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On January 10th, 2025, FIER partner Veiligheidsregio Zeeland (Safety Region Zeeland, VRZ) initiated a cross-border Belgium-Netherlands meeting to discuss co-operation between governmental bodies regarding the impact of climate-related incidents. The meeting focused on the challenges of too much (and...

One year ago, the province of West-Flanders began its recovery journey after severe flooding seriously impacted the southern part of the province. For two and a half weeks in November 2023, emergency services and water management partners worked tirelessly to address the crisis. Flooded roads and ut...

It's time to reveal the FIER identity! Join us as we take you through the creative journey that shaped the project's design. FIER stands for Flooding, Infrastructure, Evacuation and Resilience and is an Interreg North Sea Program project, co-funded by the European Union. ...

On October 7th Wendy and Patrick from the Province of Zeeland gave a lecture on the HZ University of Applied Sciences....

During our FIER partner meeting in Caen, our host Builders, demonstrated the potential use of a drone for flood monitoring and rescue activities. ...

In Europe and other countries around the globe, climate-induced floods are dominating the news these days. The recent floods in Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia caused over 20 victims and billions of damage. With floods becoming more frequent and severe, what action...

Helge Bormann and Jannik Fleßner from Jade University represented FIER and its topic at the event, which was organized by the German national project LifeGRID in Brake, Germany...

We had the honor of attending and presenting for the 32nd Annual Conference of the EEAC Network, the "Adaptation and Resilience Conference," held in Brussels from April 23rd to April 24th....

Hooray! The Interreg project FIER has kicked off!  In Bruges on March 6th, the Interreg North Sea project FIER was launched with a 2-day event. All ten partners came together to get to know each other and collaborate on the initial stages of this ambitious project.   ...