Objective
A Basin Organisation is generally regarded as one of the best solutions to adopt for developing an Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) at a catchment level. There have then been many types of BO, some of them existing for several decades, and a lot in a development process; they present a great diversity of legal statutes and economic schemes.
None of these examples can be regarded as a model; but, by facilitating direct exchanges on best practices, and as well on failed experiments, twinning can help Basin Organisations to improve their effectiveness:
BO can profit from peers, regarding administrative, technical and institutional matters, or a quicker diffusion of the research outputs in the real life. The main goal of TWINBASINXN is to support effective use of research and development in the field of IWRM by promoting twinning of BO. This will be achieved by creating a world-wide forum dedicated to identifying and sharing knowledge and best practices. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) takes the form of a co-operation framework signed by a wide range of organisations, both public and private, which have an interest in the deployment of IWRM practices; it is a voluntary agreement, entered into by organisations, prepared to be active participants in developing consensus on issues of common interest, and who are willing to commit both human and financial resources for this purpose, by participating in the operation of Specific Interest Groups (SIGs). This MoU implies public commitments from signatories, from which:
-to co-operate in the production of recommendations and guidelines for developing twinning and related services by co-operating in the specification of twinning activities
-exchange of information, exchange of personnel
-and of common knowledge representation systems and dissemination practices. The project will support staff mobility between twinned BO, for enhancing peer-to-peer exchanges and hands-on periods (0,5 to 2 months).
Keywords
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Project’s keywords as indicated by the project coordinator. Not to be confused with the EuroSciVoc taxonomy (Fields of science)
Programme(s)
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
Topic(s)
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Call for proposal
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Procedure for inviting applicants to submit project proposals, with the aim of receiving EU funding.
FP6-2002-GLOBAL-1
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Funding Scheme
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Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
Coordinator
PARIS
France
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