Lake and stream restoration (Denmark)
Challenge
Like all EU countries, Denmark is obliged to ensure good qualitative and quantitative status of its water bodies.
This is a challenge in Denmark and there for the Danish Environmental Protection Agency each year subsidizes municipalities that have projects to improve the ecological status of streams and targeted lakes in the national water bodies plan.
KEYWORDS
Thematic
Good qualitative and quantitative status of all water bodies
Legal
The Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC, National Water Bodies Plan
Tech
Grants management
Solution
The applications are handled through the Environmental Protection Agency’s self-service portal. The applications are then screened. Regarding lakes, only projects relating to 24 targeted lakes are eligible. For streams, projects have to improve the passage and spawning for fish and protect flora. Eligible applications are then prioritized based on their cost effectiveness.
Approvals and rejections are sent out based on the prioritization. For selected projects the case management continues to makes sure that the project is concluded within the timeframe given.
Results
With this solution, the EPA can ensure the same case flow and guiding principles across different grants schemes. When the base model is in place, it becomes easy to adapt to yearly adjustments to the new call for applications. This allows at the same time for agile grant management and very secure and accountable administrative practices.
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