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-          In the restoration of the River Isar (Munich), the level of cooperation achieved between all stakeholders involved within the Isar-Plan was excellent and one key success factor for the project. An interdisciplinary working group “Isar-Plan” was set up with members from the State Office of Water Management Munich and the City of Munich (different departments). Based on joint scoping work of this group, the development goals for the project were defined. The City Council and District Councils were involved during the progress of the project as well as the Isar-Alliance of NGOs.

-          Similarly in the city of Łódź, stakeholder involvement through a Learning Alliance has driven the success of the restoration initiative for the River Sokołówka. It has also created links strong enough to last beyond the lifetime of the initiative and to sustain the upscaling of research results. Because research foci remained flexible and responsive to stakeholder needs, stakeholders participating in the initiative were able to really take advantage of their involvement. The Learning Alliance provided a well-structured framework to identify needs, develop capacities, define common goals and align the efforts of multiple actors towards reaching them and communicate decisions and achievements.

-          In the restoration of the River Guadiana in Mérida, cooperation between governmental organizations (State, Region, City) has been absolutely fundamental due to the great number of aspects concerned. This approach has been replicated in similar projects.

-          In Leipzig, the governance framework of the floodplain revitalisation project Lebendige Luppe is also highly challenging because of the multi-functionality of the floodplain in an urban setting. There are many actors involved given that the river network in and around Leipzig is a heavily managed system. The planning phase has to bring together many actors responsible for flood and river management, nature conservation, forestry, agriculture, the neighbouring public, NGOs and politicians; different levels of local to regional authorities and agencies are also involved.