Projekt EUROSION

European initiative for sustainable coastal erosion management

EUROSION is a project commissioned by the General Directorate Environment of the European Commission, which will result in policy recommendations on how to manage coastal erosion in Europe in the most sustainable way.

One quarter of the European Union's coast is currently eroding despite the development of a wide range of measures to protect shorelines from eroding and flooding. The prospect of further sea level rise due to climate change and the heritage of mismanagement in the past - such as inappropriate infrastructure - imply that coastal erosion will be a growing concern in the future.

This is why the Directorate General Environment of the European Commission tendered the EUROSION project in 2001, which was won by a consortium led by the National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management of the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management. The implementation of the project started in January 2002. The project is expected to achieve its objectives by the end of 2003 and has a budget of five million euros.

FZI provides technical infrastructure for the EUROSION information system. This includes the search and upload functionality as well as an Editor for the ISO/DIS 19115 compliant EUROSION metadata schema. In addition FZI develops together with Equesto generic guidelines for local information systems on coastal erosion.