SKINT

The project focuses on the integration and creation of knowledge through various methods for empowering water in interdisciplinary urban development and planning processes. The project has significant relevance for national and EU policy evaluation and it supports the implementation of the Floods Directive (FD) and the Waterframework Directive (WFD).
The project will develop a SKINT Water portal, which provides end-users from the national and regional level with an active source of information for on-line training courses, including an effective web-communication tool.

1 – Building on our Capacity for Innovation

1.3 Building society`s and the institutional capacity for innovation

SKINT will improve the implementation of the European Water Framework Directive (WFD) and Floods Directive (FD) to contribute to the improvement of water quality in urban areas and, inter alia, the reduction of flood risk.
The needs to reach this aim will be addressed by enabling spatial planners, land managers and water managers to enter into multidisciplinary collaborations. SKINT will contribute to this by facilitating communication between disciplines and providing