The Water Joint Programming Initiative (Water JPI) is currently updating its Vision and Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda. The aim of this two-day workshop was to identify the key research, development & innovation needs for each of the proposed new SRIA Themes and discuss Key Performance Indicators & proposed Implementation models.

Over 90 attendees from all over Europe met and discussed the proposed structure and research priorities of the new Water JPI Vision 2030 and SRIA 2025.

Programme

Plenary Session-1 - Setting the Scene

• Welcome (Alice Wemaere - Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland)
• Water JPI & Key Achievements (Dominique Darmendrail, Water JPI Coordinator - Agence Nationale de la Recherche, France)
• Water JPI Vision 2030 – Proposed Directions (Olivier Gaillot - RPS, Ireland)
• Common Vision between the Water & FACCE JPIs (Heather McKhann, FACCE JPI Coordinator - Institut national de la recherche agronomique, France)
• Question and Answers

Plenary Session-2 - The wider Context – Keynote Presentations

• Key Water Research Priorities in the context of the UN SDGs (Peter Koefoed Bjørnsen - UN Environment – DHI Centre on Water & Environment, Denmark)
• Key Water Policy developments (Hans Stielstra (via Video Link) - Water Unit, DG Environment on Policy Developments, EC)
• Water Research & Horizon Europe (Panos Balabanis - DG Research, EC)
• Question and Answers

Breakout Sessions

Each attendee was allocated a session in advance of the workshop. A draft Discussion document was circulated to all attendees before the workshop. Breakout Session Research Themes 2020-20225:

• Ecosystems - Chaired by: Xavier Le Roux (Coordinator & CEO of BiodivERsA), France
• Health & Wellbeing - Chaired by Robert Barouki (Coordinator of the Horizon 2020 HERA project), France
• Water Value & Usage - Chaired by to be confirmed
• Sustainable Water Management - Chaired by Károly Kovács (past president of the European Water Association), Hungary

Plenary Session-3: Feedback from the Rapporteurs

• Feedback from Breakout Sessions
• General Discussion

 Plenary Session-4 - General Discussion

• Part-1: Where are we at?
• How did we deal with the cross-cutting issues?
• Potential Overlap & Synergies
• Review of the proposed Structure
• Targets for the Vision 2030Part-2: Shaping the Horizon Europe Water4All Partnership

Led by Panos Balabanis (DG Research, EC) and Dominique Darmendrail (Water JPI coordinator)

Wrap-Up and Closure of the Workshop

Proceedings

The Proceedings for the 2019 Water JPI Experts Workshop are available to download here.