Knowledge production, communication and negotiation for coastal governance under climate change

General Information

The overall objective of the KnowHow project is to improve the capacities of participant institutions and researchers in producing, translating and effectively delivering scientific knowledge to decision makers, with an emphasis on local governments on the coastal zone as key actors in adaptation to global environmental change, particularly climate change. Its specific objectives are: 1) Promote exchange of expertise and experience between partners in modes of research oriented towards the needs of decision makers in the domain of environmental governance. These include all spheres of government from national to local with a specific focus on municipal government. 2) Develop and test a methodological approach to assess local governments’ knowledge needs for coastal adaptation to climate change which is transportable between Europe and Africa; 3) Improve existing capacity of partners to conceptualize and communicate research and research uncertainties in ways that enhance its usability, comprehension and impact; 4) Develop a joint stakeholder-oriented transdisciplinary research proposal for a next Framework Programme call that will contribute to more effective management of coastal zones in a changing climate.

EU-Programme Acronym and Subprogramme Area	FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IRSES
Project Type	Marie Curie Actions— International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES)
Contract Number	Grant Agreement 612615
Co-ordinator	Faculdade De Ciencias Sociais E Humanas Da Universidade Nova De Lisboa, PT

Total Eligible Costs (€)	Hereon Eligible Costs (€)	EC Funding for Hereon (€)
281.400	35.700	35.700

Contact Person at Hereon

Prof. Dr. Maria Manez, Climate Service Center Phone: +49 40 22633 8408, Fax: +49 40 22633 8163 E-mail contact

Participants

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (ZA), Delft University of Technology (NL), Faculdade De Ciencias Sociais E Humanas Da Universidade Nova De Lisboa (PT), University of Bergen (NO)

Last Update: 16. April 2021