Organisation

The ENW consists of a core group and four workgroups. In addition, temporary workgroups and feedback groups can be set up, usually in relation to a particular project.

Core group

The core group is the external contact point for the ENW, specifies ENW products and sets priorities as necessary for the activities of the ENW. Another important task of the core group is to correlate the activities of the four workgroups.

Workgroups

The workgroups concentrate on four themes:

• Safety and Flood Risk approach
• Technology
• Rivers
• Coast

Each workgroup fulfils the functions of the ENW in relation to its own theme. Examples of activities are: supervising research, keeping abreast of new developments, providing quality assurance and contributing ideas to projects within their field of attention. The workgroup chairmen are members of the core group.

Temporary workgroups

At present the following temporary ENW workgroups and feedback groups are active alongside the permanent workgroups:

• ENW Klankbordgroep Steenbekledingen (Feedback group on Stone Revetment - supervision of the national stone revetment research project)
• ENW Rand (Preconditions - advisory committee for hydraulic conditions for safety assessment)
• ENW Kwaliteitsgroep voor het project Veiligheid Nederland in Kaart (Quality group for the project Floris – Flood Risk and Safety in the Netherlands – quality assurance)

Secretarial office

The secretarial office of the ENW is located at the Road and Hydraulic Engineering Institute (DWW) of the Public Works Department of the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management of The Netherlands.

Werkorgaan ENW

Rijkswaterstaat Waterdienst
Mevr. T. Buitenhuis
Postbus 17
8200 AA Lelystad

Tel: 06 - 51617980

E-mail: tineke.buitenhuis@rws.nl