The scope and planned activities of the Kävlinge River Project
implied a shift compared to the Kävlinge River Water Association,
towards diffuse nutrient leakage and active management by planning
for mitigation measures. Also, the organizational structure of
the Kävlinge River Project implied significant changes in comparison
with the existing water association. The formal organization
of the project included: a project board represented by politicians
from all municipalities; an advisory committee represented
by officials from all municipalities; a consultancy as implementer;
work groups and a reference group representing universities and
other concerned stakeholders. The advisory committee prepared
cases and action plans for the board, i.e. officials preparing cases
for the politicians to decide on, which is the normal procedure
in Swedish municipal decision-making. However, the constituting
rule by which the project was based upon was the collaboration
contract which guaranteed that the municipalities jointly financed
the project based on area. The total cost for the project was
approximately 120 million SEK (ca 10 million Euro) where municipalities
funded about half of the costs and most of the remaining
funding came from national government and EU subsidies.