SITE VISIT OBJECTIVES
To present the activities for the safeguarding of Venice and its lagoon as well as the competences of the Venice Water Authority and Consorzio Venezia Nuova in this field.

INSTITUTION PROFILE
The Venice Water Authority operates as a department of the Italian Ministry of Public Works, and is in charge of hydraulic management, security and protection in the Veneto Region, Province of Mantova, and, as regards hydraulic works within river basin of national interest, in Trentino Alto Adige and Friuli Venezia Giulia regions.

Consorzio Venezia Nuova is the concessionary of the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport - Venice Water Authority and is responsible for the measures concerning the safeguard of Venice and the lagoon for which the State is competent. The Consortium consists in a group of leading Italian and local construction companies. Defence from high waters and sea storms, recovery and protection of the lagoon ecosystem: these are the objectives of the vast program of safeguarding measures which has been carried out in the lagoon and inhabited lagoon areas for many years now.