Welcome to IWRM-Net
Joint Call :
May 28, the IWRM-Net partners and funders involved in the 1st IWRM-Net Call have met in Berlin to discuss the results of the scientific and national evaluation process. 3 of the 17 project applications (i-Five, RIPFLOW and FORECASTER) obtained an unequivocal vote for funding.
Notification of the applicants and provision of the evaluation votes is in progress in order to make the evaluation process transparent and helpful for the applicants.
A complete list and description of the finally selected projects will be published soon.
Following negotiation of successful applicants with their national funding institutions we anticipate the start of the selected IWRM projects in autumn 2008. We will keep you informed about the progress.
Additional Work :
The partners are also starting to build towards future calls and research funding collaborations. IWRM-net is also looking to build its network of interested research programme managers and scientists to support the vision of IWRM-net. Current activities include ;
- Investigating short and medium term research needs
- Developing a ’foresight’ programme for water
- Developing collaboration with other environmental eranets on a number of issues such as information sharing, dissemination and communication activities and liaison with EU Commission.
Dernières brèves
- IWRM-Net off to World Water Week - In collaboration with SPLASH, CRUE and SNOWMAN there will be an ERA-Net side event during World Water Week where the international water development community can meet the research programme managers and consider how EU research can help International Development and vice versa.
- Paris foresight event April 08 - MEDAD, University of Liege and ECOBAG organised the 2nd Foresight event for IWRM-net in April. The experts in water management and Foresight specialists investigated research needs for 2015 and beyond, looking at the emerging issues for water. Proceedings will be available soon.
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