Between EU requirements and actual benefit -FRM planning in Northrhine-Westfalia

The Ministry of Environment of the federal state Northrhine-Westfalia coordinates the implementation of the EU floods directive in the state's different river basins. To ensure a similar quality of the plans as well as similar participation standards the Ministry has started a coordination and quality management process in 2010. Within this process guidelines and formats are being developed for the regional planning activities. It includes the coordination and the data management for flood risk maps and the planning processes for the Flood Risk Management Plans. The standards and guidance documents are presented here by the contracted consultancies.