How to achieve sustainable water ecosystems management connecting research, people and policy makers in Europe

Project Information

AWARE

Grant agreement ID: 226456

Project closed

Start date 1 June 2009

End date 30 November 2011

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)

Total cost € 1 807 709,00

EU contribution € 1 497 356,00

Coordinated by

ISTITUTO DI STUDI PER L'INTEGRAZIONE DEI SISTEMI (I.S.I.S) - SOCIETA'COOPERATIVA
Italy

Objective

The issue of concern of the AWARE project is the anthropogenic deterioration of water ecosystems, in particular in coastal areas. The new approach proposed by the AWARE project to enhance connectivity between research and policy-making exploit the concept of integrated adaptive ecosystem management, engaging scientists, policy makers and the public (the latter including both stakeholders and lay citizens/water users) into comparable case studies of participatory scenario-building. The emphasis given to the role of the public enlarges the concept of organisational learning to the wider concept of social learning. The specific objectives and WPs of the AWARE project will include therefore: WP1: to design and prepare the pilot experiments of participatory scenario-building; WP2: to perform three case studies of participatory-scenario building in different coastal regions of Europe; WP3: to make an evaluation and assessment of the pilot case studies and of the proposed approach; WP4: to foster networking between science institutions, policy authorities and stakeholders in the case study areas and at EU level, and disseminate the approach elsewhere in Europe. The AWARE consortium includes 14 partners of complementary expertise in the field of aquatic ecosystems studies (UU, UPMC, ULB, UNIPR), social sciences (ADELPHI, ICCR, Missions Publiques), system analysis (ISIS, JRC-IES, UNISI) and integrated water management (BIOFORSK, POLIEDRA), plus the Environmental Service from the Provincial Administration of Ferrara and the Baltic Environmental Forum (BEF). The consortium will be complemented by an advisory group of 10 policy makers and stakeholders.

Fields of science

Not validated

• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › ecosystems
• natural sciences › earth and related environmental sciences › hydrology › limnology
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › natural resources management › water management
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › ecosystem-based management
• social sciences

Keywords

• Sustainable development
• policy makers
• water ecosystem

Programme(s)

• FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)

Topic(s)

• ENV.2008.4.2.3.2. - Enhancing connectivity between research and policy-making in sustainable development

Call for proposal

FP7-ENV-2008-1
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Funding Scheme

CSA-CA - Coordination (or networking) actions

Coordinator

ISTITUTO DI STUDI PER L'INTEGRAZIONE DEI SISTEMI (I.S.I.S) - SOCIETA'COOPERATIVA

• EU contribution: € 359 751,00
• Address: VIA SISTINA 42 ; 00187 Roma ; Italy
• Region: Centro (IT) › Lazio › Roma
• Activity type: Other
• Administrative Contact: Carlo Sessa (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (13)

NIBIO - NORSK INSTITUTT FOR BIOOKONOMI

Norway

• EU contribution: € 140 760,00
• Address: HOEGSKOLEVEIEN 7 ; 1430 Aas
• Region: Norge › Oslo og Viken › Viken
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Nina Ystehede (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

ADELPHI RESEARCH GEMEINNUTZIGE GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: € 141 061,00
• Address: ALT-MOABIT 91 ; 10559 Berlin
• Region: Berlin › Berlin › Berlin
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Alexander Carius (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTRE FOR COMPARATIVE RESEARCH IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES - ICCR

Participation ended

Austria

• EU contribution: € 80 224,00
• Address: SCHOTTENFELDGASSE 69/1 ; 1070 WIEN
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Liana Giorgi (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

UPPSALA UNIVERSITET

Sweden

• EU contribution: € 86 978,00
• Address: VON KRAEMERS ALLE 4 ; 751 05 Uppsala
• Region: Östra Sverige › Östra Mellansverige › Uppsala län
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Andreas Bryhn (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

MISSIONS PUBLIQUES

France

• EU contribution: € 102 292,00
• Address: Rue du sentier 35 ; 75002 Paris
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Yves Mathieu (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 195 707,00
• Address: Rue de la Loi 200 ; 1049 Bruxelles / Brussel
• Region: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Maria Arminda Machado (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI SIENA

Italy

• EU contribution: € 41 944,00
• Address: VIA BANCHI DI SOTTO 55 ; 53100 Siena
• Region: Centro (IT) › Toscana › Siena
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Silvano Focardi (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PARMA

Italy

• EU contribution: € 38 199,00
• Address: VIA UNIVERSITA 12 ; 43121 PARMA
• Region: Nord-Est › Emilia-Romagna › Parma
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Paolo Menozzi (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

POLIEDRA-CENTRO DI SERVIZIO E CONSULENZA DEL POLITECNICO DI MILANO SUPIANIFICAZIONE AMBIENTALE E TERRITORIALE CONSORZIO

Italy

• EU contribution: € 70 980,00
• Address: PIAZZA LEONARDO DA VINCI 32 ; 20133 Milano
• Region: Nord-Ovest › Lombardia › Milano
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Gabriella Atzeni (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE - PARIS 6

France

• EU contribution: € 126 207,00
• Address: Place Jussieu 4 ; 75252 PARIS
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Elena Billi-Rizza (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

PROVINCIA DI FERRARA

Italy

• EU contribution: € 25 653,00
• Address: Corso Isonzo 105 ; 44100 FERRARA
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Silvano Bencivelli (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITE LIBRE DE BRUXELLES

Belgium

• EU contribution: € 63 558,00
• Address: AVENUE FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT 50 ; 1050 Bruxelles / Brussel
• Region: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest › Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Patrick Goblet (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

BALTIJAS VIDES FORUMS

Latvia

• EU contribution: € 24 042,00
• Address: ASPAZIJAS BULVARIS 24-14 ; 1050 RIGA
• Region: Latvija › Latvija › Rīga
• Activity type: Other
• Administrative Contact: Kristina Veidemane (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data