Until the beginning of 2008, the organisational board, consisting of experts from science and practice, is engaged in the composition of the planned network "Watercourses in Urban Areas" (www.uan.de -> Projekte) as regards contents and organisation. Co-ordinator is the Kommunale Umwelt-AktioN U.A.N. (Municipal Environmental Campaign). At the end of this start-up phase, there will be a kick-off event in form of a network conference on February 28th, 2008 in Osnabrück. There, all network members will come together and everyone who is interested is very welcome as well!