Objective The project promises to strengthen European research capacity in the USA, promote competitiveness of European research and industry while informing and involving policy-makers and the general public.Opening the UMI to European partners responds to the need for 21st Century interdisciplinary and multiregional collaboration regarding water sustainability. We have exhausted the 20th century paradigm of technocratic or institutional solutions and are compelled to apply multi-faceted approaches that combine physical, natural, and social sciences, along with governance perspectives.This extension of the UMI broadens its current activities from a bi-national focus to one that incorporates ideas, disciplines and methods from Europe. By connecting the UMI with Europe, scientific cooperation will enhance ongoing activities, bring new projects, establish a foundation for future collaboration in the framwork of a EU/USA Sustainable Water Centre (SWC). A Feasibility Study will fully explore how the UMI will achieve this major institutional step.To optimise the cooperation among partners, three major transverse themes will structure the work plan: Climate change and uncertainty, Risks and vulnerabilities and Participation. Work Packages are: 1)Water resources sustainability, 2) EU/USA issues in water governance, 3) Water demand and sustainability, 4) Urban water: EU/USA common models 5) Feasibility Study, 6) Management Strategy; 7) Dissemination/communication. Fields of science social sciencessociologygovernancenatural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologynatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes Programme(s) FP7-INCO - Specific Programme "Capacities": International co-operation Topic(s) INCO.2011-7.6 - USA Call for proposal FP7-INCO-2011-7 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA-SA - Support actions Coordinator CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS EU contribution € 535 625,00 Address Rue michel ange 3 75794 Paris France See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Gilles Sentise (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS United States EU contribution € 405 075,00 Address 660 s mill avenue centerpoint 312 85281 Tempe See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Sherry L. Esham (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL United Kingdom EU contribution € 287 134,00 Address Frenchay campus, coldharbour lane BS16 1QY Bristol See on map Region South West (England) Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Nadia Withers (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA Spain EU contribution € 305 183,00 Address Calle s. fernando 4 41004 Sevilla See on map Region Sur Andalucía Sevilla Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Margarita Martínez-Pais Loscertales (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS GEODESY AND GEOGRAPHY - BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Bulgaria EU contribution € 189 753,00 Address Ul. acad g bonchev bl 3 1113 Sofia See on map Region Югозападна и Южна централна България Югозападен София (столица) Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Antonia Stoynova (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION France EU contribution € 276 432,00 Address Place de fontenoy 7 75007 Paris See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Mishka Stuip (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data