2016 ENV Ministerial - Hermen Borst - Netherlands - Water Breakout session

1. Hermen Borst
Director of the Dutch Delta Programme
28 September 2016
OECD
Meeting of the Environmental Policy Committee
at Ministerial level
Breakout session
Financing Investments in Water
Security

2. The Dutch Delta
in NW Europe

3. If we do nothing......

4. Ingredients for success:
Delta Programme
measures, every year to Parliament
Delta Decisions
key decisions, regional strategies in 2015
Delta Commissioner
progress, uniformity, consistency
Delta Fund
1 bln euro/yr
Delta Act

5. Water authorities
€ 0,5 bln., collect taxes
Delta Fund
central government, € 1 bln.
Third parties
Local /regional governments
Public-private parntership
Multifunctional projects
Investments in
Water Security

6. Deltacommissaris
15 July 2013
The Sand Motor: fact based, innovative, multifunctional

7. Deltacommissaris
Nijmegen – Lent, multifunctional thinking and acting

8. Deltacommissaris
Water management in an uncertain future requires:
Preventive approach
Long term goals and Adaptive strategies
Mulitfunctional measures (“Building with Nature”)
Tailormade multi-level governance

9. Hermen Borst
Director of the Dutch Delta Programme
28 September 2016
OECD
Meeting of the Environmental Policy Committee
at Ministerial level
Break out session
Financing Investments in Water
Security