Guidance

Operational principles for FCERM funding partnerships

Actions, conducts and obligations when setting up FCERM funding partnerships - for risk management authorities (RMAs) and project teams.

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 21 October 2021
• Last updated: 6 February 2024 — See all updates

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Operational principles for FCERM funding partnerships

Ref: LIT 17607

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Defra introduced flood and coastal resilience partnership funding in 2011 and updated it in 2020.

The aim of the partnership funding policy is to allow FCERM projects to share the costs using national and local sources of funding.

These operational principles give advice on setting up and running FCERM funding partnerships to allow for this. There are 17 principles in total. These explain the roles, responsibilities and capabilities of the parties involved. They also outline the project management, financial and legal arrangements that you need to put in place to support funding partnerships.

You should follow these principles to encourage trust between partners and show that the government is applying funding fairly and consistently.

Published 21 October 2021
Last updated 6 February 2024 + show all updates

1. 6 February 2024

   Edit to paragraph 4.19 to allow other Risk Management Authorities to claim eligibility for additional grant in exceptional circumstances and when value-for-money can be assured. This is important for the initial implementation of the Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements under the provisions of the Town and Country Planning Act (1990) and the Environment Act (2021).

2. 21 October 2021

   First published.