25Nov 2016
CEP running a brainstorming event for the European Commission

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CEP to run a brainstorming event on the development of a methodological framework for the identification of emerging environmental risks

As part of our work on the ongoing project to develop a methodological framework for the systematic identification of emerging risks to the environment for DG Environment of the European Commission, CEP together with our consortium partner Milieu Ltd are organising and facilitating a one-day brainstorming event.  The event will take place on Thursday 1st December 2016, in Brussels, and will bring together experts from across the European Commission.

The brainstorming will be a participatory event in which the CEP and Milieu team actively facilitate working sessions with experts, to discuss and explore topics including: the scope and characteristics of a potential European system for the identification of emerging environmental risks; and existing methods that could contribute to a systematic framework for identifying emerging environmental risks.

For more information on this event and the project please contact the CEP project manager Owen White.

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25Nov 2016
CEP at Scottish Government stakeholder meeting

CEP at Scottish Government Ecosystems and Land Use Stakeholders Engagement Group meeting

CEP’s Dr Peter Phillips was invited to attend a meeting to discuss the Ecosystems and Land Use related components of the Scottish Government’s new Strategic Research Programme (SRP) 2016-2021. The event, that took place on 14 November, was hosted by the Main Research Providers (James Hutton Institute and SRUC) and provided an opportunity for stakeholders to discuss and influence the forthcoming research programme. 

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18Nov 2016
CEP’s papers at the FloodRisk 2016 conference published

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CEP’s papers on community engagement in flooding published

Two papers submitted by CEP’s Dr Clare Twigger-Ross and Paula Orr at the FloodRisk2016 conference are now available online via the following links:

  • Citizen involvement in flood risk management: flood groups and networks by Clare Twigger-Ross, Paula Orr, Katya Brooks and Rolands Sadauskis.  The paper discusses the nature and structure of flood groups, the process of their development, and the extent of their linkages with formal institutions, drawing out the barriers and facilitators to developing institutional resilience at the local level.
  • ‘Pieces of kit’ are not enough: the role of infrastructure in community resilience by Paula Orr, Clare Twigger-Ross, Katya Brooks and Rolands Sadauskis. The paper explores the way that ‘infrastructure resilience capacities’ were developed and examines how physical infrastructure contributed to community flood resilience. It finds that the development of infrastructure resilience depends on strong relations between community members (‘community capital’) as well as relationships between community organisations and flood management institutions (‘institutional resilience’). 

Both papers draw on  research carried out by CEP for the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) to evaluate the Flood Resilience Community Pathfinder (FRCP) scheme in England.

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18Nov 2016
CEP’s review of Flood Awareness Wales published

Photo credit: ‘Flooded Esplanade’ by Ben Salter on Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Natural Resources Wales published CEP’s review of Flood Awareness Wales

CEP was commissioned by Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to carry out a review of the community engagement element of the Flood Awareness Wales (FAW) programme.

The FAW programme was developed by Welsh Government and Environment Agency Wales (now NRW) in 2010 to contribute to the delivery of flood and coastal erosion risk management objectives by raising awareness and increasing the preparedness of communities.

The main aims of the evaluation were to assess the effectiveness of current approaches to community engagement; and to review local, national and international best practice in order to provide evidence and recommendations for future practice to increase community flood resilience in Wales. 

The Executive Summary, presenting the findings of the evidence review, is available on NRW’s website. For a full copy of the report please email NRW at: Floodawareness.wales@cyfoethnaturiolcymru.gov.uk

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