Connected River: questions for Noémi MENE, Project Manager – Sustainable Mobility and River Port Cities at AIVP

What is the European Connected River project? The European Connected River Project aims to improve the coexistence between commercial, ecological, and recreational uses of waterways in North-West Europe. The focus is on the development and animation of waterfronts along rivers and streams. The Connected River project has three main focuses: integrating new actors traditionally absent from waterway governance; testing new project management methods such as design thinking in waterway management; launching pilot projects to test new solutions. Five northern European port cities have been selected as pilot sites, including Lille (France), Hamburg (Germany), Amsterdam and Nijmegen (Netherlands), and Vordinborg (Denmark). The province of Flanders (Belgium) is also developing a pilot site. This project is co-financed by Interreg North Sea, a European Union program. It will run from January 2023 to December 2026. Who are our main partners? There are three types of partners: "host" partners, who develop pilot projects on experimental sites; "approach" partners, who are responsible for developing methodologies and facilitating…