FLOOD COMPETENCE CENTER
The network for holistic flood prevention and flood risk management
The Flood Competence Center (HKC) is a non-profit association from Germany that connects flood-affected citizens and stakeholders in flood risk management to build a unique network. The HKC was founded in 2007 and consists of almost 200 members and cooperations. The members of the HKC are composed of national and international institutions and municipalities, citizens and policy-makers, science and economy.
The HKC brings together science and practice for the purpose of holistic flood risk management, promoting sustainable development and the provision and transfer of expertise.
Use the knowledge of our network for your projects. We are glad to support you. Week look forward to welcoming you.
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Topics and projects
Core fields of the HKC
The HKC effectively contributes to the development of practice-relevant knowledge by carrying out its own projects.
The extraordinary professional composition of the HKC enables an extensive conception and implementation of such projects.
The following pages provide information about our projects and the current state of implementation .
dates & EVENTS
Here you will find upcoming dates & events of the HKC and related events of interest
16. November 2023, ab 10:00 Uhr
Floodlabel expert training WebCourse DWA/HKC
On November 16 and 17, a training course for floodlabel experts will be held online in cooperation with the DWA.
08. November 2023, ab 09:00 Uhr
Flood Day in Dortmund
On November 8, 2023, the DWA Flood Day will be held in Dortmund in cooperation with Emschergenossenschaft/Lippeverband. Under the title "Floods and heavy rainfall in densely populated urban areas", the views of water management and disaster control will be presented and discussed in detail.
17. Oktober 2023, ab 09:00 Uhr
Symposium
On October 17, HKC will host a symposium on the topic "The future is EVENT-rich, let's be prepared". The event will take place in the Stadthaus West in Cologne Deutz - registrations are now possible (until 30.09.2023) by mail to info@hkc-online.de. Embedded in the program of the symposium, the 17th general meeting of the HKC will be held at the same time.
27. September 2023
LAND4FLOOD Conference 2023 "Land for flood risk management and resilience"
The IWRA Task Force Land4Flood Network will hold, in cooperation with IWRA (International Water Resources Association), its next Land4Flood conference in Dortmund, Germany, from September 27 to 29, 2023. The conference will be hosted by the “Land policy and land management" research group, part of the Department of Spatial Planning at the TU Dortmund University.
NEws At a glance
Here you will find news of the HKC and of related subjects of interest
Programme recommendation: "Living with weather extremes" on ZDF
Today we have a special message for you!
The HKC's Infomobile will be featured in a guest contribution on the ZDF programme Planet-e. The topic of the programme is "Living with weather extremes" with a focus on floods and flooding caused by heavy rain. The programme will be broadcast on Sunday, 17.09.2023 at 15.45 on ZDF!
News from the office
At the end of the month, our long-time student assistant Lukas has unfortunately left HKC. We thank him very much for the good cooperation and wish him all the best for the future!
In addition, two new student assistants have started their work at the HKC. We would like to welcome Henry and Jacqueline to our team!
3rd Science-Practice Dialogue for Reconstruction in "Rheinland-Pfalz"2023
On June 15, 2023, the third science-practice dialogue for the reconstruction of flood-affected regions took place. In the Reinhalle in Remagen, scientists of the KAHR project discussed together with representatives of the district of Ahrweiler, the Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy and Mobility, Rhineland-Palatinate and the head of the Trauma Support Center Ahrweiler.
KAHR project: Children's booklet - Children learn about flood prevention in a playful way
We are pleased to present the children's booklet that was developed within the project KAHR, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF): With the aim of promoting risk awareness and early creative interaction with possible solutions, we want to teach children in a playful way the way from hazard recognition to holistic flood prevention.