Best practicesCreated on: 2 April 2026

Amsterdam (Netherlands): Nudging behaviour of recreational skippers

Goal 4.4

Developing collaborative approaches, drawing on scientific and technologic knowledge from the scientific community and civil society to support decision making.

Challenge(s)

How can authorities redesign their strategies to effectively influence skipper behaviour and improve shared waterway safety?

Best Practice

Recreational skippers do not always follow the safe and official routes. Instead, they take unlawful and unsafe shortcuts. This shows that skippers are not influenced by conventional communication ways. To influence recreational skippers who either do not know or at least do not follow the maritime rules, Rijkswaterstaat, in the framework of the Connected River project, experimented with unconventional methods to influence the skipper’s behaviour. These methods include hanging seasonal banners with clear visuals proven to be most effective. 

This good practice also includes objective 2.1 (Promoting dialogue and cooperation between socio-economic stakeholders to identify potential synergies and encourage better management of natural resources) of the AIVP’s Agenda 2030.

Case Study

Cet article est réservé aux adhérents de l’AIVP

Intégrez le premier réseau mondial dédié aux relations ville-port et bénéficiez de services exclusifs comme notre Veille Stratégique.

Adhérer à l’AIVP

All the best practices

A valuable decision-making tool to help implement the AIVP 2030 Agenda in your territory. Join the network to access all best practices!

Contact us