✍ Scribed by Jos van Alphen; Quirijn Lodder
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Within the context of the 3rd International Symposium on Flood Defence (ISFD3), May 25-27, 2005 in the Netherlands, a special session was organized for chief executive officers (CEOs) of organizations in 13 countries all over the world, responsible for flood management. The purpose was to exchange experiences with their implementation of integrated flood management and day-to-day management. Although countries differ considerably with respect to the flood problems they encounter and their socio-economic and organizational settings, some common issues emerged: the challenge of translating a risk-based approach on a basin-wide level into concrete measures, accountability and improving flood risk awareness, harmonizing flood risk management policy with land use planning, institutional cooperation, and coping with maintenance budget shortages. The special session was concluded with recommendations for management and research. This paper elaborates on the main issues discussed and concluded upon during the meeting of the CEOs.
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