Founded in 1747, it is the world's oldest civil engineering school and it remains to this day one of the most prestigious and selective French Grandes Écoles.
Gemeente Rotterdam - The government of the municipality and city of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.
Imperial College of London - Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, medicine and business.
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - The Catholic University of Leuven is a Dutch-speaking university in Flanders. Belgium's oldest university, it is located in the centre of the historic town of Leuven, home to the university since 1425.
Local Government Flood Forum - The LGFF is a forum of local governments that intends to give local councils a strong voice and a fair deal on flooding matters.
Met Office - The United Kingdom's national weather service.
Météo France - The French national meteorological service.
Provincie Zuid Holland - The Province of South-Holland.
Veolia Environnement - A French transnational company in the environmental services sector, with activities in three service and utility areas: water management, waste management and energy management.
Funding Programme
Interreg IVB NWE - INTERREG North-West Europe (NWE) is a Programme of the European Union to promote the economic, environmental, social and territorial future of the North-West Europe area. It funds activities based on the cooperation of partners from eight countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.