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4.1.2        Interlinkages between the Floods Directive, the Water Framework Directive and the Birds and Habitat Directives

The Floods Directive (FD) is linked to the Water Framework Directive (WFD) in all stages of the planning cycle: from problem identification to implementation and monitoring. The main benefits of this mutual coordination are the improved efficiency when communicating with the public, better information exchange between those working on floods and water (quality) management, and achieving common synergies in the environmental objectives of FD and WFD (EC 2014d).

These commonalities are not an end point, as there’s room for further improvements (EC 2012c). Part of the current implementation gap in the WFD can be attributed to challenges that are linked to flood risk management. First, the cost-effectiveness of the Programmes of Measures (PoMs) is not always clear and it can be assumed that it is difficult to attract funding for large-scale restoration projects. Second, there is a lack of integration and coherence with other policy domains, including the common agricultural policy and regional and urban policies. And third, it is necessary to improve governance, amongst others by addressing ineffective water planning and management in order to tackle coordination problems (EC 2012a).