North Sea Skills Integration and New Technologies

Speaking a multi disciplinary language to integrate the worlds of spatial planning and water management. Encouraging the implementation of innovative technical and sustainable solutions which have already proved to be successful.

Results of SKINT
SKINT raises awareness amongst decision makers about sustainability in general and the environment in particular to help ensure that better decisions are made about measures to improve water quality and reduce flood risk in urban areas.

The results from the project will be used for a permanent water web-portal and a web-based face-to-face training programme for water and urban land use professionals. The permanent portal for urban water and land use in Europe will be complementary to, and will interact with portals developed by other projects. After the completion of the SKINT project, the water portal will continue to be a dynamic user-driven website for multidisciplinary stakeholders and a source of communication about truly sustainable urban water management.

The training programme will increase the ability of professional staff in key public bodies to manage the built environment of existing urban areas so that the needs of integrated land and water planning are better met. The target group for the training will be a range of disciplines involved in water management and spatial planning / development control who as end users will be the champions of sustainability.

Ultimately SKINT will improve the implementation of the WFD and FD to contribute to the improvement of water quality in urban areas and, inter alia, the reduction of flood risk. The project runs between 01.10.2008 and 31.10.2012 and aims to provide an enduring legacy.