Algeria: EU project helps Algerian authorities develop national strategy to fight against floods

As many as 689 sites in Algeria have been identified as vulnerable to flooding in a study on the fight against floods, carried out in the framework of the EU-funded water programme EAU III. The study aims to develop a national strategy against floods, proposing structural and non-structural measures, including better consideration of risks in planning regulations or the development of a forecasting and warning system. 

Experts visited 50 of the identified sites in order to establish a detailed diagnosis and specific recommendations. Following a stocktaking first phase, and before proposing an action plan and training, the team of experts presented the conclusions of the second stage of the study on ‘types of floods’ in a workshop in Algiers on 18 February. 

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Read more: 
Press release (FR) 
Programme EAU III 
EU Delegation to Algeria - website