The NCK was established with the objectives of:

• increasing the quality of the coastal research in the Netherlands by enhancing cooperation between the various research streams and guaranteeing the continuity of coastal research in the Netherlands by exchange of expertise, methods and theories between the participating institutes;
• maintaining fundamental coastal research in The Netherlands at a sufficient high level and enhancing the exchange of knowledge to the applied research community;
• reinforcement of coastal research and education capacities at Dutch universities;
• strengthening the position of Dutch coastal research in a United Europe and beyond.

For over 15 years of NCK collaboration have particularly stimulated scientific interaction between - originally often isolated - coastal research groups, facilitated a strong embedding of coastal research in the academic programmes and courses and and attracted young scientists to the field of coastal dynamics.

NCK web site.