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
07. Februar 2024, ab 13:00 Uhr
FgHW-Lunchbreak Sessions 2024
For 2024, the Lunchbreak Sessions are also planned, which were introduced last year under the leadership of Prof Dr Robert Jüpner as a new offering of the Hydrological Sciences Association (FgHW) in the DWA.
23. November 2023, ab 13:00 Uhr
Online Final Conference of the PARADeS Project
On 23 November 2023 from 13:00 to 17:00, the online final conference of the PARADeS project will be held on the theme: 'Managing Flood Disaster Risk in Ghana - Findings, Products and Recommendations'.
NEws At a glance
Here you will find news of the HKC and of related subjects of interest
Good news for policyholders: SparkassenVersicherung takes out FLOODLABEL for businesses
The FLOODLABEL provides an excellent basis for risk assessment and better precautions for one's own property: now SparkassenVersicherung's commercial customers can look forward to additional flood protection services
Final report of the ExTrass project on resilience strengthening in urban areas
The effects of increasing extreme weather events are coming more and more into focus - how can the resulting challenges be dealt with, especially in urban areas? What are the possibilities for adaptation?
These and other questions were addressed by the research project ExTrass
Donation Delivery at Levana-School 20.07.2022
We meet Kathrin Römermann on July 20 in front of the Levana School Ahrweiler, which she took over in the summer 2020. The flood was over a year ago, but there is still no sign of reconstrution. Ms. Römermann shows us the school through the construction fence - classromms, assembly hall, swimming pool.
In the past, the school was a place of community, but today no one learns here anymore. The 100 students and 60 teachers have been housed in two Neuwied schoole since their school was destroyed.