Sustainable use of former and abandoned landfills network for you
SufalNet4EU is an INTERREG IVC Capitalisation project that aims to provide regional and local authorities from various EU countries with specific instruments to redevelop closed and abandoned landfills in their territories, by developing Action Plans that will be implemented through mainstream Structural Funds programmes in each participating region. 

Lead by the Province of Noord-Brabant (NL) SufalNet4EU brings together 15 regional authorities from 10 different EU Member States that will work together intensively during this 2-year project. The project builds on the results and good practices in redevelopment of landfill sites developed in the INTERREG IIIC project SufalNet (2005-2007) and several other (EU-funded) projects. The key best practice capitalised in this project is the SufalNet Model Strategy for Landfill Redevelopment.

The core activity of SufalNet4EU is the development of regional Action Plans for redevelopment of one or more closed landfill sites. Each partner drafts
a regional Action Plan based on a joint framework. The development of the plans is a cooperative effort, in which all partners go step-by-step through a standardised, clearly defined Action Planning process.

During each step of this process, the partners get together to exchange their content knowledge and experience and reflect on the Action Plans as they develop. Within this interregional exchange, partners sharing similar challenges and situations in their region are working even more closely together in thematic Working Groups. Three of these groups are formed, respectively focussing on redevelopment on a Regional Scale (multiple sites), redevelopment into Landscape and Nature and redevelopment for Economic functions.

Each partner works intensively with the various key stakeholders in his region while developing its regional Action Plan. This ensures the action plans meet all regional needs and requirements and have the necessary commitment for successful future implementation.
Before the start of the project all partners have obtained the cooperative support of the Managing Authority of the relevant Structural Funds Operational Programme in their area. These authorities stay involved in the action planning, offering the best possible guarantee for the use of Structural Funds for eventually implementing the action plans. 

The SufalNet partners put considerable effort in the dissemination of their combined best practice knowledge in landfill redevelopment to practitioners and policymakers across the EU. They will organise public conferences and contribute to other events on the subject. In each country represented in the partnership, a national information event will be hosted for waste and landfill management professionals from all parts of the country.

At the end of the project, at a final public conference, the Action Plans of all partner regions will be presented and politically endorsed by the regional authorities and Structural Funds managing bodies.