The following impacts are observed:
1. Better use of scarce human and financial resources in the area of water R&I:
WaterWorks2015 effectively exploits synergies and nurtures transnational R&I teams to strengthen the coordination between regional, national, European and international water & food security R&I programmes. The Joint Call for R&I proposals enabled to fulfil objectives of both SRIAs, while avoiding duplication of work, sharing operational costs, and increasing efficiency. Additionally, impacts include knowledge sharing, networking between researchers, and enlarging Water JPI international cooperation.
2. Reduced fragmentation of water R&I efforts across Europe:
Fragmentation of efforts has been addressed at the JPI level.
3. Improved synergy, coordination and coherence between national and European Union (EU) funding in the relevant R&I fields through transnational collaboration:
WaterWorks2015 has played a major role by interfacing National and EU funding and bringing together National programmes to a higher dimension through transnational collaboration.
4. Improved implementation of R&I programmes in these fields through exchange of good practices:
WaterWorks2015 develops activities on sharing of good practices among national and regional programmes, like development of KH allowing researchers to share experiences, expertise and good practices.
All activities were opportunities for developing shared and more harmonised practices in RDI programming and implementation, in the alignment activities and in the promotion of Open Access and Open Data policy.
5. and 6. Contribution to Water and FACCE JPIs:
WaterWorks2015 made relevant contributions to both JPIs strategies and implementation plans through the development of a Common Vision, the initiation of the international cooperation and several alignment case studies. A Water JPI platform on Mobility and Infrastructure was also developed.
7. Achievement of a critical mass:
WaterWorks2015 consortium consists of 31 partners for a durable cooperation in water & food security R&I (6 organisations belonging to both JPIs, 15 from Water JPI and 3 from FACCE-JPI, and major players from Tunisia, Egypt, South Africa, Canada, and Taiwan).
