Problem to be solved
  The
flooding that occurred in central Europe in August 2002 demonstrated
the value of providing flood warnings to mitigate the social and
economic impacts of flooding. The increasing vulnerability of communities
to extreme meteorological events requires that established mitigation
measures will have to be re-evaluated and improved. ACTIF will explore
how floods can be mitigated via improvements in forecasting and
how uncertainties in flood forecasting may be quantified in a meaningful
way to the end users. The cluster of research projects in FP5 demonstrates
the importance of flood-forecasting research. The purpose of ACTIF
is to derive and disseminate additional benefits from these projects
to facilitate the implementation of technological innovations already
achieved in the research.
Scientific Objectives and approach
 The
specific focus of ACTIF will be to actively consolidate and disseminate
Fifth Framework research advances in Flood Forecasting through the
following mechanisms:
- Convening of two scientific workshops
- Promotion of an international conference
- Preparation of Guidelines of best European Practice in three
aspects of flood forecasting technology
- Preparation of guidelines on the access to high quality, site
specific, data for further research and analysis
Expected impacts
ACTIF will form a bridge between academic researchers, applied
researchers, public authorities and industry in the area of hydro-meteorological
risks to:
- Advance knowledge and understanding between European research
groups
- Build Awareness of the outputs of EC and other relevant national
research
- Develop an Appreciation of its relevance to mitigation of public
risks
- Make the research outputs Accessible to the scientific and user
communities
- Gather experiences of pilot demonstration site to demonstrate
the Application of the research.
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