WssTP Working Groups Workshop & Joint WssTP-ERRIN Brokerage event, 22nd November 2013!
WssTP Working Groups Workshop & Joint WssTP-ERRIN Brokerage event took place in the Lombardy Region Delegation office in Brussels, on Friday 22nd of November between 11.00 and 17.30pm. The event was held, one day after the first EIP Water Annual Conference and had a strong turnout of over 100 attendees, coming from both WssTP’s and ERRIN’s network.
WssTP Working Groups’ Workshop
The Working Groups session was the first joint meeting of all the 16 WssTP working groups after the transition of WssTP from its former pilot structure to the new WG structure.
During the session, all the WssTP WGs leaders briefly presented their objectives and activities , enabling members and potential members to learn about them and enter into a discussion, so that they find out whether their activities are relevant to them.
Working Group | Lead Member | |
Financing for EU Competitiveness | Abengoa Water | Arturo Buenaventura |
Water & ICT | SUEZ Environment | Pascal Blanc |
Water-Energy-Food Biodiversity Nexus | Deltares | Jaap Kwadijk |
International Relations | UNESCO-IHE | Gaetano Casale |
Water and Industry | TNO | Albert Jansen |
Resource Recovery | Wetsus | Martijn Bijmans |
Membrane Technologies | EMH | Gilbert Rios |
Emerging Compounds | Deltares | Harm Duel |
Urban Water Pollution | KWR | Adriana Hulsmann |
Bathing Water | KWB | Ulf Miehe |
Agriculture & Irrigation | IRSA-CNR | Antonio Lo Porto |
Eco-System Services | Poledream | Gaëtane Suzenet |
Green Infrastructure | Deltares | Victor Beumer |
Managing Hydroclimatic Extremes Events | CEH | Alan Jenkins |
Shales Gas | Veolia | Bruno Tisserand |
Techwatch | KWR | Theo van den Hoven |
Joint WssTP-ERRIN Brokerage Event
WssTP and ERRIN jointly organised a H2020 Brokerage event that was devoted to the water-related calls in the 2014-2015 work programme for Horizon2020 that will be formally launched on 11th of December.
Panos Balabanis from the DG RTD, Grazyna Wojcieszko from DG Connect and Robert Schroeder from the DG ENV introduced their perspective on the calls, followed by presentations of members’ ideas and a brokerage session. All participants of the brokerage event were also provided by WssTP with an overview of the relevant calls for the water sector.
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The European Water Sector increases Collaboration
Last Friday, 22nd November 2013, the European water sector represented by WssTP, Aqua Europa, EWA, EurAqua, EWP, and NetwercH20 formalised its intention to increase cooperation and coordination, by signing a number of collaboration agreements at the occasion of the WssTP General Assembly.
“It is imperative for the European water sector to overcome its fragmentation and engage in a strong collaboration, if we want to realise the WssTP Water Vision and meet Europe’s water related challenges” said Tomas Michel, WssTP president.
These collaboration agreements are built on already existing coordination among WssTP, EUREAU and ACQUEAU and are regarded as the first step to a better and more coordinated representation of the interest of the water sector at a European level.
For more information, please email Durk Krol
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