Strategic Partnerships in River Corridors

Welcome to the SPARC Project web site. The project has now closed, however this web site will remain active until May 2010 providing an archive for the documents and guidance produced during the life of the project.

The aim of SPARC was to promote the integrated management of river corridors in northern Europe by providing advice and understanding for regenerating river basins, and enhancing their natural, cultural, and historic environments.

Led by the Environment Agency of England and Wales, SPARC had six partners across Denmark, The Netherlands, Germany and Sweden. Read more About The Partners

The total budget was 3 million euros, co-funded by the European Union's Interreg IIIB North Sea Programme. The project ran from May 2005 until June 2008. Read more about the North Sea Region.

Project Outputs

During the course of the project three fundamental principles were identified:

  1. The need to be strategic, in order to link to other plans and strategies.
  2. The need to work in partnership with others to achieve wide ranging results.
  3. The need to demonstrate all that through practical application.

These principles provide a framework around which the SPARC project was delivered. All the documentation and guidance produced during the course of the project is available to download in PDF format from the documents page on this web site. See the Documents page.

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