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Flanders’ Blue Deal
into action
Flanders
(Belgium)
7 million people living
in a small region
with a vibrant economy and little resources
in the heart of Europe.
Water vindt altijd een weg, hoe uitdagend de omstandigheden ook.
Our approach is simple.�
As Flemish�water professionals…�
We are like water. �We work like water.�
We are fluid. �We work fluid.
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Moving beyond sector-oriented policies and investments to integrated, systemic and solution-oriented approach.
The Blue Deal
Our compass for a water resilient Flanders
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Regional coalitions (living labs)
The core of the Blue Deal solutions
Aligning strategic water goals with local needs and ensuring shared ownership.
Business parks
Circular rain
Kempen area
Port of Antwerp-Bruges
City of Mechelen
WaterClimateHub
Direct potable reuse
Herk & Mombeek
Citizen centric transition.
Giving space to nature and water in the city, climate adaptive streets.
“Resilience grows when citizens help build measures”
City of Mechelen
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River and wetland restoration to strengthen the landscape’s sponge function
“Resilience starts by acting where the drop falls.”
Herk and Mombeek: Sponge landscape
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Strategic plan and collective actions for smart and circular water in port area.
“Resilience in the port starts when companies see water as a shared responsibility”
Water resilient ports
© PoAB
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Strengthen innovation to decouple water challenges from economic growth.
“Resilience is engineered in ecosystems - where industry, science, and policy innovate together”
WaterClimateHub
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Co-design and implementation of industrial reuse and buffering for agriculture.
Partnerships and business model innovation are key.
“Circular rain solutions safeguarding the business park’s water resilience”
Climate adaptive business parks
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Smart buffering to securing regional water supply for irrigation and drinking water.
“Monitoring network enables data driven decision making and resilience.”
Sand quarries as strategic water buffers
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The first direct potable reuse plant in Europe, using treated municipal wastewater.
“Storing water is easy -delivering it when it truly matters is resilience”
Direct potable reuse
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©Waterunie
From regional to global��Flanders’ Blue Deal inspires
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Flanders’ systemic approach
Integrated, adaptive, and stakeholder-driven is a replicable model for other EU regions.
Our fluid way of working
Collaboration, innovation, and solution-oriented thinking turns strategic visions into concrete, effective actions.
From regional to global
Decentralised solution – water/energy
Suriname & Moldova
Ecosystem services – water quality monitoring
Lake Tanganyika - Africa
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One drop �can’t move �a stone...
But 7(00) million can
People are at the heart of Flanders’ fluid approach
Water experience container - © VITO
River clean up - © Simon Verschelde
S+T+ARTS4water - Artist: Haseeb Ahmed
Stiemerlab - © Boumediene Belbachir
Get in touch with Flanders’ Fluid Crew
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hello@fluidcrew.be