Preventing the flooding of the Seine in the Paris - Ile de France region: Progress made and future challenges

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This report is a follow-up to the 2014 OECD Review of the Management of Flood Risks in the Seine Basin. It assesses the implementation of the 14 Recommendations adopted by the High Level Risk Forum in 2013, and is based on an in-depth analysis and extensive consultation with all key stakeholders, from government, local authorities, private sector and civil society.

Exploring the issues of risk governance, resilience and financing, the report acknowledges the significant progress made in the last four years, since French authorities asked the OECD to evaluate their progress in making the Paris metropolitan area more resilient to the risk of flooding. However, important challenges persist and only continued efforts will significantly reduce this major risk for France, as demonstrated by the floods that occurred in May-June 2016 and the large scale economic consequences.

The report suggests six recommendations to further consolidate these continued efforts.

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