More about the Toolbox

River Basin Manager's Toolbox have been developed to provide information about models and other tools that are needed in the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. In different steps of the implementation, such as assessment of pressures and impacts, classification, calculating the target loads, designing the programme of measures, and economical analysis, different kind of models are needed.

To proceed appropriate use of models and reduce uncertainties as much as possible, special attention should be paid on selection of an appropriate model for a specific purpose. The RBM Toolbox will not only provide information of the available models, but also facilitates the user to compare model characteristics to the 'benchmark' criteria, which have been developed in order to evaluate models and their use under site-specific circumstances and problems.

The RBM Toolbox will also serve as a platform for model developers to enter information of their models, and bring this information easily available for model users. It will be the largest model catalogue spcifically designed for models, which has a potential to be used in the implementation of the Water Framework Directive.

The contents of this Toolbox has been developed by the EU-funded FP5 project BMW (Benchmark Models for the Water Framework Directive EVK1-CT-2001-0093, 2002-2004), and further developed by the FP6 project REBECCA (SSPI-CT- 2003-502158, 2004-2006).