Oporto hosts the 17th meeting of partners of the POCTEP RISC_PLUS project
The partner entities carried out an analysis of the project’s implementation status and the significant progress achieved to date. Several monitoring stations have been launched by CHMS. In the coming months, the impact of climate change on the Miño-Sil river basin region will be assessed. Porto, July 4, 2025 – On July 3, 2025, the […]
The partners in the European project POCTEP RISC_PLUS value the care of rivers with the students of CEIP do Xurés (Lobios – Ourense).
The activity “Rivers that unite us”, developed in the environment of the Baixa Limia-Serra do Xurés Natural Park, combined educational games and a drawing contest to raise awareness of the value of water and the impact of climate change. Awareness-raising actions that reinforce cross-border cooperation between Galicia and northern Portugal under the European program POCTEP. […]
1st Meeting of the Joint Working Group of Risc_Plus Project
Excellent willingness of all partners to continue the collaboration and joint work, already started in 2015 with the Risc_ML Poctep. Project approved by the POCTEP Monitoring Committee 2021-2027 as an Operation of Strategic Importance. The first face-to-face meeting of the Risc_Plus Project partners took place at the APA headquarters in Porto, marking the continuation of […]
The Miño Sil Confederation is leading a project to mitigate the risk of droughts and floods in the area.
The president of the Miño-Sil River Basin Authority, José Antonio Quiroga, chaired this Thursday the launching day of the RISC-Plus project at the Marcos Valcárcel Cultural Centre in Ourense. The project, supported by the Interreg VI-A Spain-Portugal Programme (POCTEP) 2021-2027, represents “a fundamental step” to implement the advances promoted by the basin organisation through other […]
The CHMS is leading the European Risc_Plus project to mitigate the risks of floods and droughts in the international demarcation.
Interreg POCTEP Risc_Plus project will establish measures to help mitigate the consequences of climate change on the Miño and Limia rivers. José Antonio Quiroga, president of the Miño-Sil Hydrographic Confederation (CHMS), an autonomous body under the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, chaired the RISC_PLUS project launch day at the Marcos Valcárcel Cultural […]
The CHMS is leading the European Risc_Plus project to mitigate the risks of floods and droughts in the international demarcation.
The partners in this cross-border cooperation project are the ARH-Norte of the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA), the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto and the Water Campus of the University of Vigo. José Antonio Quiroga, president of the Miño-Sil River Basin Authority (CHMS), chaired the RISC_PLUS project launch day at the Marcos Valcárcel […]
A project will prepare the Miño and Limia river basins for droughts and floods.
Seventeen measuring cabins will be installed to monitor the rivers.
CHMS leads the project to mitigate the effects of drought and flooding
The CHMS is leading the European project Risc_Plus, which aims to mitigate the risks of floods and droughts in the international demarcation. José Antonio Quiroga, president of the Miño-Sil Hydrographic Confederation (CHMS), an autonomous body under the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, chaired the RISC_PLUS project launch day at the Marcos Valcárcel […]
The Hydrographic Authority will install 17 monitoring stations.
More control and digitalisation to mitigate the risk of droughts and floods in the Miño and Limia rivers
The Risc_Plus project will have a duration of 3 years and an investment of 1.6 million euros. Seventeen new stations will be installed to monitor data on the hydrological cycle, which will be used to make “resilience policies”.
