VLM (Belgium) is a public organisation that focusses on improving the quality of the environment in rural regions and periurban open spaces. VLM invests in improvement of environmental quality in Flanders using a range of instruments: land and nature development, land reallocation, agro-environmental measures, manure bank and land banking. VLM is the Managing Authority for different articles in the Flemish Rural Development Programme. As water is a steering factor in rural development they are experienced with management of surface and sub-surface water