WATERDiss project starts collecting information
The implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and its daughter directives, as well as the Floods Directive, is not a “Business-as-usual approach” and constitutes an exceptional challenge to water managers and governments across Europe. Assessments of the current status of implementation have shown that less than 40% of water bodies will meet the Good Ecological Status in 2015. Meeting these objectives in the long run will require additional knowledge and know-how in terms of designing measures and management approaches. The generation of this knowledge by EU-funded research is often insufficiently applied to address the immediate challenges occurring in the context of WFD implementation. This concern is shared by many stakeholders , water managers and researchers alike, who have a strong interest in boosting the transfer of research outputs to the real life. The project started in January 2011 and will run for 3 years. The first six months have been working on gathering the basic information to assess what is required for the improvement of dissemination of research results and their uptake by the specific users of the generated knowledge. The partners are now looking to contact and receive information on EU funded water research projects that could benefit from further exploitation of the results. WATERDiss is managed by a consortium of 8 partners from across Europe led by the International Office of Water in France. for more information please visit the website www.waterdiss.eu
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Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Poland, Romania, United Kingdom