Joint Defra/EA Flood and coastal erosion risk management R&D programme
About the programme
The Joint Programme comprises four themes in total, led by either Defra or the Environment Agency depending on their respective business interests:
- Strategy and Policy Development (SPD) Theme
- Modelling and Risk (MAR) Theme
- Sustainable Asset Management (SAM) Theme
- Incident Management and Community Engagement (IMC) Theme
Work within any theme can be funded and managed by either organisation. Detailed information on the individual themes, including their Rationale and Objective Statements and Five Year Work Plans, can be accessed through the links above or alternatively by clicking on the relevant part of the structure diagram below.
A summary of the programme can be found in the programme brochure
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Full details of the Programme structure and management can be found in the Programme Definition document. A Rationale and Objective Statement for the programme as a whole has also been produced.
Annual Report
The latest Annual Reportsummarising progress during the year April 2006 to March 2007 within the Joint Programme has now been published.
The Joint Programme Management Team
The management structure is intended as a flexible framework within which the evidence and innovation needs of the business, including science, can be met. It aims to facilitate the logical development over time (often a period of several years) of understanding of issues within a particular topic area from the development of a policy framework (SPD theme) through a modelling and risk framework (MAR theme) to implementation (through either the SAM or IMC themes).
R&D Review
During 2005 the Joint Programme underwent an External Review, resulting in a number of Recommendations by the Review Team. Defra and the Environment Agency published a joint Response in July and in the late autumn of 2005 the Programme Management was restructured and the number of research themes was reduced from six to four.
The publication 'Flood Management Research in England and Wales' describes how flood and coastal erosion risk management research was managed jointly by Defra and the Environment Agency prior to the 2005 Review.
The concept of the original Joint Programme arose from a proposal document published in 1999.
Copies of the above documents are available on request (Contact us).
Page last modified: 7 May 2008
Page published: 11 June 2004