The proposed research project aims to the delivery of a set of guidelines to river basin authorities and related EU agencies for the execution of integrated evaluation of projects. It will build on the analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of past river basin project evaluation processes in the EU. The theoretical platform thereby established will support the development of new integrated evaluation methodologies and tools, which will incorporate the state of the art of the latest scientific thinking and assessment tools together with modern participatory, multi-stakeholder decision making processes for the sustainable governance of Europe' s river basins