Flood Prevention Action Programme (PAPI) — Normandy

Launched in 2002, the Flood Prevention Action Programmes (PAPI) are designed to promote integrated flood risk management with a view to reducing adverse impacts on human health, property, economic activities and the environment. A tool for contracting between the state and the communities, the PAPI system allows the implementation of a comprehensive flood policy, thought at the level of the risk basin.

This PAPI scheme has been initiated to address flood risk in a global manner, through actions combining risk management (rehabilitation of flood expansion zones, dynamic slowdown, protection works...) and reduction of vulnerability of people, property and territories (limitation of urbanisation of flood-free areas, reduction of vulnerability of buildings, improvement of forecasting and crisis management...) but also risk culture (preventive information, setting of flood markers, safety and safeguard measures, etc.).