The project is structured around 6 work packages (WP):
WP1 “Management and Coordination”, dedicated to manage and coordinate SD-WISHEES, ensuring seamless integration and organisation of project activities. The main activities are: consortium coordination; administrative, legal and financial management; project goals monitoring, quality assurance and risk management; coordination with other JPIs, Horizon Europe Partnerships, international R&I initiatives, Horizon Europe Missions, and organisations working in the field of cultural heritage protection.
WP2 “Strategic planning of activities”, which aims to identify the main R&I needs on the water-climate change-cultural heritage links within the ERA and therefore drive the strategic planning of the collaboration across Europe and in widening countries, specifically including in the Balkans and Africa. The main activities are: roadmapping the strategic R&I needs and priorities; stakeholder mapping; organisation of stakeholder consultations.
WP3 “Implementation and monitoring of joint activities – TAP action”, which focuses on carrying out activities leading to the launch, management and monitoring of SD-WISHEES joint TAP (Thematic Annual Programming) action. The main activities are: development of the SD-WISHEES Joint Vision and annual Work Plans; preparatory work and launch of a TAP action; setting up the monitoring approach of the TAP.
WP4 “Increase awareness of decisionmakers, policymakers and the civil society through communication, dissemination and outreach actions”, dedicated to the external communication, outreach and dissemination of expertise regarding the impacts of hydrological extreme events, with a particular emphasis on cultural heritage. The main activities are: communication, dissemination and exploitation plan including tools and materials; optimization and upgrade of existing dashboards as the strategy to raise awareness; outreach towards the stakeholders from researchers to policymakers & civil society.
WP5 “Strengthening the ERA with widening actions: understanding the impacts on global challenges, SDGs and European policies”, which aims at reinforcing the ERA by fostering better and widening R&I collaborations to protect cultural heritage from hydroclimatic extreme events. The main activities are: assessment of hurdles for participation in transnational R&I programmes; global challenges, SDGs and European policies: contribution and impact of widening and alignment.
WP6 “Supporting and Widening the Market, Regulatory and Societal Uptake of R&I results”, which aims to identify practices and explore means of enhancing and widening the uptake of research and innovation results for appropriate use across Europe and beyond. The main activities are: identification and analysis of existing innovation pathways; validation and update of instruments/activities for innovation uptake; showcasing use of innovations pathways, instruments and activities.
